'Morning Joe' Team Calls New MoveOn.org Anti-McCain Ad a 'Cheap Shot'

Published: June 17, 2008, 3:05 pm

Tags: 2008 congressional, campaigns amp amp elections, moveon org, joe scarborough, john mccain, john ridley, mika brzezinski, willie geist, morning joe, msnbc

Here's something you don't see every day: four people on MSNBC agreeing that an ad attacking Republican presidential nominee John McCain is a "cheap shot."Yet, that's exactly what transpired Tuesday morning when Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist, and John Ridley discussed the new ad just released by the far-left MoveOn.org suggesting that if McCain is elected president, the baby pictured will be fighting in Iraq eighteen years from now.First up to criticize the piece was NPR's Ridley (video embedded right, use scrollbars to center):I don't think it's a good ad. It's certainly a powerful ad...I need to see something that's going to emote me more than momentarily saying, "You can't have my kid a hundred years from now."...The ad does feel in some ways shrill as opposed to touching me as a father and reminding me of my kids. Brzezinski chimed in:Well, I'm just wondering what you think about the use of the 100 year, 'cause I just feel like at this point,

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