Debunking media/Dem myths: Revisiting the controversial 2002 Max Cleland ad
Back in 2002, Senator Max Cleland’s Republican opponent Saxby Chambliss ran a critical ad which criticized Cleland’s dismal record on the Homeland Security bill. Democrats have relentlessly criticized that ad, and used it as a call to arms of sorts – as they have the Swift Boat Vet ads – against the alleged “smear tactics” used by Republicans in order to win an election. The claim (scroll) has always been some variation of Cleland’s face supposedly being morphed into Osama’s or Saddam’s, or both.