Back To The Old School: The TNGOP Raises The Specter Of A New Cold War

By Kleinheider Posted on August 14, 2008 at 11:24 am

The communications shop at the Tennessee Republican Party, most famous for its inflammatory attacks on Barack Obama, comes to the table today with a new variation on an old school GOP theme.

In its second new nationally-focused video in as many days, the Tennessee GOP preys on fears regarding the recent unpleasantness in the former Soviet Union and raises the specter of a new Cold War by splicing together the famous “Bear ad” from the 1984 Ronald Reagan with current footage from the Republic of Georgia and oh-so-subtly suggests the candidate best qualified to lead us through this new conflict.

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Tags: 1984, Barack Obama, Bear, Bill Hobbs, Cold War, John McCain, Reagan

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Right Thinking » Blog Archive » New Old Ad by TN GOP writes
August 14th, 2008 1:58 pm

[...] to Kleinheider, I got to see the TN GOP’s new ad, which I think is their best to date. The timing is [...]
Mickey writes
August 14th, 2008 5:33 pm

That one was not as good as the Mrs. Obama one.
Bring our troops HOME!

Back To The Old School: The TNGOP Raises The Specter Of A New Cold War

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