Vote Republican: Or Die!

I saw a TV ad by Nancy Johnson, a congressman (R-CT) running for re-election. It featured a woman who had lost a loved one in the WTC on 9/11. The camera panned from her mournful face across her end table, decorated with a framed picture and a model (!) of the Twin Towers. I thought it was pretty bad, blatantly using this woman's grief for political ends. Then I saw this:

Yep, it's come to this: If you don't vote for the pro-war candidate in your district, you will die. That's literally the message in a new ad that a conservative think tank, The Center For Security Policy, has now released in time for the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11. The ad shows images of the burning Twin Towers and Americans held hostage and concludes by flashing on the screen: "Vote as if your life depends on it. Because it does."

Check it out-- you can see the ad at the above link. It is running, among other places, in Upstate NY.

h/t Atrios (also for the title!)