Producer: Chris Mottola
Running Time: 1:00
Debut Date: 08/24/2008
Ad Buy: statewide in Oregon
Cost: not available
Summary: Smith's camp puts together clips from news programs to show that he broke ranks with President Bush over the war in Iraq.
Script of "Iraq News" (TV)
NEWS ANCHOR #1 [v/o]: Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith is speaking out forcefully against the war in Iraq.
(Text on screen: KEZI, 12/8/06)
NEWS ANCHOR #2 [v/o]: Senator Gordon Smith saying the president is wrong about Iraq.
(Text on screen: KOIN, 12/8/06)
NEWS ANCHOR #3 [v/o]: A Republican senator from Oregon has broken ranks with President Bush over his handling of the war in Iraq.
(Text on screen: KMTR, 12/8/06)
WOLF BLITZER [v/o]: Senator Gordon Smith: now a harsh critic of the president's policies.
(Text on screen: CNN, 12/11/06)
GORDON SMITH [on Senate floor]: I for one am at the end of my rope when it comes to supporting a policy that has our soldiers patrolling the same streets in the same way, being blown up by the same bombs, day after day. That is absurd.
GORDON SMITH [in interview]: I have come to the conclusion that our presence there is counterproductive to their deciding what kind of country that they're going to have.
(Text on screen: CNN, 1/10/07)
GORDON SMITH [in interview]: The time is now to rethink this and reposition the American war against terrorism.
(Text on screen: CNN, 12/11/06)
GORDON SMITH [v/o]: I'm Gordon Smith, and I approve this ad.
(Text on screen: gordonsmith.com; Paid For By Friends Of Gordon Smith)
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