Steele attacked for using substitute dog in campaign commercial
posted at 10:36 am on September 20, 2006 by Ian
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Hate of this man is oozing through the skin of liberals and it’s becoming more apparent now than ever. His detractors are getting so desperate that they’re attacking this man over a dog used in one of his recent commercials:
It is a fact Mr. Steele loves puppies. However, the dog Mr. Steele is holding in the commercial is a Boston Terrier. Mr. Steele does not have a Boston Terrier. The Steele’s family pet is a Siberian Huskie. Click here for a family photo.
### As for Ben Cardin–the democratic nominee for the senate seat–his campaign office tells 9 News Now, “Ben Cardin shares Michael Steele’s affinity for puppies, just not his affinity for President Bush and his agenda. The puppy is cute, but Marylanders want to hear about real issues.”
I guess when you can’t compete with the man on real issues, this is what it boils down to.
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What is that new puppy anti-swapping law? I know its pretty serious stuff.
shooter on September 20, 2006 at 10:41 AM
The puppy is cute, but Marylanders want to hear about real issues.
Right. The real issues, such as whether Steele used his own dog in a campaign ad. You have got to be kidding me. It would seem the Democratic march over the edge is continuing unabated.
schlagerman on September 20, 2006 at 10:45 AM
If Michael Steele loves puppies so much, WHY IS HE ASHAMED OF HIS OWN DOG?!
frankj on September 20, 2006 at 10:52 AM
factcheck.org has been scooped!
starflyer on September 20, 2006 at 10:57 AM
You must be kidding me. Who cares! That is like saying a politician loves children, then complaining that he used footage of him at a school and not of his own kids because he is ashamed of them.
I cannot believe people fall for this stuff.
mdconservative on September 20, 2006 at 11:01 AM
Why again are democraps going to pick up seats in the house and senate?
Fogpig on September 20, 2006 at 11:03 AM
Now the Dem attack machine is questioning Steele’s pet “authenticity“?
What’s this, some kind of stealth authenticity slur?
Terp Mole on September 20, 2006 at 11:03 AM
mdconservative,
Why do conservatives twist themselves into pretzels to dismiss INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE that a Republican candidate HATES PUPPIES?
Why do conservatives FEAR THE TRUTH?!
frankj on September 20, 2006 at 11:05 AM
Ahhh… he does love puppies… but maybe his dog is no longer a puppy???
I know my mutt outgrew puppyhood, right into shitheadidis many moons ago….
Romeo13 on September 20, 2006 at 11:08 AM
This must not stand! This is shameless pandering to Northeast liberals at the expense of hearty frontier folks and their red blooded canine companions.
BREEDIST!
Pablo on September 20, 2006 at 11:26 AM
Was the Terrier photoshopped in or is it real? Were they actually in the same room together? Or was he actually planning on feeding the puppy to his Republican Death-Dog? These are the important issues to the frothing Left, and dammit,they want answers!!!!
bbz123 on September 20, 2006 at 11:29 AM
What makes me angriest about this is that Michelle Malkin made a huge stink when it was revealed that Lamont used a body-double for the nude scene in his campaign ads, but I bet she won’t make a PEEP about Steele’s subterfuge since she is a HYPOCRIT!
frankj on September 20, 2006 at 11:30 AM
frankj, you have got a real talent for satire. I salute you.
JasonG on September 20, 2006 at 11:37 AM
Aaaawwwww …. yeah, I think that Husky would be too heavy to lift and pose for a good picture with :) That Boston is darn cute though. Our household is partial to bostons, boxers (the dog breed, not the freakin’ senator) and huskies. Who cares about the issues? Just kidding. Can’t help Mr. Steele from WY anyway — but he sure comes across as a class act. Oh, that must be what drives the demonrats crazy! Classless fools that they are.
wytammic on September 20, 2006 at 11:39 AM
He’s ashamed of the fact that his real dog is Jewish.
jdpaz on September 20, 2006 at 11:39 AM
This only proves his ad to be true. He said that the silly attacks would come and they are proving his point.
IndependentConserv on September 20, 2006 at 11:43 AM
If the dog had been yellow… oh man, the fur would fly over that one…
ricer1 on September 20, 2006 at 11:47 AM
Sounds like the big deal the Nutroots made over the alleged “fake bumper sticker” used in a Lieberman ad against Lamont. It was supposed to be an indicator of Lieberman’s “dishonesty” but in reality was an indication of the Nutroot’s desperation.
I’m eagerly awaiting the Lieberman/Lamont and Steele/Cardin elections. I hope the Nutroots get their a–es handed to them that day.
SisterToldjah on September 20, 2006 at 11:49 AM
…well a Siberian husky….Siberian…Russian…Communist…liberal Damn, only 3 degrees too!!!
honora on September 20, 2006 at 11:57 AM
I have a question-is frankj what they call a “troll”.
I never looked close enough to see one before. The only trolls I remember came from fantasy.
Does frankj live there like other trolls?
tormod on September 20, 2006 at 12:05 PM
Tormod, click his name and you will enter the delightfully odd little world that he has created. It so rocks.
bbz123 on September 20, 2006 at 12:43 PM
How much is that puppy in the window?
If this is a counter aurgument by the Dems on which kind of doggie a candidate has… well, I can’t wait till December.
I wonder if he likes cats?
Kini on September 20, 2006 at 12:48 PM
The report by WUSA9 caught my attention, and this is why. It took me a few seconds to remember why I would know those call letters, but it now begins to be clear that this station has a
racistpolitical agenda.Anyone with a G.E.D. can see that the dog in question is a metaphor for Steele’s opponent, and thus the message in the ad is that he has Ben Cardin well in hand.
DannoJyd on September 20, 2006 at 12:54 PM
I agree this is petty, whereas t I seriously do consider unibrowgate to be a big scandal.
Alex K on September 20, 2006 at 1:37 PM
The calls for real issues ring pretty
hollow since they’re all but missing
from the Steele campaign.
His TV commerical address absolutely
nothing of substance, offering only
a promise to “be a different kind of
Senator” and to be frank “about the
problems with both parties”. And,
oh yeah, he looked fine marching in
the Labor Day parade.
The only substantive issue I’ve seen
him mention anywhere is a call for a gift ban,
and I’ve only seen that in his online
ad, not on television. My opinion is
that’s a pandering anti-Washington,
essentially meaningless proposal that
will be far more trouble than it’s worth.
How about some real substance? The
President has legislation in the Senate
about setting interrogation standards,
establishing tribunals for enemy combatants,
and approving terrorist surveillance
that a federal court has ruled against.
If Steele were already in the Senate, how
would he be voting? How would he be
shaping the debate?
Until Steele weighs in on such matters,
why should anyone take him seriously?
Rev Snow on September 20, 2006 at 2:46 PM
Don’t you all see it?
It is a play on the Oreo… Both his dog and the Terrier are Black and White!!!! He simply could not hold his big dog like in the photo…. So he went for color authenticity – black and white!!!
I think it is brilliant, keep the Oreo image out there!!!!! Don’t run from it, embrace it…….
dallas94 on September 20, 2006 at 2:51 PM
Did it ever occur to anyone that the dog in the photo might be a NEW dog? maybe the dog came into the family AFTER the Husky pic? Mabye the Husky has crossed over that doggie rainbow in the sky and this is the new family dog? Maybe they decided two dogs are better than one? Maybe they are dogsitting? Maybe it’s a “granddog?” I dunno. What a stupid topic.
pullingmyhairout on September 20, 2006 at 3:50 PM
Next thing you know he’ll be photoshopping his eyebrows!… What?…. That’s already been done? Okay… then….Next thing you know he’ll get such a bad fake tan, he’ll look like a bright orange carrot… That’s been done too!? Okay okay, I got it! Next thing you know, CBS will slim him down in a promo photo before he takes over the evening news… What!? Well I’m all out of ideas!
RightWinged on September 20, 2006 at 5:58 PM
Okay, this is about the dumbest thing I’ve ever read. The eyebrows thing was pretty stupid, but this is beyond dumb.
meep on September 20, 2006 at 6:07 PM
Breaking: Maryland’s Attorney General, Mr. J. Joseph Curran, Jr., has just appointed a special prosecutor in the Puppygate scandal.
Mr. Curran is distancing himself from the case entireley, as he is too closely associated with Lt. Governor Steele.
Funds to support the inquiry are solicited and expected to come in soon, especially from PAMA (people against the mistreatment of animals), most vegans, WSPA (world socity for the protection of animals), and of course from PETA. If you don’t know what this acronym stands for, duh, you don’t care about the infraction of picture-animal-swaping.
Entelechy on September 21, 2006 at 3:04 AM
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