Collett hits McCollum with updated “AQ poses no threat” web video
posted at 9:50 am on October 30, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
Teresa Collett and her campaign didn’t take long to revamp one of their web videos from earlier this week to add an “urgent update.” In a debate for the Congressional election in MN-04, five-term incumbent Democrat Betty McCollum told voters that “al-Qaeda no longer poses a threat to the United States.” Eight days later, President Obama went on national television to explain the national-security threat that AQ posed in its latest terrorist plot, using the international cargo system to attempt attacks on synagogues in Chicago, among other potential targets. Today the Collett campaign makes the argument even more clear that Betty McCollum has no idea about national security and doesn’t belong in Congress:
Yesterday, after a number of Hot Air readers asked me whether Collett would air new commercials in the district to highlight the point, I reached out to my contacts in both the GOP and the Collett campaign. The GOP orgs have allocated all of their resources for the final few days, which means that they don’t have the money to put into anything new now. That’s actually good news, in a way; they’re leaving it all on the field, so to speak, and not holding anything back. Unfortunately, it means that they can’t react to last-minute events.
My sources in the Collett campaign tell me that they would like to run a version of this ad on local TV in the next three days, but they’ve also left it all on the field. They’ll need to raise some substantial funds in order to get it done. I’d encourage anyone who wants to see CD4 voters get informed on this issue to visit Collett’s site and donate what you can to give them the resources to make it happen.
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I’m throwing in $20 to start. Who will match or beat me?
Come on, my O’Donnell-backing friends, you know you’d like to beat me. Beat me!
amerpundit on October 30, 2010 at 9:55 AM
If the cargo perps were wearing Black Panthers t-shirts sleazy Eric Holder says there is nothing to be worried about.
Meanwhile, Big Sis Nutpolitano says she has ordered the Veterans Administration to search for suspects.
viking01 on October 30, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Excellent ad. Sober, classy, important. God speed.
paul1149 on October 30, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Perfect timing. October surprises are horrific. Hopefully they have the opposite effect of what the thugs intend. Guess who they favor?
Schadenfreude on October 30, 2010 at 10:04 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VleTbs1WN0
Not to worry, BO says “we can absorb an attack !”
stenwin77 on October 30, 2010 at 10:04 AM
“Yes we can – but… “
Schadenfreude on October 30, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Huh, all I saw in this video was a man that called us the enemy last week.
Electrongod on October 30, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Schadenfreude on October 30, 2010 at 10:13 AM
amerpundit on October 30, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Done for $50, anything to get these Dems out!
bluemarlin on October 30, 2010 at 10:14 AM
Great ad,and to the point!
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Interesting!
Hamas 54 Democrat Congressmen
Congresswoman Betty McCollum
has been waging her own private war on Israel, right down to issuing an imperial demand that Israeli Ambassador Oren attend the national conference of the far left anti-Israel group, J Street. McCollum famously belittled Hamas’ shelling of Israel as nothing more than a drug gang’s drive by shooting and repeated the discredited white phosphorous smear. Again, no more surprising than Chaka Fattah’s presence on the list.
And it is instructive to note how many of the congressmen and congresswomen on the list
are funded by CAIR money.
Keith Ellison, John Conyers, Loretta Sanchez, Betty McCollum, Lois Capps, Bill Pascrell, Elijah Cummings, Bob Filner, Mike Honda, Barbara Lee, John Dingell, James Moran, Nick Rahall, Andre Carson, Mary Jo Kilroy, Carolyn Kilpatrick and Jim McDermott are among the top receivers of CAIR money in congress.
Update: The Full List of Congressmen who signed on to the letter, by State and District, and their current list of challengers in the upcoming elections
http://www.thejerusalemconnection.us/blog/2010/01/28/hamas-54-democratic-congressmen.html
canopfor on October 30, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Betty’s got more trouble than this gaffe. She’s also handled the Pledge of Allegiance thing very badly.
Mr. D on October 30, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Today he is a lame-duck leader.
Schadenfreude on October 30, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Schadenfreude:A good take on it,I liked this part tho!!
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Even his pro-Democrat audience guffawed as the irritable President amended his slogan to: “Yes we can – but… ”
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3201486/Can-Obama-expect-a-hammering-in-the-mid-term-elections-YES-HE-CAN.html#ixzz13qse1mT8
canopfor on October 30, 2010 at 10:20 AM
I threw down for 50.
hawkdriver on October 30, 2010 at 10:23 AM
Today he is a lame-duck leader.
Schadenfreude on October 30, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Schadenfreude: Oh,forgot to add,from your link,and Der
Speigel has it right as well!!:)
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Obama himself is on the defensive, resorting this week to popping up on Jon Stewart’s top-rating TV satire, The Daily Show.
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From Der Speigel:
The Democrats and the president have been put totally on the defensive. From now on they will only be able to react, rather than act.”
‘Obama Has Underestimated the Frustration in the Country’
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,717845,00.html
canopfor on October 30, 2010 at 10:26 AM
I regretfully matched you. The regret I have is that I can’t afford to beat you, because my political donation kitty tapped out on Marco.
Gang-of-One on October 30, 2010 at 10:26 AM
Teresa Collett is fear mongering eleventy!!!!1111111!!!!!!! /
mizflame98 on October 30, 2010 at 10:27 AM
That’l cost me another hundo. C’mon, cough it up! This hag can be removed! Be the wave!
2ipa on October 30, 2010 at 10:28 AM
I threw $50 down!
massideas on October 30, 2010 at 10:29 AM
$50.
I wasn’t familiar with McCollum until this week. She seems to be one of very worst. She must go.
juliesa on October 30, 2010 at 10:30 AM
I love the Hot Air regulars.
hawkdriver on October 30, 2010 at 10:32 AM
Let’s see … McCollum thinks AQ no longer poses a threat and voter fraud is nothing to worry about.
Not exactly who you want respresenting you in Congress. Plus, saying “under God” seems verboten to her.
My recommendation: Give the boot.
darwin on October 30, 2010 at 10:33 AM
$50 in…
usedtobeinmich on October 30, 2010 at 10:45 AM
Great links and right on target.
It is amazing that if you listen to a lot of the people who proclaimed Obama the “Greatest” President of all time who put together the “Greatest Administration evaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”,they still have the audacity to act like everyone that disagreed with them are the stupid ones.
I don’t believe there is a bigger detachment from reality than to listen to an Obama progressive still talk about how great Obama is.
Baxter Greene on October 30, 2010 at 10:54 AM
…if a Republican candidate had made such an incredibly ignorant statement…..the democrats would not have to spend a dime….
……..it would be covered 24/7 on the news cycle and pundits would be talking about it day and night….
Baxter Greene on October 30, 2010 at 10:58 AM
I also think the pollsters have missed this. All their modeling falls under the bell part of the bell curve. They can’t predict what happens when we reach outlier territory. I think this election will be in outlier territory. A tsunami + a perfect storm. Once it starts it will sweep everything out of its path. It may even swamp the results from the 1894 election.
chemman on October 30, 2010 at 11:03 AM
I hope they fix the typo first. The sentence that starts with the word, “Recent events” is missing the word “like”. Otherwise, it’s a kick ass ad.
thedudesblog on October 30, 2010 at 11:09 AM
Obama’s EPA just chimed in with a press release thanking the cargo perps sensitivity to the environment and green movement by choosing to recycle their toner cartridges.
viking01 on October 30, 2010 at 11:16 AM
$100 sent.
Bishop on October 30, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Just changed my mind. I can’t forgive McCollum for skipping the “Support the Troops” rally back in 2003 when every other MN pol managed to make it.
Will send another $150.
Every last penny marked F.U.
Bishop on October 30, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Fifty dollars from SW Ohio. I hope McCollum goes down like an anchor.
BuckeyeSam on October 30, 2010 at 11:22 AM
The ad should have ended with McCollum repeating her statement over and over.
The Zoo Keeper on October 30, 2010 at 11:37 AM
Wow. Awesome response by HA readers, esp Bishop.
This hag supposedly represents me. I saw Betty make this statement at the (non-televised) debate. She has refused any televised debate for the last two elections. We gotta get this add on TV asap! Every penny counts! This year the October surprises are on the Rats!
2ipa on October 30, 2010 at 11:42 AM
My recent nightly prayers.
GO Bishop!
hawkdriver on October 30, 2010 at 11:53 AM
I threw in for $25. This is the 9th candidate that I’ve sent cash to…and not a dime spent in my own district. Jeb Hensarling is doing fine. The only Texas race I contributed to is the one to unseat Chet Edwards. He needs to go too.
Maryland
Arizona
Illinois
Missouri
Florida
Minnesota
Alaska
Connecticut
TexasEngineer on October 30, 2010 at 12:19 PM
You know, al Qaeda would be very smart to disguise themselves as some kind of black progressive group, maybe using Somalians. It would guarantee them express handling in the deportation line over prosecution, given Eric Holder’s get-out-of-jail-free principle for blacks.
slickwillie2001 on October 30, 2010 at 12:23 PM
In.
a capella on October 30, 2010 at 12:27 PM
Betty McCollum – watching . her . poll . . numbers . . . drop . . . . like . . . . a rock.
DuctTapeMyBrain on October 30, 2010 at 12:35 PM
$25. in. Come on Tuesday! I gotta start buying birthday and Christmas presents! I’m about tapped out butt it is well worth it! Woot woot!
sicoit on October 30, 2010 at 12:45 PM
Bad ad. It says the most important things in writing and not verbally. People not looking directly at the screen at the moment won’t get the message. Many people are not looking directly at the screen during commercial breaks but can hear the TV.
crosspatch on October 30, 2010 at 12:45 PM
I agree, it needs a narrator, and the source of McCollum’s remarks can be an overlay like on Obama. May it a short 30 seconds – McCollum, Obama, and then Collet saying the last slide.
Idaho – 1 is also within striking distance of getting back in Republican hands. Minnick has the money advantage to blast the TV, but Labrador, a conservative immigration lawyer from Puerto Rico, is within the margin of error. ALL of Minnick’s ads are lying hit pieces on Labrador (the latest implying that he let a criminal escape, rather than the truth that he went from state custody into INS custody, was deported, and was re-arrested when he snuck back in.) SEEMS LIKE A FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT ISSUE
PS: I’m on Labrador’s website in the videos
click here to look and donate!
spudmom on October 30, 2010 at 12:58 PM
Indeed. If Holder can somehow be replaced with someone honest then maybe that someone will pay closer attention to what Farrakhan’s loons are doing.
viking01 on October 30, 2010 at 12:58 PM
Im in for $25, need to send Van Tran another $25.
Bob in VA on October 30, 2010 at 1:05 PM
So many good candidates to help….
usedtobeinmich on October 30, 2010 at 1:15 PM
If having at least a double digit IQ was a requirement for running for office, McCollum would be in trouble. It is obvious she doesn’t even have a clue, but the state of Minnesota is notorious for electing nutjobs. I know corruption is a part state’s election process, but even corruption cannot elect McCollum.
volsense on October 30, 2010 at 1:30 PM
In for $100
ya2daup on October 30, 2010 at 1:37 PM
Ed, I appreciate the Waterboy reference, but you should have included something about Collett opening a can of Whoopass on McCollum…or are you saving that for Tuesday night?
Extrafishy on October 30, 2010 at 2:07 PM
I’m in for $50… Why am I not surprisee that CAIR has so many Democrats in its pocket? That cannot stand.
CCRWM on October 30, 2010 at 6:18 PM
If they have television commercials running, all they’d need would be a few hundred dollars to edit it down to 30 seconds so they can put it into the rotation.
bgoldman on October 30, 2010 at 8:55 PM
She’s going to need a lot of money to wake up that snoozer of an ad. Is it smart to use Obama to prove your point, by basically agreeing with him?
leftnomore on October 31, 2010 at 2:11 AM