The Fox hit was cancelled today, so here’s what I planned to say on the House GOP ad released yesterday asking American’s if they feel safer now.

A few people obviously didn’t have their thinking caps on and put images in the ad that have since caused uproar.  In 2004, a political ad with images from 9/11 got a lot of criticism - so why re-peat it?  All that does it give the Democrats an open door to deflect attention from the point of the ad - national security - an issue that is traditionally identified by the Republican Party.

It’s a convenient tool when numerous polls show more than 50% of Americans disagree with the release of interrogation memos and more than 50% disagree with closing Gitmo when there is no plan for placing those detainees elsewhere.  Sending a single detainee to France does not a plan make.

American’s don’t want terrorists in our prisons - in their own backyards.  These are the same people that planned and executed an attack with commercial airliners flown into buildings to inflict mass casualties using just box cutters!  It’s not as easy as Tim Robin’s character in Shawshank Redemption using a hammer and a poster of Rita Hayword to get out - but the point remains.

Bottom line:  don’t use images that will create an un-intended debate, especially on an issue that runs in your favor.