How is that a rebuttal of the "Stakes" ad. If anything in reinforces the ad. The problem the Dem's have is that you can either believe they are taking their approach from Bin Laden and co. or that Bin Laden is taking their talking points for his own.

The Republicans must be paying his agent a fortune for his videos and audio tapes.

The best rebuttal of the "Stakes" ad I've seen comes from the satire site "Unconfirmed Sources".

Unconfirmed Sources report al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, have filed charges against the National Republican party. The suit contends the GOP had not purchased the rights to the video footage and the verbal threats of Osama bin Laden are the copy righted property of al Qaeda.

...In a taped statement Ayman al-Zawahiri demanded the adds be pulled off the air until a legal settlement could be reached. According to al-Zawahiri, Osama Bin laden is not against using terroristic threats against the people of America but his disappointed that George W. Bush would resort to "stealing" the copy righted threats.

Al-Zawahiri went on to state that the Bush administration has shown great skill and expertise in using fear on their fellow citizens but again demanded the President use his own threats and not those belonging to al Qaeda. "I feel that Karl Rove and George W. Bush are capable terrorists they don't need to steal the intellectual property of others to prove the point."

Regards, C