Bush-Cheney-GOP Olympic Ad Causes World Uproar. Greatly upsets the IOC, Iraqis, Iraq War Coalition Partners, the World, and Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair Refuses to Meet Bush over Iraq War and receive Medal of Honor for Great Britain’s participation in Iraq War.
So, what is Bush-Cheney-GOP campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel response. He tells a BBC reporter to "kiss off" and said there were no plans to pull the ad. In fact he said “we are running the ad until the later part of August”. Never mind that protesting media articles and peoples anger increases daily around the World.
Yes, Bush the Uniter strikes again.
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Bush to Continue Ad Controversial Olympic Ad
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002011557_cdig21.htmlBush Campaign Defends Its Use of Olympics in a Television Ad
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/21/politics/campaign/21spot.htmlInternational Olympic Committee says Bush-Cheney-GOP must stop Olympic Presidential campaign ad, but Bush representative say they are going to continue to run it.
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Unwilling participants: Iraqi soccer players angered by Bush campaign ads
Posted: Thursday August 19, 2004 5:03PM
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/olympics/2004/writers/08/19/iraq/==
Iraqi athletes object to Bush campaign ad
Soccer players say president shouldn't exploit their success
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5772644/===
Iraq players tell Bush to keep team out of political ads
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-olyiraq20aug20,0,5190060.story?coll=sfla-sports-headlinesIraq's soccer coach Adnan Hamad said his problems "are not with the American people" but "with what America has done in Iraq....destroy everything. The American Army has killed so many people in Iraq. What is freedom when I go to the stadium and there are shootings on the road?"
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###-England
British Broadcast Company: Iraqi footballers' fury at Bush
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3584242.stm###-England-Islam Response
Iraqi Olympic Team Berates Bush for ‘Iraq Crimes’
http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2004-08/21/article03.shtml###-Australia
Iraq soccer players slam Bush over campaign ad
http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200408/s1181861.htm###-Australia: The Sydney Morning Herald
Stop politicising sport, says angry Iraq
http://smh.com.au/olympics/articles/2004/08/21/1092972782691.html###-Scotland
Iraqi Soccer Players Slam 'Criminal' Bush
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3378141###-India
Iraqi soccer team kicks Bush for using them to garner votes!
http://www.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=46043&cat=World###-India's 129 Old Newspaper, The Statesman
Iraqi footballers dribble past Bush goal
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=8&id=80132&usrsess=1###-France
Iraqi Olympic Soccer Team Gives Bush the Boot
http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=2886###-Germany
Iraq Team-Stop Politicizing Sports
http://www6.dw-world.de/en/1759.phpAND - At Home, "Bush Land" Texas
Editorial: (Bush-GOP) Don't politicize Olympics
San Antonio Express-News
Web Posted: 08/21/2004 12:00 AM CDT
http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/editorials/stories/MYSA082104.10B.soccer3ed.1530ab8.htmlDelighting the world with the feel-good Olympics story, the Iraqi soccer team will face Australia in the quarterfinals Sunday.
But for all their prowess on the field, there is one game these athletes refuse to play — the political game.
Team members expressed their disdain for an advertisement sponsored by the Bush campaign.
In the spot, the flags of Iraq and Afghanistan appear on the screen as a narrator says in a reverent tone, "At the Olympics there will be two more free nations — and two fewer terrorist regimes."
"Iraq as a team does not want Mr. Bush to use us for the presidential campaign," Iraqi midfielder Salih Sadir told SI.com recently. "He can find another way to advertise himself."
In addition to freedom to play soccer without fear, Sadir is enjoying another freedom — the right to free expression. The Bush campaign should listen.
If not to the soccer team, perhaps the campaign will listen to the U.S. Olympic Committee, which is granted exclusive rights to the name "Olympic" by federal law. It also has asked the Bush campaign to stop using the name in commercials.
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