On my first reading of the ad's storyline, it rang decidedly anti-left. I interpreted the tagline about protecting freedom as an attempt at a justification of the war against a 'freedom hating' enemy. In fact, this line of reasoning would be the closest I could think of to one that might actually move me to fight. I'm surprised that this would be interpreted by anyone as 'leftist scare paranoia.' I only recently saw an overblown piece along this line thrown around by conservative opponents of campaign finance reform. I guess you see what you look for.