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| 2004-01-06 | |
| You just can’t make this stuff up: A Web site founded by former members of the Clinton administration is defending a presidential campaign ad created for Moveon.org that shows images of President Bush morphing into Adolf Hitler. "Once again, the comparison of Bush with Hitler strikes terror in the hearts of Republicans - because they know how close it cuts to the truth," the Web site Democrats.com said in a report posted near the top of its political news roundup on Monday.
Snicker, Moveon.org pulled the ad as soon as the heat was turned on and denied they had ever planned to run it: Wes Boyd, a MoveOn.org founder, fired back, saying Republicans were "deliberately and maliciously" misleading the public by asserting that MoveOn.org had sponsored the advertisements. "None of these was our ad," Mr. Boyd said in a statement. "Nor did their appearance constitute endorsement or sponsorship by MoveOn.org Voter Fund." Then these bozos, who are the ultimate democrat insiders, are still supporting Moveon’s running the ad. On Monday, MoveOn.org said more than 100,000 visitors to the site had selected 15 finalists, none of them the Hitler advertisements. A panel of celebrities and political experts has been asked to pick a winner, which will be televised. The winning entry will be selected by a panel of judges, including: • Margaret Cho, comedian. • Al Franken, comedian and author of "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot" and "Lies and the Lying Liars Who tell Them." • • Jessica Lange, actress. • Michael Stipe and Eddie Vedder, singers in the rock groups R.E.M. and Pearl Jam, respectively. The winner will be announced Monday in New York during an awards show hosted by actress Janeane Garofalo. Others on the bill include Cho, musical artist Moby, rapper Chuck D and filmmaker John Sayles. Democrats.com cofounder David Lytel was President Clinton’s personal webmaster, the Web site boasts, saying he helped to develop and edit the White House Web site. Lytel has since left Democrats.com and launched the Committee to Re-Defeat President Bush. Former Clinton pollster Stanley Greenberg sits on Democrats.com’s advisory board, along with Dick Bell, formerly the head of the Interactive Media Department at the Democratic National Committee. Jock Gill, another advisory board member, was Director of Special Projects in the Office of Media Affairs in the Clinton White House. He also helped develop the White House’s Web site. Democrats.com advisory board member Greg Simon was the chief domestic policy adviser to Vice President Al Gore. No bias there, nope. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #10 Margaret Cho and Al Frankin are COMEDIANS??? Who knew? |
| Posted by: Darth VAda 2004-1-6 8:37:55 PM |
| #9 Fred, I clipped and saved your comment #32 from yesterday. Pithy and to the point. Well done. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-1-6 6:28:39 PM |
| #8 *hits self* I THOUGHT it was Godwin's law! |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-1-6 3:32:24 PM |
| #7 For further study of this name-calling look at today's Day by Day and then go back to yesterday's. |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-1-6 2:30:51 PM |
| #6 MoveOn is sounding more and more like Nazi rhetoric. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2004-1-6 2:30:33 PM |
| #5 Studying the advertising already out there, listening to the words of the ninecompoops, hearing those that "defend" these ignoramuses, and reading some of the "commentary" about them and the Democratic party, I've come to one conclusion: the Democrats don't have a clue. They don't have any idea how to successfully run a government under the threat of terrorism, they don't have a clue how to encourage growth and business and to improve the environment at the same time, they don't understand the military or see the need for one, they don't understand the Internet and how it works, they don't have a clue in the world about economics, and their understanding of "cause and effect" is less than most Arab nations. Their entire political motivation is defeating Bush, without any thought of what they'd have to do if they actually succeeded. That is their ONLY goal. The rest of the country has grown up. The average citizen understands we are under attack by a radical regime that wants to destroy Western civilization itself, not just the United States. The average person saw a tax cut take effect and the economy rebound. The average person saw an attempt to loosen hidebound rules about the environment get frozen in litigation, while California burned. The California recall wasn't a fluke: the people of this nation have quit believing the lies they've had pumped into their brain 24/7 by a complicit media co-conspirator. This November is going to be a nasty surprise to many people. The major problem is going to be living through the sleeze of the next 11 months in order to get there. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-1-6 1:47:51 PM |
| #4 unfortunately too many contemporary mainstream dems dont remember the lessons of the '30's and '40's. The hard left tends to set up front groups, and grab mainstream names for respectability - when they proceed with their agenda, the names get tarred with it, and the rads use the names for cover. Moveon.org is yanking Dem.com's chain, and dem.com in turn is basically some of the youngest and least wise Clintonites (just the kind to be most easily manipulated by moveon.org) but all dems end up looking bad, and like Tu3031 says, Karl chuckles. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2004-1-6 1:36:05 PM |
| #3 Margaret Cho,Al Franken, James Carville, Jessica Lange, and Michael Stipe = combined IQ of toe jam. |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-1-6 1:27:46 PM |
| #2 ...and the Evil Karl Rove leaned back in his chair, put his feet on his desk, and chuckled his sinister chuckle. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-1-6 12:46:08 PM |
| #1 I downloaded both of the videos from their website before they got yanked. Funny, one for sure has the "moveon.org" logo on it at various points. Sure seems like these beauzeaus sponsored them. I suspect this was planned -- put them out there and if the heat gets too high, pull them. The loyal faithful will still eat it up, and their pals in the media will dampen the fire. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-1-6 12:26:44 PM |