Friday, June 25, 2004
Freudian slip?
Predictably enough the latest web video ad - The Faces of John Kerry's Democratic Party - posted on the official George Bush re-election site digs at Kerry. The video which is subtitled, "The Coalition of the Wild-Eyed" starts out with footage of Al Gore, Howard Dean, and Michael Moore speaking. Immediately following those clips it shows several clips of Adolph Hitler... which is what raised the ire of the Kerry campaign.
Phil Singer, spokesman for the Kerry campaign, had this to say on the official Kerry blog about the web video ad:
I have to agree with Singer here. Using shots of Adolph Hitler is definitely beyond the pale. But, that's not the truly strange part about all of this. Bizarrely and inexplicably the ad transitions from the Hitler shots directly to a shot of George W. Bush with his right hand raised in what looks like a Nazi salute.
Freudian slip?
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Phil Singer, spokesman for the Kerry campaign, had this to say on the official Kerry blog about the web video ad:
"The fact that George Bush thinks it’s appropriate to use images of Adolph Hitler in his campaign raises serious questions about his fitness to spend another four years in the White House. Adolph Hitler slaughtered millions of innocent people and has no place in a campaign that is supposed to be about the future and hope of this nation. The President’s use of these images during a month that evoked the memory of World War II is remarkably insensitive to the sacrifices of the millions of people who lost their lives during Hitler’s reign of terror.
“The Bush Campaign should immediately remove these hateful images from its website and apologize for using them. The use of Adolph Hitler by any campaign, politician or party is simply wrong.”
I have to agree with Singer here. Using shots of Adolph Hitler is definitely beyond the pale. But, that's not the truly strange part about all of this. Bizarrely and inexplicably the ad transitions from the Hitler shots directly to a shot of George W. Bush with his right hand raised in what looks like a Nazi salute.
Freudian slip?
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