June 24, 2004
bush-cheney hitler Video
In a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black the latest bush-bheney ad hominem campaign video reaches a new low. This is pretty much killfile material.
For some thoughts on the usefulness of invoking this particular meme see here and here.
Update (6/25): PZ Myers is puzzled by the message the campaign is trying to send and suggests some possibilities.
Update (6/28): The bushies have revised the video with some explanatory comments on the front end. Via The Sideshow.
Posted by Steve on June 24, 2004the clips of hitler, has sub-titles that seem like quotes of Bush, this whole thing has me going nuts.Is kerry or the bush camp whacked? I was turned on to this buy the kerry camp.at one point it seems as if the bush campiagn, put this out yet i find the hitler stuff, has anti bush all over it (sub- titles)
Posted by Rich at June 26, 2004 1:05 AMWell, I think both camps are whacked.
The hitler clips are from a moveon.org related clip...I think from the contest they did.
However, the bush folks put this one together in an attempt, I think, to deflect the truth about themselves. They have been pretty consistent in trying to ascribe their more onerous behaviour to their opponents.
It's worthwhile to clarify all this. The original version of the GWB site video had none of the explanatory text, so it just looked like they were juxtiposing the various Dems with Hitler.
The clip supposedly "from" MoveOn.org was an entry in their video contest and was removed from their site almost as soon as they saw it - the only places you could find the thing after that were right-wing sites.
Posted by Avedon at July 6, 2004 6:36 AM
