Point taken, but that doesn't mean that we have to immitate that nonsense.
We should strive to be better than that, and we certainly should not use DU as a yardstick to measure our intellectual success. Heck, why not just use a rhesus monkey as comparison?
Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000
Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush said Tuesday his campaign has dropped a controversial television ad in which the word "RATS" flashes briefly on the screen.
The ad, created by the Republican National Committee, criticizes Democrat presidential nominee Al Gore's Medicare plan. The ad mentions and flashes the word "bureaucrats" and then takes the last four letters of that word and flashes on the screen, for about one-thirtieth of a second, in large, capital letters: RATS.
Speaking to reporters in Orlando, Fla., Bush said he was convinced the inclusion of the word was not intentional but said the advertisement would no longer be used.
"This ad is coming out of rotation, it turns out, anyway," Bush said. "In other words, it is not going to be played any more.
"Conspiracy theories abound in America's politics," he added. "I don't think we need to be subliminal about the differences between our views on prescription drugs. That's where the debate ought to be."
Bush earlier dismissed as "bizarre" and "weird" the allegation that the GOP contained a subliminal message.
Gore said he wasn't happy about the ad.
"I think it's a disappointing development," Gore said. "I have never seen anything like it."