Bush Campaign Criticized for Borrowing Nazi Images From MoveOn.org Ad

CNSNEWS.com ^ | 6/30/04 | Shannon Augustus

[Petronski]

All the Bush ad does is quote the moveon.org ad.

[Semper Paratus]

"Mr. Bush does not own the Nazi Flag!"

[RightthinkinAmerican]

Right for them, wrong for us.

[My2Cents]

Perfect! The Kerry camp has fallen into the Bush-Cheney trap! Had they simply ignored the ad, it would have faded away. But by complaining about the ad, they continue to draw people's attention to it, and the fact that the Hitler images were invented by MoveOn as a ploy against Bush. The Kerry camp gets no points for smarts.

[RWR8189]

We Agree, It's Disgusting (Bush/Cheney webvideo "Coalition of the Wild-eyed")
Bush Cheney '04 Campaign Email | June 26, 2004

Posted on 06/26/2004 2:47:44 AM CDT by RWR8189

 

 

Dear FReeper,

On Thursday, the campaign launched a web video titled Kerry's Coalition of the Wild-eyed.  The video featured Democrats who support John Kerry making negative and baseless attacks against the President.  Interspersed in the video were segments of two ads that appeared on a website sponsored by MoveOn.org - a group campaigning for Kerry - in January.

On Friday night, John Kerry's campaign denounced our use of these ads, and called that use "disgusting."

The Kerry campaign says, "The use of Adolf Hitler by any campaign, politician or party is simply wrong."

We agree.  These ads, like much of the hate-filled, angry rhetoric of Kerry's coalition of the Wild-eyed, are disgusting.

• Where was John Kerry's disgust when he hired Zack Exley - the man responsible for encouraging the production of these ads as part of a MoveOn contest - to run the Kerry campaign's internet operation?
• Where was John Kerry's sense of outrage when Al Gore, just yesterday afternoon, compared the Bush Administration to the Nazis saying, "The Administration works closely with a network of 'rapid response' digital Brown Shirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops.'"
• Where was John Kerry's anger when Al Gore in May spoke of "Bush's Gulag"?
• Why has John Kerry not denounced billionaire and Democrat Party donor George Soros for comparing the Bush Administration to Nazis. Soros stated, "When I hear Bush say, 'You're either with us or against us,' it reminds me of the Germans. It conjures up memories of Nazi slogans on the walls, Der Feind Hort mit ('The enemy is listening')."
• Why has Kerry not spoken out against filmmaker Michael Moore who last October compared the Patriot Act to Mein Kampf.  "The Patriot Act is the first step. 'Mein Kampf' - 'Mein Kampf' was written long before Hitler came to power."

We created this web video to show the depths to which these Kerry supporters will sink to win in November.

Is this the Democratic Party of Franklin Delano Roosevelt who reassured his countrymen we have nothing to fear but fear itself?

No.  This is John Kerry's Coalition of the Wild-eyed, who have nothing to offer but fear-mongering.

Sincerely,

Ken Mehlman
Campaign Manager

[muawiyah]

It really is conceivable that John Kerry and his evil minions are so distracted by inconsequential minutiae that they really were unaware that their friends at Moveon.Org published this stuff.

Guy like that'd end up with Hillary Clinton as a running "mate".

She just said she's going to take away some of her stuff ~ like she's everybody's mother or something.

The woman falls asleep at funerals, and the Dems want her as VP?

[My2Cents]

"Adolf Hitler slaughtered millions of innocent people...

This statement was for the benefit of much of the Democrat Party base who never heard of Adolph Hitler.

[Blue_Ridge_Mtn_Geek]

This whine is exactly like the man who murdered his father and then appealed for mercy from the judge on the grounds that he was an orphan.

The kerrybots throw "nazi" language and image mudballs at the Bush administration and campaign in a variety of ways, and then are "Shocked, shocked!" when Bush advertisements point this out.

Of course the Anti-Defamation League, a thoroughly kerrybot outfit, tries to make the "moral equivalence" argument work here too.

What slimeballs!

[Darksheare]

"The Kerry campaign, said using Nazi images is "simply wrong"" by any campaign, politician or party. He said it's not only insensitive but diminishes Bush's credibility as president."

SOoo, why doesn't teh Kerry Campaign back off of their use of such stupid actions?
After all, the Bush ad is merely quoting the Lib'rals own ads..

[El Gato]

Guy like that'd end up with Hillary Clinton as a running "mate".

And then they end up like Vince Foster.

[Bonaparte]

"Both parties have been advised by the Anti-Defamation League to refrain from using the Nazi images."

The ADL is an organization that has been successfully sued in court for falsely calling others "anti-Semites." They are in no position to give anybody advice on the use of Hitler's name, voice or image, and they are definitely not the "spokesman" for all Jews or even for all the Jews "and others" who died in the nazi holocaust.

[RetroSexual]

Actually, the most disturbing thing about this ad to me is that it appears to have been pulled by the Bush campaign. I do not see it on the website although I did view it a couple of days ago...maybe it was moved?

I hope I'm wrong. It should be prominent on the site. The only way we're going to beat the leftists if we stand our ground. They were wrong to use the Hitler imagery and we have every right to call them on it. We will lose this election if we don't show any backbone every time some whiny lib complains about our message.

[Alia]

Oh, fercryinoutloud: This, from the Anti-Defamation League? OH PULEEZE!!!! Anyone with an ounce of adulthood (reasonable, sensible adulthood) doesn't slam perp and victims alike in one fell swoop, as the ADL has. ADL is grandstanding. If they were really concerned about this issue; they'd have flat out civilly suggested the Democrats just knock it off. And issued a warning to Repubs to not follow the ugly example set by Dem.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Right On Brother!!!!

[finnman69]

I noticed they pulled the ad.

[orionblamblam]

It's apparetnly there, but I can't get the damend thing to play. It's one of those oh-so-cute webpages with the video built-in, rather than downloadable. Anybody know how to download the video so I can watch it?

[marlon]

It's really even quite a bit more simple than that. You see Kerry was for using Adolph Hitler in ads before he was against it. There now the world can get on with its Bush bashing.

[Ichneumon]

SOoo, why doesn't teh Kerry Campaign back off of their use of such stupid actions? After all, the Bush ad is merely quoting the Lib'rals own ads..

If I may adopt a Will Rogers saying, "If the liberals promise to stop telling lies about us, we'll stop telling the truth about them."