Posted on 04/26/2005 12:58:18 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
A MoveOn.org TV ad just aired on CNN's Inside Politics. It sent me to the MoveOn.org web site, where the ad is available for viewing, and where I note that it's named "Radical Rampage."
The focus is on the possible GOP move to deny Dems the right to filibuster judicial nominees. The ad shows a pack of angry elephants rampaging through the streets of Washington, DC, knocking down the pillars of the Supreme Court and doing other damage.
A somber announcer intones about "extremist judges," etc.
In the final scene, the announcer talks about some Senators being willing to stand up to the Republicans. The screen shows a single man standing in the street, courageously holding his hand up before an advancing elephant.
The visual parallel with the famous image of the single man holding his hand up and trying to stop a tank in Tianamen Square during the pro-democracy uprising there was unmistakeable. Of course the Chinese communists eventually quashed the demonstrations violently, killing untold numbers of protestors.
That's right. MoveOn.org is analogizing Republicans to the Butchers of Tianamen Square.
Good! Let's Roll!!
In both the Tianemen image and the TV ad, the tanks/elephants are in single file, advancing from right to left. There are no coincidences in this game, no doubt that MoveOn.org was intentionally trying to draw the parallel.
MoveOn.org/Inside Politics ping to the Today Show ping list.
For the Democrats to do something like the man in picture is doing would require BALLS. Something that has been lacking in the Democratic AND Republican party of late.
Seems like the left never wants to ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC ISSUES and explain their position - just demonize with the most appalling comparisons imaginable.
But it undoubtedly works on some people.
Although it seriously alienates many, many more.
If the Dems are on record as saying majority approval is tyranny then they are confirming that they have no place leading our country.
That would be Judge Greer, wouldn't it.
Goebbels would be proud.
I strongly encourage people to go to the link and watch the ad so they can see just how blatantly it mimics the Tianemen scene.
We don't even know who the 2006 Senatoral candidates will be, but they're already doing their part to ensure another Democrat defeat.
Yes!
I strongly encourage the "Elephant" to take an elephant-size dump on the Senator's head!
Governs,
When ARE we going to pull the trigger? Any idea when the showdown will be?
I say 1) Do it while we've got the momentum and 2) We've been talking for over a year. Time to act.
Regards,
kate
Thank You very much CNN for giving MoveOn MILLIONS worth of free advertising time by showing that clip. Here's hoping the other media outlets DO NOT follow suit (but probably will).
I don't know the answer. I just saw a very wimpy Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) on Inside Politics saying he expects there to be a compromise and that Harry Reid will be making an announcement about it soon.
"If the Dems are on record as saying majority approval is tyranny then they are confirming that they have no place leading our country."
Why then do the dems keep saying that algore got more popular votes than W?
Just to clarify: CNN did not display the ad as part of its coverage. It simply ran as a paid ad during a commercial break. So we have George Soros to thank for pouring more of his millions into this slanderous campaign.
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