Kerry Equals Hitler

• June 30, 2004

We all remember when Moveon.org allowed an ad comparing Bush to Hitler into one of its commercial contests. Now the Bush campaign has come out with an ad showing snippets of the Moveon.org ad (including imagery of Hitler) spliced in with clips of George Soros, Al Gore, Howard Dean, John Kerry, Michael Moore and Dick Gephardt.
Not all Bush backers are amused.

I said it before, and I’ll say it again: comparing your political rivals to one of history’s worst mass-murderers is a despicable tactic, which has no place in civil political debate.
Period.

I agree with Smash on this point. Comparing one’s opponent to someone like Adolf Hitler is not only over the top rhetoric but it also cheapens the memory of those who suffered under Hitler’s harsh rule.
But I don’t think that is what this Bush ad is about. I think this ad is about showing voters who the leaders on the left are right now. It shows them in all their rage and fury pouring vicious rhetoric from their flem-speckled lips. Bush is, in essence, saying “A vote for Kerry is a vote for these lunatics.”
Its not about comparing John Kerry or Al Gore to Hitler, its about exposing Bush’s loudest critics (which include Kerry, Gore, Moore, Dean, Gephardt and Moveon.org) in all their anger-laden glory.
What’s wrong with that?

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“What’s wrong with that?”

I have no problem showing the “Dean Scream,” or the “Gore Meltdown,” or any other Democrat in full rant mode. They can answer for their own behavior.

The problem is that these images are juxtaposed against clips of Hitler (in a very similar mode) from the MoveOn ads. The excuse given is that “this is what they’re saying about Bush.”

But the underlying messsage is that these Democrats are behaving in a similar manner as “Der Fuhrer.” It’s not even subtle. And if it’s wrong for the Democrats to make such a comparison, it’s equally wrong for the Republicans to return the favor.
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After watching the ad again, I see your point. I think that the Bush campaign could have gotten the same message across with out the Hitler/Dem imagery shown so closely.

But did the campaign do this on purpose? Maybe. Its hard to say. For the most part I’d say the campaign has been positive for the most part. Its hard to believe that they’d go so negative so soon.

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