ADS ATTACKED BY RNC CHAIRMAN...

[TOAD6147]

...ARE NOT MOVEON.ORG VOTER FUND ADS
MoveOn.org Voter Fund Regrets
Screening Process Allowed Ads to Slip Through
Statement by Wes Boyd, Founder of MoveOn.org Voter Fund:

The Republican National Committee and its chairman have falsely accused MoveOn.org of sponsoring ads on its website which compare President Bush to Adolf Hitler. The claim is deliberately and maliciously misleading.

During December the MoveOn.org Voter Fund invited members of the public to submit ads that purported to tell the truth about the President and his policies. More than 1,500 submissions from ordinary Americans came in and were posted on a web site, bushin30seconds.org, for the public to review.

None of these was our ad, nor did their appearance constitute endorsement or sponsorship by MoveOn.org Voter Fund. They will not appear on TV. We do not support the sentiment expressed in the two Hitler submissions. They were voted down by our members and the public, who reviewed the ads and submitted nearly 3 million critiques in the process of choosing the 15 finalist entries.

We agree that the two ads in question were in poor taste and deeply regret that they slipped through our screening process. In the future, if we publish or broadcast raw material, we will create a more effective filtering system.

Contrast this with the behavior of the RNC and its allies when supporters of President Bush used TV ads morphing the face of Sen. Max Cleland (D-GA) into that of Osama Bin Laden during the 2002 Senate race.

MoveOn.org and the MoveOn.org Voter Fund exist to bring the public into the political process and produce a more fact-based election process. We regret that the RNC doesn't seem to embrace the same goals.

[J-Excel]

I hate the fact that I'm going to have to put up with this crap for 11 months.

[MTAtech]

J, why wait?:

http://www.bushin30seconds.org/

[Theophylact]

On the other hand, when a right-wing columnist for a major newspaper compares Howard Dean with Hitler, you don't see the Democratic National Committee demanding that the Republican candidate for President, whoever that might be, denounce the writer.

[J-Excel]

The Democrats and their supporters can come up with all the negative ad campaigns they want. The more the better. Since they don't really have a platform all they have is negativity. They'll just alienate more voters, ensuring four more years of Bush. Personally, I hate all of the negativity, and I just don’t want to hear the whining beotches for the next 11 months.

[MTAtech]

It's interesting that publicizing a politicians record, such as his policies, is considered 'negative advertising.'

[TOAD6147]

And what exactly was the RNC's platform in 2000 besides beat Gore? And of course there was absolutely No negativety from the RNC directed at Gore then or at Clinton in '92 or '96. Get serious man! Grow up!

[Epidemic]

Hmmm,

RNC's message during 2000 election.

let see.

Lower taxes (vote against gore and you will get more of your money back. I'd say that was done)

increased defense spending

less entitlements (failed failed failed)

Inter party Unity (attempted by Bush (democrats did not exactly follow suit))

No foreign involvement unless mission was clear (Hmmm can be argued either way. depends on what you define as a mission and if you allow for changes to situations)

All in all a mixed bag AFAIAC.

[TOAD6147]

Epidemic,
To say "lower taxes" is a radical new concept by the right-wing is like the right-wing saying they fear the liberals will raise taxes. That's old stuff man! The Repubicans' paltform has always been less taxes, less business regulation, less public education, more polution, and a bigger, better, more expensive war machine. I mean, after all, their constituents are the ones to gain form all these planks. Oh, I forgot the best one yet: "Let no billionare be left behind!"

[Pexster]

Epidemic wrote --

Inter party Unity (attempted by Bush (democrats did not exactly follow suit))

This was, IMO, Bush's BIGGEST lie. That "reach across the aisle" crap lasted exactly 1 nanosecond after he was declared President-elect. After that, it was and remains, "My way or the highway." Not just with Congress, either -- with the entire world.