[lbo-talk] More about GOP Hitler imagery

B. docile_body at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 26 15:07:37 PDT 2004


Hitler Image Used in Bush Campaign Web Ad

59 minutes ago

By JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Adolf Hitler's image has surfaced again in the White House race. President Bush (news - web sites)'s campaign contains online video, removed from a liberal group's Web site months ago and disavowed, that features the Nazi dictator. The Bush Internet (news - web sites) video, which was sent electronically to 6 million supporters, intersperses clips of speeches by Democrats John Kerry (news - web sites), Al Gore (news - web sites) and Howard Dean (news - web sites) with the footage of Hitler.

Democrats want the video pulled from the site. Campaign aides said it would remain.

Republicans had criticized the group MoveOn.org in January because it briefly posted an ad contest entry that linked Hitler and Bush. It showed images of Bush with text saying, "God told me to strike at al-Qaida," before turning to images of Hitler with the words, "And then He instructed me to strike at Saddam." The submission ended with the words, "Sound familiar?" on a black and white screen.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&e=1&u=/ap/bush_ad



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