On Ads and Propaganda
The GOP have apparently decided to resurrect the theme of "Vote Dem and Die" that was prevalent during the 2004 presidential election. This Sunday, the Republican National Convention will begin airing an ad titled "The Stakes". It is a short montage of quotes from Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden and various others promising death will come to Americans superimposed over images of terrorists training to bring about those promises. At the very end it says "These are the stakes. Vote November 7th."
Many have denounced the ad for the blatant fearmongering it is designed to induce. Others have said it is reminiscent of the 1964 Lyndon Johnson ad "Daisy" which implicated death my thermonuclear fire should Republican Barry Goldwater take office. No doubt the comparison is made because both ads use the phrase "the stakes". But the imagery invoked in that earlier ad, and the current one's comparison to it, is not without a sense of irony.
Consider that here we are some 42 years later with a Republican presidency presiding over a time in which the risk of a nuclear confrontation are nearly as great, and perhaps even more so, than they were during the Cuban Missile Crisis. (Jack has an excellent post on that subject, BTW)
This past week, CNN broadcast footage filmed by Iraqi insurgents sniping American troops. House Republican Duncan Hunter has called for CNN correspondents to be expelled from Army embeds because they have now become "the publicist for an enemy propaganda film".
Funny how it's become hard to tell "enemy propaganda" from "campaign ads".
For more check out Carpetbagger, Atrios, Kos, , Josh, Robert Parry, and Capt. Fogg.
(Filed at State of the Day)
Many have denounced the ad for the blatant fearmongering it is designed to induce. Others have said it is reminiscent of the 1964 Lyndon Johnson ad "Daisy" which implicated death my thermonuclear fire should Republican Barry Goldwater take office. No doubt the comparison is made because both ads use the phrase "the stakes". But the imagery invoked in that earlier ad, and the current one's comparison to it, is not without a sense of irony.
Consider that here we are some 42 years later with a Republican presidency presiding over a time in which the risk of a nuclear confrontation are nearly as great, and perhaps even more so, than they were during the Cuban Missile Crisis. (Jack has an excellent post on that subject, BTW)
This past week, CNN broadcast footage filmed by Iraqi insurgents sniping American troops. House Republican Duncan Hunter has called for CNN correspondents to be expelled from Army embeds because they have now become "the publicist for an enemy propaganda film".
Funny how it's become hard to tell "enemy propaganda" from "campaign ads".
For more check out Carpetbagger, Atrios, Kos, , Josh, Robert Parry, and Capt. Fogg.
(Filed at State of the Day)
Concerning the elections, why does everyone think this year will be different? They already stole 2 presidential elections (wide scale fraud). You really think they cannot steal House elections (small scale fraud). This is the same group that managed to legalize warrantless wiretaps, suspend habeas corpus, ban books like "America Deceived" from Amazon, detain demonstrators and start 2 illegal wars based on lies. The Republicans will probably lose a few seats to make it look good but maintain a majority. Then they'll invade Iran on behalf of Israel.
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Final link (before Google Books bends to gov't will and drops the title):
America Deceived (book)
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