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Straha wrote:
Vympel wrote:Shep- the Hitler ad was a submission out of 1,500 to a website, made by some crazed leftie who is good at flash animation. It didn't even make the finals. It's hardly the same thing.
But it is the perfect example of why McCain-Feingold is a complete and total piece of garbage, that deserves to be burned no matter what Sandra Day O'Connor's most massive brain fart says.
I'm not a big McCain-Feingold fan either, but what does the ad have to do with it?
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Wow, any respect I had for any American political group just died stillborn. I'm starting to think the only thing that would surprise me now is if 'Free Speech Zones' became gulags for evil leftists.

And I wouldn't be surprised if that was the topic of a political ad.
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Joe wrote:
Straha wrote:
Vympel wrote:Shep- the Hitler ad was a submission out of 1,500 to a website, made by some crazed leftie who is good at flash animation. It didn't even make the finals. It's hardly the same thing.
But it is the perfect example of why McCain-Feingold is a complete and total piece of garbage, that deserves to be burned no matter what Sandra Day O'Connor's most massive brain fart says.
I'm not a big McCain-Feingold fan either, but what does the ad have to do with it?
Here's the thing, Political Parties are covered by it, by (non-political) third parties are not. IN other words, whereas the Republicans and Democrats have to bend over backwards to fit the crieteria, Moveon.org doesn't have to do jack shit, and gets to put out whatever the hell it wants.
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Iceberg wrote:I'm not making this up.
Husband: WHAT DO I THINK?
WELL, I THINK HOWARD DEAN SHOULD TAKE HIS TAX HIKING, GOVERNMENT-EXPANDING, LATTE-DRINKING, SUSHI-EATING, VOLVO-DRIVING, NEW YORK TIMES-READING . . .

Wife: . . . BODY PIERCING, HOLLYWOOD-LOVING, LEFT-WING FREAK SHOW BACK TO VERMONT, WHERE IT BELONGS.
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I could hardly believe that it was true. And then I looked it up.

Note: viewer discretion advised. It's even worse with their descriptions of the visuals. My respect for politics just hit a new low.

...But now I have this urge to go eat sushi. Mmm...marbled tuna...
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It's quite the insult to the American people- what a load of regressive shit.
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I can't help but wonder in the back of my dirty little mind if "sushi-eating" is some sort of euphemism for cunnilingus. :twisted:
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Iceberg wrote:I'm not making this up.
Husband: WHAT DO I THINK?
WELL, I THINK HOWARD DEAN SHOULD TAKE HIS TAX HIKING, GOVERNMENT-EXPANDING, LATTE-DRINKING, SUSHI-EATING, VOLVO-DRIVING, NEW YORK TIMES-READING . . .

Wife: . . . BODY PIERCING, HOLLYWOOD-LOVING, LEFT-WING FREAK SHOW BACK TO VERMONT, WHERE IT BELONGS.
This idiocy brought to you by Club for Growth.
Thats nearly as bad the the one I saw over here a whil back, trying to make out the Tony Blair was a pedo....oh wait...that was an ad for Labour....
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The real question is who created the ad? The Bush campaign or one of the other Democratic candidates? :)
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Since the 'Club for Growth' is attacking Alaska's Republican Congressman Don Young as a 'RINO' for voting against the relaxed overtime rules, I'd say that it's a Karl Rove front group. :lol:
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Admiral Valdemar wrote: These guys really do think the average US voter is a fucking idiot.
Unfortunately I'm not sure they've ever been proven wrong on a consistant basis. :?
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Wow, any respect I had for any American political group just died stillborn.
Why? Because ONE (well, some) create really stupid ads?

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That's ridiculous--more so because it's being run by a democrat-only phase of the race! I think the ad is only running in Iowa, though, so at least it isn't a national campaign.
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