Did you happen to see the new video on the Bush/Cheney website? The one that shows scenes of Hitler shouting (their excuse is that it was imagery used in a contest submission to Moveon.org — never mind that it got voted off the island — and hence it's fair game.)
Not that it's likely to help them much. From Newsweek:
NEWSWEEK asked an interactive content developer for a large New York City advertising firm to view the video and offer his professional opinion. After laughing out loud at the video, he said the picture of Hitler overwhelms any other message and that the entire advertisement seemed poorly conceived. “If you’re not aware of the MoveOn.org campaign, it seems like a ridiculous point. It’s picking up a spitball, polishing it, and throwing it back at them. It’s like saying: 'I’m like Hitler? No you’re like Hitler'.”
Or: "Unlike those evil, Nazi-like, name-calling ugly, angry, ranting liberals whose mamas wear combat boots... we're sunny little daisies!" And when you see the excerpts from fiery Democrat speeches interspersed with Hitler's oratory, well... what conclusion is the viewer supposed to come to?
I'm so sick of Hitler being invoked, too, as I think I've said before on this blog. The left and the right have certainly both dropped the H-bomb many times. It happens so much online, there's even a name for the phenomenon and an FAQ about it. It's all so dumb, really. Can we all just stop it, NOW?
I'm well and truly fed up with most of those kinds of comparisons, myself. The attacks have been screwy lately, between each side calling each other Hitler, the GOP implying that the Dems are being paid by al-Qaeda (or "look French"), etc. On this side of the border things are only a little better.
I suppose the ad's at least right in saying that this isn't a time for pessimism. Rage is acceptable, on the other hand, even if the implication that it's bad to be upset is being tossed around. %P
Thanks for the link, BTW!