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Of Course They Think Bush Is a Nazi
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| Contributor | Eddie |
| Last Edited | Eddie Jan 07, 2004 06:49pm |
| Category | Commentary |
| News Date | Jan 07, 2004 12:00am |
| Description | by Byron York
Wes Boyd, founder of the left-wing activist website MoveOn.org, says he is angry about the attention being paid to two political ads, recently posted on MoveOn, that compared President Bush to Adolf Hitler. Boyd claims the commercials, which were entered in a MoveOn contest to find "really creative ads" that will help viewers "understand the truth about George Bush," are not representative of MoveOn or its members. "We do not support the sentiment expressed in the two Hitler submissions," Boyd said in a statement released Monday.
But referring to President Bush as a Nazi, or comparing the president to Hitler, are nothing new in the world of MoveOn. They are, in fact, a common mode of expression of some of the people associated with the website and its brand of political activism.
Although MoveOn's Boyd disowned the ads, saying, "We agree that the two ads in question were in poor taste and deeply regret that they slipped through our screening process," he also sought to attack Republicans who had complained about the commercials. Boyd's statement, released on the MoveOn website, was headlined, "GOP Plays Dirty Politics in Attempt to Smear MoveOn.org Voter Fund." |
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