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October 31, 2004
Bush | New Democrat 527 Video

Another not-serious look at the US Elections. At least, I think it’s not-serious. You can never tell, when OBL is on tape channelling Michael Moore, parotting parts of the Democrat Platform, and pleading to “live and let live”.

A Minneapolis-based 527 group GeorgeTheMenace, has just produced a new video which they hope will counter the SwiftVet ones. The one showing hundreds of Veterans and ex-POWs of all party affilliations, all united against John F Kerry.

The video, which if taken at face value is extremely damaging to George Bush, is available in 2 formats:
QuickTime [800k]
RealPlayer[1.4 M]

Bush supporters will no doubt claim that the video has been “doctored” by Democrats, however the GeorgeTheMenace group hopes to put in on TV “straight”, according to their (satirical) website.

No doubt some people will believe it, but they probably wouldn’t be voting for Bush even before seeing it. Others will see it as an act of Democrat desperation, but they probably wouldn’t be voting for Kerry anyway.

Hat Tip : Captain’s Quarters



Posted by Alan Brain at October 31, 2004 01:41 AM | TrackBack
Comments

This clip is better left to the professionals at Saturday Night Live. I kept waiting for the laugh tracks to kick in. No one who has read or heard the news in the last few days could possibly believe that the english translation is accurate. Just as has been said above, this is just another tactic to smear and impugn the President. What a waste of money and such a badly done attempt at propaganda.

Posted by: dewaun [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 31, 2004 02:52 AM

Speaking of smearing the President, how about this gem I lifted from an AP story this morning?

“The president — who throughout the campaign has sought to deflect voter concerns about the war in Iraq, his handling of the economy and his job performance overall by fueling fears about terrorism — continued that theme.”

Doesn’t sound too biased, does it? And this is the news feed, not commentary, not opinion, not a paid political advertisement. These people aren’t reporters, they’re political hacks. And it was the AP, remember that.

Posted by: torpedo_eight [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 31, 2004 07:12 AM

This is obviously satire, but it is good satire, makes a very valid point.

Posted by: rdelephant [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 31, 2004 08:40 AM

was that it? is that the best they could come up with?

Posted by: navyvetagainstkerry [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 31, 2004 09:27 AM

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