Democrats Defend Bush-Hitler Ad
A Web site founded by former members of the Clinton
administration is defending a presidential campaign ad created for Moveon.org
that shows images of President Bush morphing into Adolf Hitler.
"Once again, the comparison of Bush with Hitler strikes terror in the hearts
of Republicans - because they know how close it cuts to the truth," the Web site
Democrats.com said in a report posted near the top of its political news roundup
on Monday.
News that Moveon.org had already yanked the Hitler ad was "one more victory
for GOP censorship, bringing us ever closer to a Nazi dictatorship," the Web
site complained.
Democrats.com cofounder David Lytel was President Clinton's personal
webmaster, the Web site boasts, saying he helped to develop and edit the White
House Web site. [Lytel has since left Democrats.com and launched the Committee
to Re-Defeat President Bush.]
Former Clinton pollster Stanley Greenberg sits on Democrats.com's advisory
board, along with Dick Bell, formerly the head of the Interactive Media
Department at the Democratic National Committee.
Jock Gill, another advisory board member, was Director of Special Projects in
the Office of Media Affairs in the Clinton White House. He also helped develop
the White House's Web site.
Democrats.com advisory board member Greg Simon was the chief domestic policy
adviser to Vice President Al Gore.
Moveon.org was originally founded in 1998 in a failed bid to derail President
Clinton's impeachment, and is now closely associated with former Vice President
Al Gore.
Neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton has commented on Bush-Hitler comparisons by
Web sites closely associated with their co-presidency.
Yesterday Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie called on
Democrats to repudiate the Bush-Hitler ad - but so far the only reaction has
been from Jewish groups.
"It is shocking that a mainstream political group like MoveOn.org not only
allowed this vile and outrageous comparison of the American President to Adolf
Hitler to be entered into its 'Bush in 30 Seconds' contest in the first place,
but that they even went so far as to make it available to the public on the
Internet," said Anti-Defamation League President Abraham Foxman.
"Those responsible for this contest at MoveOn.org should have immediately
identified this advertisement as one going far beyond legitimate criticism and
rejected it out of hand," he added.
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