Now this old commercial doesn't seem so radical after all
By Mike Cuenca | August 17, 2005
Remember back when GW was still a one-term president? Remember that
before his re-election some people tried to educate their fellow voters
that he had lied to us about Iraq and that he was callously throwing
away lives? Isn't that what Cindy Sheehan is trying to tell people
again now?
I produced this commercial for MoveOn.org's
Bush in 30 Seconds TV commercial contest. After the public voting,
MoveOn.org announced that it was one of the 15 finalists from among
1,017 entries. But I had written to them about my concerns that the ad
could generate negative publicity if any of the families of the dead
Americans pictured in the commercial had turned out to be Bush
supporters who could make a stink about their loved one being used by
MoveOn. I personally got hate mail because of it and did have one
family chew me out.
A few days after the announcement, immediately after the celebrity
judges' voted on the winning ad, MoveOn made the decision to withdraw
the commercial from the competition. That was really heartbreaking, as
you can imagine. I offered to edit the commercial to soften its impact.
But moveon was catching a lot of negative publicity because of the
Hitler references in a couple of the ads. Considering the pressure and
the heat that I'm sure Eli and the other MoveOn higher-ups were
feeling, I can't fault them for taking the quick and easy way out of
that one. So I offered to request it be pulled. They still let us come
to the awards show in New York and that was a blast.
I still
think it was then the most important message of the 2004 presidential
election. And it's clear now that it's a message more people are
starting to hear. You can read more about the ad and watch it again here.
By inflating the importance of Kerry's supposed flip-flops and dismissing Cheney's drag on the GOP ticket, Paula Zahn and Joe Klein show us just how easy it is for mainstream journalists to slant their coverage for the President.
Shamefully, Ms. Ferraro is also helping perpetuate the bigoted idea that minority men and women don't get ahead unless we make an exception and give them a job for which they're not qualified.
Now arguing that we must protect Fred Phelps' right to express "offensive" speech, when the rights of so many have been violated for so long, merely sounds like support for Phelps' hateful message.
Other teachers and professors in Kansas teach courses that place intelligent design in a religious or mythological context. Why did one Kansas University professor get singled out for ridicule?
A Lawrence, Kansas, educational group is using a puppet to teach children to avoid potential sexual abuse. It's a great idea, but why is the puppet obviously Hispanic?
Shamefully, Ms. Ferraro is also helping perpetuate the bigoted idea that minority men and women don't get ahead unless we make an exception and give them a job for which they're not qualified.
My "He Lied" TV commercial for MoveOn's Bush in 30 Seconds contest was
too controversial in the climate of the time, but now the message in it
is becoming more widely accepted.
UC statistical study proves increase in Bush support in Florida was
99.9% likely the result of the deliberate manipulation of the totals
from electronic voting machines.
Now arguing that we must protect Fred Phelps' right to express "offensive" speech, when the rights of so many have been violated for so long, merely sounds like support for Phelps' hateful message.
Other teachers and professors in Kansas teach courses that place intelligent design in a religious or mythological context. Why did one Kansas University professor get singled out for ridicule?
A Lawrence, Kansas, educational group is using a puppet to teach children to avoid potential sexual abuse. It's a great idea, but why is the puppet obviously Hispanic?
The administration must articulate policies that will put us in a leadership position in the 21st century, not a muddled ideology that threatens to plunge us back into the early 20th century.
