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[bryant]

The RNC wants MoveOn to apologize for letting an ad comparing Bush to Hitler slip into their contest.

Enh. I don’t particularly think MoveOn needs to apologize; they can if they want to, and people can form whatever opinion they care to form as a result of that decision. The only person who has the right to ask for an apology here is Bush. Last time I heard, he was a big boy, and surely doesn’t need us to act on his behalf. After all, cowboys do their own work.

I also don’t think that the RNC needs to do any kind of equal opportunity witchhunt. They can focus on liberals who compare conservatives to Hitler, and the DNC can focus on conservatives who compare liberals to Hitler. That’s fair enough.

However, the irony of this cartoon in conjunction with this op ed is pretty great.

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[tayefeth.livejournal.com]

The RNC keeps trying to imply that MoveOn.org sponsored the ads or commissioned them, which irritates me. (Not that it's all that difficult to irritate me, I admit.) The two ads comparing Bush to Hitler that were posted (by individuals) got really low marks from the voters and have been removed from MoveOn.org's site. If they're available at all on the net, it's through the RNC.

And yes, there's something awfully ironic about the RNC screaming like a stuck pig over this, while referring to Dean as 'Herr Howie'.

[tayefeth.livejournal.com]

Also, damn you for adding another comic to my daily list...

[totient]

the cartoon is just brilliant. But the op ed piece is inarticulate, enough so to weaken your point.

[bryant]

That's probably not the irony I was thinking of. Day by Day is generally a fairly weak attempt to be the Republican Doonesbury. The breakdown of the strip I linked to:

Bright young conservative mentions (non-existent) ad comparing Dean to Hitler.

Angry young liberal gets all upset, then realizes she's been trapped, as BYC says "Yeah, that was actually an ad comparing Bush to Hitler."

AYL says "Well, it's just politics."

BYC says wisely, "Yes, that's what they said in Nazi Germany."

The irony is that Chris Muir's strip assumes that Republicans are pure and would never compare their opponents to Nazis. The bonus irony is that he manages to undermine himself in his own strip, never mind the NY Post op ed. I actually didn't notice the bonus irony first time around.

bonus irony

[totient]

see, it's the bonus irony that makes Doonesbury what it is. Skewer both sides, perhaps at different subtlety levels. And it's why I thought that strip was so great. Whereas the New York Post op ed, typically for the Post, didn't have anything more ironic than an Alanis Morrissette song.

[that-cad.livejournal.com]

Man, this is getting so out of control. I was reading through various political blogs yesterday at work, and both sides of the fence can't seem to get over the following generalizations:

"All conservatives think that anyone who criticizes America is a traitor."

"All liberals think that anyone who admires America is a fascist."

I mean, heck, I'm way to the left, but even I have to call time-out on this one. Such sweeping generalizations! I swear I see them more than I even see members of their respective sides stating these things their alleged to say.

Although I must say, I hate the cartoon, but only because it paints liberals are being complete hypocrites. Sure, some liberals are hypocrites. But so are some conservatives. I'd have more respect for the whole strip (and yes, I do read it regularly) if he played both sides weaknesses, instead of just the Right's.

Anywho, long post. Wanna hear my thoughts on wearing red after Christmas? ;)