James Taranto leads off yesterday's Best Of The Web with this e-mail from a captain in the U.S. Army.
- I just got back from my third deployment from Iraq on Friday, and I happened to be at the dentist and saw a completely offensive ad from the idiots at MoveOn.org this morning. Anyway, it is a Bush-bashing ad that pretends to be arguing for American soldiers families as they will miss the holidays and it shows turkey and crying wives and blames Bush for it all. Here is the crucial part of the ad that I would like to bring to your attention. As they pretend to argue on my behalf, they show a group of soldiers standing around a table in the Middle East.
Here's the scene to which our friend refers:
"A hundred and fifty thousand American men and women are stuck in Iraq," according to the narration that accompanies this scene. Our friend (we've cleaned up a bit of his language for civilian consumption) continues:These are not your normal everyday U.S. soldiers though. If you look at the frame they are actually British soldiers. One is in shorts (we don't have shorts as a normal combat uniform) and the others are all clearly wearing British pattern fatigues. So, my point is that these [turkeys] pretend to argue on my behalf and bash the president in the name of my crying wife, and they don't even know what an American soldier looks like! Anyway, it really [ticked] me off.
Twenty bucks says they'll claim, "fake but accurate" when they are finally forced to account for this blatant deception...
(h/t GOP and the City)
Update: Michelle Malkin links to the video and is gathering quotes.
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Comments (24)
Kind of like when a 'rights... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Ira | November 30, 2005 10:57 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Kind of like when a 'rights activist' gets caught starting a fire outside his/her door (burning a cross on his/her lawn, etc) - the important thing is that we've been reminded that there is racism, etc, not that the whole thing was a fraud meant to be taken as the real thing.
1. Posted by Ira | November 30, 2005 10:57 AM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 10:57
2. Posted by Gabriel Chapman | November 30, 2005 11:06 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Did they get this video footage from Lucy Ramirez?
2. Posted by Gabriel Chapman | November 30, 2005 11:06 AM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 11:06
3. Posted by jp2 | November 30, 2005 11:50 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My gosh, this is huge. A 527 caught being dishonest! Way to break Moveon gate. The world of politics will never be the same.
-jp2
3. Posted by jp2 | November 30, 2005 11:50 AM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 11:50
4. Posted by Chris Meisenzahl | November 30, 2005 12:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
>> Twenty bucks says they'll claim, "fake but accurate"
LMAO, good quote! ;-)
Chris
http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/
4. Posted by Chris Meisenzahl | November 30, 2005 12:22 PM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 12:22
5. Posted by beautifulatrocities | November 30, 2005 12:35 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Unrelated: why are the nominations in the Humor category already closed? I wanted to nominate Oliver Willis
5. Posted by beautifulatrocities | November 30, 2005 12:35 PM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 12:35
6. Posted by JAT0 | November 30, 2005 1:08 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Rove sent MO.O the picture! LOL
6. Posted by JAT0 | November 30, 2005 1:08 PM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 13:08
7. Posted by edmcgon | November 30, 2005 1:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Other than George Soros, does anyone still take Moveon.org seriously?
7. Posted by edmcgon | November 30, 2005 1:55 PM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 13:55
8. Posted by cat | November 30, 2005 2:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Oh...my...God! Never mind about getting the nationality of the troops wrong. The ad's so bad it's a cariacature...not to mention the incredible dishonesty of its message.
Every now and then I find out why I read right-wing blogs. This is one of those occasions.
8. Posted by cat | November 30, 2005 2:15 PM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 14:15
9. Posted by Peter F. | November 30, 2005 2:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm a creative director in advertising and I can officially testify from a professional perspective that moveon.org ads, and particularly this one, suck. Good God, they suck.
That's my insightful, professional criticism for the day.
9. Posted by Peter F. | November 30, 2005 2:37 PM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 14:37
10. Posted by Faith+1 | November 30, 2005 2:57 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Only Moveon Morons(TM) could write a propaganda ad about the US military in Iraq and manage to not find a picture of US military personnel in Iraq--despite there being 150,000 of them.
Then they doctor the photo? They don't even know how to backpeddle without tripping over themselves. They could have just swapped pictures altogether and claimed the wrong photo went up initially. No one would believe them and still think they are biased liars.
But this just makes them out to be biased liars AND incredibly stupid.
10. Posted by Faith+1 | November 30, 2005 2:57 PM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 14:57
11. Posted by WrongWingLiberal | November 30, 2005 3:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Finally the proof we need to lable those dirty liberals as the traitors they are!!! How dare they photoshop pants!
Photoshopping breasts.. understandable (everyone like the boobies)
photoshopping the pants.. unforgivable!
Whats next?? Photoshopping Michael Moore thin??
11. Posted by WrongWingLiberal | November 30, 2005 3:40 PM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 15:40
12. Posted by moseby | November 30, 2005 3:41 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
just another bowel move-on dot org.
12. Posted by moseby | November 30, 2005 3:41 PM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 15:41
13. Posted by Rachel Cohen | November 30, 2005 4:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My guess is that they couldn't licesne a still or moving video of American troops. I wonder if the Brits in the shot know about this use of their images.
13. Posted by Rachel Cohen | November 30, 2005 4:59 PM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 16:59
14. Posted by Slartibartfast | November 30, 2005 5:50 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It appears to be back to shorts, now.
14. Posted by Slartibartfast | November 30, 2005 5:50 PM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 17:50
15. Posted by Chris | November 30, 2005 8:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Quick question: if this was an ad supporting the war, would any of you give two shits about the photo? Sometimes you guys really stretch to find a controversy. I did't realize that knowledge of various army's fatigues was a prerequisite for commenting on the war. I assume every right winger who claims to support the troops would have recognized British fatigues instantly. Give me a break.
15. Posted by Chris | November 30, 2005 8:19 PM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 20:19
16. Posted by Peter F. | November 30, 2005 8:35 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's called "continuity". And I would give a shit.
16. Posted by Peter F. | November 30, 2005 8:35 PM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 20:35
17. Posted by Golden Greg | November 30, 2005 8:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Chris,
If this was an Ad supporting the war, it would have been a acutual photo of real Americans, since the objective would be to SUPPORT the troops, and damn well we know who the troops are! Not a knock on the British of course, god bless them , I just hate inane comments.
Move on could care less, their only objective since creation is to discredit the Bush presidency. Details details...
17. Posted by Golden Greg | November 30, 2005 8:42 PM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 20:42
18. Posted by Cybrludite | December 1, 2005 1:30 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Peter F,
If Move On's ads sucked, they'd at least be good for something...
18. Posted by Cybrludite | December 1, 2005 1:30 AM |
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Posted on December 1, 2005 01:30
19. Posted by Steve | December 1, 2005 8:18 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Chris,
You make a very good point. In a society with few remaining morals/values, other than getting one's self ahead, why bother with the facts. The point is to make sure that your opponent (or the person/people who MoveOn.org hate, in this case) look bad. Being honest while doing so is optional.
Yes, anyone who's job is to create ads depicting the other side as bad/evil/liars should absolutely make sure that they are not lying while doing so. This point is often times missed by people who have no standards (most often liberals).
Steve
19. Posted by Steve | December 1, 2005 8:18 AM |
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Posted on December 1, 2005 08:18
20. Posted by Sergio | December 1, 2005 12:36 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
to jp2:
We've got to stop referring to scandals as "X-gate". I think all scandals should henceforth be referred to as, for example, "Moveonquiddick" in honor of the Senior Senator from Massachusetts.
Not my original thought, but let's start a movement.
20. Posted by Sergio | December 1, 2005 12:36 PM |
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Posted on December 1, 2005 12:36
21. Posted by Brian B | December 2, 2005 4:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I assume every right winger who claims to support the troops would have recognized British fatigues instantly.
Uhhh.... many of us, yeah. And if we were FILMING the commercial, you'd be damned sure that we'd at least have enough care to make sure we were using American troops. And you know damned well that if for some reason we didn't, you and your kind would be all over it.
21. Posted by Brian B | December 2, 2005 4:56 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2005 16:56
22. Posted by OneVeteran'sVoice | December 3, 2005 3:21 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well, MoveOn obviously doesn't know their military regalia. Probably because none of them ever served. Just like most Americans.
I know what a US soldier looks like because I was one. In Iraq. And I am against the war.
This is not a conservative/liberal issue. The war is killing young Americans. It was started for dubious reasons. It is being continued for dubious reasons.
Let's do something constructive for a change.
22. Posted by OneVeteran'sVoice | December 3, 2005 3:21 AM |
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Posted on December 3, 2005 03:21
23. Posted by Aakash | December 5, 2005 8:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
That last comment is one of the best that I have seen, in the Blogosphere, for awhile! Thank you so much for posting that, and you have a good blog as well.
23. Posted by Aakash | December 5, 2005 8:56 PM |
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Posted on December 5, 2005 20:56
24. Posted by mightcan | December 13, 2005 9:58 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
ah ha. what about this?
http://www.slate.com/id/2132087/?nav=tap3
wingnuts...always good for fun
24. Posted by mightcan | December 13, 2005 9:58 AM |
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Posted on December 13, 2005 09:58