Originally posted by Jimbo
Wow, did this thread go off topic! In case you've forgotten, here's the OP: "Those guys" aren't in the commercial. There aren't any Iraqi athletes in the commercial. No one who saw the commercial could possibly think that there were any Iraqi athletes in the commercial.
This whole thing is nothing more than a particularly misguided attempt at Bush bashing.
That about sums it up.
The ruckus over this ad and the Swift Boat Veterans' ads only serves to highlight the hypocrisy.
One ad, an ad that was an attempt to be "positive" or "feel-good", is taken apart and used to tie to this larger truth about Bush.
But it's "irrelevant" to try to tie the ethics in question to a larger truth about ethics in general. It's only relevant if it fits in with proving Bush to be bad.
Let's see, Michael Moore puts out a movie full of lies and distortions and misleading clips--but don't criticize it unless you've seen it.
That doesn't stop the same people from criticizing the Swift Boat Vets, even though they haven't read "Unfit For Command". I'm sure it's not relevant.
The Swift Boat vets should be condemned by Bush and asked to pull the ad, because they're untruthful. But people should see Michael Moore's movie and make up their own minds regarding
its truthfulness. Somehow, people don't see the relevance. Somehow, people don't see that, hellooooo...this is what we've been saying about Michael Moore's movie.
Nope, it's irrelevant. Some people think that these things presented in Moore's movie should be investigated further, these are disturbing allegations after all. But any suggestion that the vets' allegations should be considered the least little bit for further investigation, there's just no hearing that.
All people are saying is,
this is what we were talking about, do you get it now?
Sorry, but the silence was deafening from some on those issues and it's absolutely fair to ask about it now--and refusing to answer behind the mask of relevancy is pretty transparent.
