May 25, 2004

BAD AD WATCH:

Lady Liberty hooded in political ad (Mark Memmott, 5/21/04, USA TODAY)

A hooded Statue of Liberty, meant to remind viewers of Iraqis abused by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, dominates a TV ad that an anti-Bush organization will begin airing nationally next week.

MoveOn.org, a national grassroots organization, and the new ad's makers defend the imagery they used.

"There's nothing inappropriate about making sure Americans know about the scandal," said Peter Schurman, MoveOn.org's executive director.


The ad isn't offensive; it's foolish. Unless their target audience is people who hate America already, who's going to make the connection between a hooded Statue of Liberty and the pranks at Abu Ghraib? Of course, it makes more sense than their demand that the President fire one of the most popular leaders in America.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 25, 2004 2:02 PM
Comments

Making sure Americans know about the scandal?" What planet do these guys live on. Another hand dealt the Left, another hand overplayed...

Posted by: MG at May 25, 2004 2:37 PM

I guess they figured that since their new all-time favorite movie, "The Day After Tomorrow" floods her and then sticks her beneath 150 feet of ice and snow, sticking a hood on Lady Liberty's head wouldn't be anything more out of the ordinary to the American public (though four hooded MoveOn.org guys taking a dull sword to Miss Liberty and then holding up the severed head would probably be a more appropriate ad...)

Posted by: John at May 25, 2004 2:58 PM

Don't you find the analogy between the Statue of Liberty and Iraqi prisoners to be seemless?

Posted by: David Cohen at May 25, 2004 3:23 PM

David:

Could they be more out of touch with America?

Posted by: oj at May 25, 2004 3:27 PM

But this isn't the same Moveon.org that attempted to chastise President Bush for "politicizing" images of what happened on 9/11/01, right?

Posted by: John Resnick at May 25, 2004 4:03 PM

What I would like to know is why not one of these people have said a single word about the abuse of American prisoners in American prisons?

Posted by: Bartman at May 25, 2004 4:32 PM

Or, we simpletons might just think our betters are showing contempt of US because they "know better."

Posted by: Sandy P at May 25, 2004 5:18 PM

Bartman --

If it involves American prisons, of any kind, they will soon. They are just having trouble determining which ones have Democrat overlords, so they leave them out of the ad. Now, European and Cuban prisons; facilities being run by the UN; no.

Posted by: MG at May 25, 2004 5:47 PM

Let them spend their money ... and piss off the electorate ... in spades!

Posted by: genecis at May 25, 2004 9:31 PM

'The Day After Tomorrow' convincingly illustrates that the opposite of "religious" is NOT "rational".

Unfortunately, it plays into certain people's perceptions that "science" is just another religion, although the only science in the movie is very basic, such as that space stations and satellites exist, and that water can be very destructive.

Otherwise, 'The Day After Tomorrow' is exactly as "scientific" as 'Shrek' was.

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