War Porn Gets Standing Ovation From GOP

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War Porn Gets Standing Ovation From GOP
by Hunter
Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 06:05:52 PM PDT

Congratulations, GOP, for the tackiest, bloodiest bit of propaganda devised in recent memory. Using footage of everything from the Marine barracks bombing to 9/11 in service to a vile, crass, ham-handed, historically botched propaganda piece for your convention.

And their little "film" didn't even make a bit of logical or historical sense. It was just the worst Republican masturbatory fantasies about how the world works, said in a grave voice while they showed pictures of people dead and dying. On their watch.

What trash these people are.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/4/20517/36827/730/587106

UPDATE: Boston.com
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/09/the_death_of_a.html

One of the most enduring taboos in American politics, the airing of graphic images from the September 11 attacks in a partisan context, died today. It was nearly seven years old.

The informal prohibition, which had been occasionally threatened by political ads in recent years, was pronounced dead at approximately 7:40 CST, when a video aired before delegates at the Republican National Convention included slow-motion footage of a plane striking the World Trade Center, the towers' subsequent collapse, and smoke emerging from the Pentagon.

[liberalmuse]

1. "War Pigs"

Thanks, Black Sabbath. You hit it on the head with that one.