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Originally Posted by Gatorade Frost
Yeah, I know this is generally a common theme for a lot of people, and I don't really have anything entirely constructive to add... But god damn.
Talk about playing politics with the dead.
I find this incredibly disrespectful.
Edit - Sorry for being an idiot - This is a collage of the soldiers who have died in Iraq made into the face of Bush by Michael Moore. |
Your indignation is misplaced. The Bush photomosaic was created in response
to the Bush administration's penchant for "playing politics with the dead", first
by suppressing all images of American war casualties and then by the
double standard employed in an attempt to justify their cheap exploitation
of the image of the remains of a 9/11 victim in a Bush campaign video.
Moore had nothing to do with the creation of this Bush photomosaic. Like
many other websites, Moore provided a prominent web address where this
photo compilation could be easily located and viewed.
Here are the comments of the man who created the Bush photomosaic:<a href="http://amleft.blogspot.com/archives/2004_04_01_amleft_archive.html#10813433295590473">http://amleft.blogspot.com/archives/2004_04_01_amleft_archive.html#10813433295590473</a>
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Here is the news story and photo of the truly offensive, self interested display of the remains of a "war on terror" causalty:
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<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-03-04-bush-ads-criticism_x.htm">http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-03-04-bush-ads-criticism_x.htm</a>
......................Politicians have long used film of themselves responding to natural disasters and other tragedies in campaign ads, but the controversy the Bush spots incited underscores the risk in using 9/11 images as political backdrops.
Thursday afternoon, the Bush campaign said it would not cancel or alter the ads. Spokesmen said the ads are respectful and designed to show the president's leadership skills in the aftermath of the tragedy.
"There was universal agreement that 9/11 needed to be treated with the utmost respect and dignity, and the spots are an honor to the first responders and speak to the strength of the American people," campaign spokesman Terry Holt said. "The spots raise up the country's response to 9/11."..................................
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