Monday, August 30, 2004

I'm Thinking of Starting My Own 527

Over the weekend I somehow managed not to avoid seeing Bush's saccharine and shamelessly exploitive Olympics advertisement. You may have seen it too:
In 1972...there were 40 democracies in the world.
Today...120.
Freedom is spreading throughout the world like a sunrise.
And this Olympics... there will be two more free nations…
And two fewer terrorist regimes.
Superimpose flags of Afghanistan and Iraq. Turn off television. Vomit.

Apart from the impertinent politicization of the Olympics there's the fact that, contrary to the implication of the ad, neither Iraq or Afghanistan are democracies. Not yet, at least. And they are a far cry from being free of terror.

The whole unfortunate experience did, however, give me an idea for a companion ad. Let me know what you think.
In 2000...there were 8 countries in the world with nuclear weapons.
Today...after three years of George W. Bush...there are two more.
(Superimpose flags of Iran and North Korea)
Terror is spreading throughout the world like a wildfire.
And George W. Bush is making the job of terrorist recruiters easier.
And now, the two most dangerous terrorist regimes on the planet have nuclear weapons.
So how bout it? MoveOn? Olympic Veterans for Truth? Who's going to get this ad made? It really only needs to run one time.