did I say these had a hitler reference? NO I said something to the effect that the bad press from moveon.org contest surrounding the hitler ads probably played a part int he decision to stay away from controversy, or at least that was my intent.
I agree about passing judgment and I have seen the ad, they were on CNN.
but political ads are issue ads and thus project a viewpoint, which is then not neutral and their policy long before moveon.org was in existence.
Hold on a second. Have you seen these ads? None of them has any Hitler references. They're right there on the website if you haven't viewed them. Passing judgement on something without seeing it is kinda foolish, wouldn't you agree?
CBS certainly has the right to decide not to run "issue ads". Heck, I respect their right to just refuse an ad on the basis of poor taste. But from the way some of the folks on the right have painted these ads you'd think they show George Bush running around waving a machete. Personally I don't think these are contraversial ... just very good political ads.
