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Morrigoon 12-26-2007 11:08 PM
Yes, that's it... he's secretly recruiting for the Church Of Walt!

JWBear 12-27-2007 12:18 AM
Who is doing the outrage?

Ghoulish Delight 12-27-2007 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 181429)
Who is doing the outrage?
That I can't quite figure out. Ron Paul's jumped on the bandwagon denouncing the ad, but I don't think he started it. Everything I can find on it pretty much starts with the quote of Huckabee defending it, without identifying WHY he needs to be defending it.

innerSpaceman 12-27-2007 08:43 AM
Actually Ron Paul did not denounce the ad. He denounced subliminal messaging in ads, and specifically said he did not think this particular ad rose (or sunk) to anything of the sort.

Ghoulish Delight 12-27-2007 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman (Post 181449)
Actually Ron Paul did not denounce the ad. He denounced subliminal messaging in ads, and specifically said he did not think this particular ad rose (or sunk) to anything of the sort.
Hmm, this is what I read:

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His rival Ron Paul wasn't smiling, however: He said the ad reminds him "of what Sinclair Lewis once said. He says, 'when fascism comes to this country, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross.'"
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tracilicious 12-27-2007 09:01 AM
Wow. I need to learn more about Ron Paul.

JWBear 12-27-2007 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight (Post 181442)
That I can't quite figure out. Ron Paul's jumped on the bandwagon denouncing the ad, but I don't think he started it. Everything I can find on it pretty much starts with the quote of Huckabee defending it, without identifying WHY he needs to be defending it.
Sounds like he's trying to manufacture controversy himself. Perhaps to rile-up his base?

Alex 12-27-2007 10:14 AM
He (Ron Paul) said it on Fox News, and I'm not sure he had seen the ad yet when he was asked (he was remote so he very likely didn't even have a monitor). So my reading of it at the time (I saw it live when it first happened) was that he was just making a general comment on the mingling of religion and politics. It was worth seeing just for the shocked reaction of the Fox morning show cohost.

I think one of the Sunday morning wags said it best (paraphrasing): I have no idea if the imagery was intentional or not but I don't think that Huckabee is at all upset by the controversy as it just reinforces the message he was already putting out there.

Morrigoon 12-27-2007 10:21 AM
Ron Paul, a Republican, is quoting Sinclair Lewis, whose most famous work is a piece of communist propaganda masquerading as muckraking?

This election is getting too damn weird for me.

JWBear 12-27-2007 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 181483)
Ron Paul, a Republican, is quoting Sinclair Lewis, whose most famous work is a piece of communist propaganda masquerading as muckraking?

This election is getting too damn weird for me.
It will get much weirder, just wait.


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