flynn23 wrote:
] ] A billboard recently put up in Orlando bearing a smiling
] ] photograph of President Bush with the words "Our
] ] Leader" is raising eyebrows among progressives who
] ] feel the poster is akin to that of propaganda used by
] ] tyrannical regimes.
]
] I have no problem with this type of advertising. It's helpful
] to hang a flag out and show everyone how stupid you are. What
] I do have a problem with is that the company which is
] sponsoring it controls a majority chunk of several media in
] this country, and it's becoming clear that the line between
] political stance and objective reporting is more blurred and
] hidden than it's ever been.

How different, in your mind, is this from the thousands of bumper stickers on the back of cars that have a big W and then underneath, in small type, "The President"? Or even closer to a billboard, the big sign on West End (in Nashville) at the Republican Party HQ that has "W. _Still_ the President"? They're not being put there by a media company, but they still amount to just as much propaganda, wouldn't you say?

RE: George W. Bush: Our leader