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<< Victory for Tech Freedom | Main | Bush: Suppress Free Speech >> August 20, 2004Bush Lies Again in Olympics AdI actually saw a Bush ad on TV last night-- unusual on blue state New York television-- but he may be playing his new Olympics ad on a broad national level. It's a strong ad and he plays up the most moving reason for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to give their people the freedom to participate in events like the Olympics. Now, if Bush had left the ad there, we could be debating how much democracy had been achieved in those countries and what the cost was, a worthy debate. But no, Bush had to go and lie again: "this Olympics, there will be two more free nations, and two fewer terrorist regimes."Yep, Bush had to once again push the lie that Saddam Hussein was a big backer of terrorism and, by linking it with Afghanistan, a backer of the 911 attacks. He lies and he lies and he lies. And apparently his unauthorized use of the Olympics may violate federal law. Unlike almost every other trademark, the Olympic Committee has the right to stop basically anyone from using the word or images of the Olympics in advertising, including for non-profit causes. It's a dumb law that violates free speech rights, but the Supreme Court has upheld it as valid. So Bush is liar and a criminal with this ad, but then that summarizes his Presidency, doesn't it. Posted by Nathan at August 20, 2004 07:10 AM Related posts:
Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsAnd apparently the Iraqi soccer team isn't happy with him either. They object to him referring to them in a speech or something. It's on SI.com if it hasn't fallen behind the subscription firewall. Posted by: Linkmeister at August 20, 2004 09:22 PM One guy actually said if it weren't for the Posted by: Ruester at August 21, 2004 02:19 AM "this Olympics, there will be two more free nations, and two fewer terrorist regimes." Just curious, but was the Taliban even send an Olympic team to any previous Olympics? Posted by: Lavoisier1794 at August 23, 2004 03:33 PM If Clinton had to define IS, let's make Bush define FREE. Why is either Afghanistan or Iraq more FREE than before? Neither has a functional democracy or much short-term hope of achieving one. Both are now vassal states of the US rather than sovreign nations. So what exactly does freedom mean to Dubyah? Posted by: Charles Dunaway at August 23, 2004 06:35 PM Hi just came home from work in NYC. I was in Times Square where the NYPD Officer was beaten Rodney King style by "Peace Activists" I also watched these "peacenicks" curse and heckle a family trying to buy 1/2 price Broadway Tickets. I guess that these violent extremists that back John Kerry have thr right to free speech and the Swift Boat Vets do not!!!! These violent extremists are hurting the Democrats chance of winning. Let's all hope that Police Officer that was severely beaten by the violent extremist mob is OK.... Posted by: Puff Driver at August 31, 2004 07:26 PM just testing plz dont mind Posted by: sam at September 8, 2004 05:52 AM just testing plz dont mind Posted by: sam at September 8, 2004 05:57 AM Post a comment
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