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[Sil Greene <Sil_greene AT unc.edu>]

Reported 04.03.05 14:29 from Tony Spencer:
.:
.:ok, i get what you are saying.  don't agree.  i'm not referencing an example
.:such as helms voting against civil rights.  its perfectly logical to compare
.:the two campaigns.

sure.  but in that comparison you must acknowledge the differences in 
situation.  FDR was in the middle of a world-wide war, in which powerful 
nations were busy subsuming their neighbors and generally trying to take 
over the world.  GWB wants us to think we're in the middle of a world-wide 
war, with similar stakes, but the War on Terror is as real and concrete as 
the War on Drugs.  It's a propaganda crapshoot.

.:
.:the real question is whether or not you thought it was wrong of FDR. 

I think your comparison is flawed, and the conclusion you're 
drawing equally so.  No, I wouldn't support FDR's use of that 
... in the unlikely event I find myself voting in the November 
1944 election.  But note that FDR's button doesn't say, "Remember Pearl 
Harbor, vote FDR '44" -- tho I'll agree it's implied, I can also interpret 
it as a generic "support our troops who got completely surprised" 
statement.  

In short, it doesn't smack me in the face with mendacity like those ads 
do.  And it wouldn't stop me from voting for FDR in November '44.

--Sil

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