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Ads Comparing Bush to Hitler Taken Off Web Site

Aired January 06, 2004 - 06:33   ET

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THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Ready for some nasty politics? OK, here it goes. It starts with a chilling speech from Adolph Hitler. It ends by comparing the Nazi dictator with President Bush.
Judy Woodruff has more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Two ads comparing George W. Bush to Adolph Hitler have the darling of the left on the defensive. In the eye of the storm, moveon.org, a liberal interest group, which sponsored a contest to produce a commercial that -- quote -- "tells the truth about George W. Bush and his policies" -- end quote.

They received more than 1,500 submissions. The Hitler ads were two of them.

The commercials, which did not air on television and were taken off the Move On Website, caught the eye of the RNC, which promptly posted them at the top of its own Web site and launched a full-out attack on Move On.

ED GILLESPIE, RNC CHAIRMAN: This is a furtherance of that political hate speech.

WOODRUFF: Move On contends the commercials were two of many hundreds submitted for consideration, and that their thinking is far more in line with the 15 finalists, like this spot:

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.

WOODRUFF: Or this one:

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I call myself an environmentalist then gut clean air standards.

WOODRUFF: Moveon.org released the following statement: "We agree that the two ads in question were in poor taste and deeply regret that they slipped through our screening process."

Another chapter in a campaign that's sure to take more nasty turns before it's over.

Judy Woodruff, CNN, reporting.

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Aired January 6, 2004 - 06:33   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Ready for some nasty politics? OK, here it goes. It starts with a chilling speech from Adolph Hitler. It ends by comparing the Nazi dictator with President Bush.
Judy Woodruff has more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Two ads comparing George W. Bush to Adolph Hitler have the darling of the left on the defensive. In the eye of the storm, moveon.org, a liberal interest group, which sponsored a contest to produce a commercial that -- quote -- "tells the truth about George W. Bush and his policies" -- end quote.

They received more than 1,500 submissions. The Hitler ads were two of them.

The commercials, which did not air on television and were taken off the Move On Website, caught the eye of the RNC, which promptly posted them at the top of its own Web site and launched a full-out attack on Move On.

ED GILLESPIE, RNC CHAIRMAN: This is a furtherance of that political hate speech.

WOODRUFF: Move On contends the commercials were two of many hundreds submitted for consideration, and that their thinking is far more in line with the 15 finalists, like this spot:

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.

WOODRUFF: Or this one:

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I call myself an environmentalist then gut clean air standards.

WOODRUFF: Moveon.org released the following statement: "We agree that the two ads in question were in poor taste and deeply regret that they slipped through our screening process."

Another chapter in a campaign that's sure to take more nasty turns before it's over.

Judy Woodruff, CNN, reporting.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.