Up next: statues in every town square

Posted on November 23, 2004 by Gene

I sometimes feel that my blog should just be named “Hypocrites Central.”
Remember back around the time of the Republican convention, when Clear Channel refused to display the billboards of a progressive group — they claimed that they don’t accept “political advertising.”
Then how do they explain this?

To me, this looks just as fascist and inappropriate as huge images of any “leader,” be it Saddam Hussein, Benito Mussolini, or Franklin Roosevelt. These images of benevolent leaders smiling down upon the masses bring up scary memories. Of course, for about half of the country, this billboard is satire in the extreme.