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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

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Hitler image used in Bush campaign Web ad By JENNIFER C. KERR The Associated Press 6/26/2004, 12:58 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) — The image of Adolf Hitler has emerged again in the battle for the White House as Democrats and Republicans both have tried to liken their opponents to the Nazi dictator. A new Bush-Cheney re-election video features clips of Hitler — the same ones the campaign criticized when they were used in a Web spot that appeared on the Internet site of the liberal activist group MoveOn.org as part of a contest in January. The 77-second Republican ad splices together video of Democrats Al Gore, Howard Dean and others, calling them John Kerry's "Coalition of the Wild-eyed." Interspersed among the clips are images of Hitler. Back in January, Republicans were highly critical of the ad that ran briefly on the MoveOn.org site. Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie called it "the worst and most vile form of political hate speech." Now, Democrats are turning the tables and demanding the new spot be pulled. Kerry campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill called the spot disgusting. "The use of Adolf Hitler by any campaign, politician or party is simply wrong," she said. The Bush-Cheney video spot appeared on the campaign Web site Thursday and was sent electronically to 6 million supporters. Aides in the campaign said they have no intention of removing the ad. "We're using the video from MoveOn.org to show our supporters the type of vitriolic rhetoric being used by the president's opponents and John Kerry's surrogates," said Scott Stanzel, a spokesman for the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign. The Web ad begins with clips of former Vice President Al Gore assailing the Bush administration, screaming: "How dare they drag the good name of the United States of America through the mud of Saddam Hussein's torture prison." It then cuts to an image of Hitler, followed by former Vermont governor and presidential candidate Howard Dean, film director Michael Moore and Rep. Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., all loudly bashing Bush. There are more clips of Hitler, Gore and then Kerry, before the screen cuts to the words, "This is not a time for pessimism and rage." mlive.com