Good write-up about the big MoveOn event last night.

[madfloridian]

From Fox News, believe it or not. Veiled criticism, but not too bad. Does tell a lot of the folks who were there.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,130091,00.html
SNIP..."From hipsters to professionals to aging hippies, the audience was as diverse as the talent on stage. Attendees paid $25 to $500 to watch performances by rocker Perry Farrell, techno-musician Moby, singer Natalie Merchant and hip-hop collective The Roots.

Host Janeane Garofalo provided salty commentary throughout, most notably referring to senior presidential political adviser Karl Rove (search) as a feminine hygiene product, evoking a Democratic fund-raiser two months ago in which comedienne Whoopi Goldberg raised Republican hackles by using Bush's name to refer to part of a woman's anatomy.

The event, sponsored by MoveOn.org, also unveiled a new TV ad campaign featuring such Hollywood stars as Scarlett Johannson, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Matt Damon. Several of the stars appearing in the ads were on hand as were other celebrity speakers, including actress Edie Falco, comedian Al Franken and actor and musician Kevin Bacon. But the longest and most enthusiastic standing ovation of the evening was saved for former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean.(You go, Gov)

The series of ads that premiered at the event featured one directed by Rob Reiner called "The Mistake." It showed footage cut from an April 13 press conference in which Bush searches for an answer when asked to name any missteps taken during his administration...."END SNIP

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I saw "the Mistake"

on MSNBC as an example of a 'slanted' ad, like the Swift Boat ads. There was no comparison, because the MoveOn ad simply told the truth. I remember shouting at the set, "Do you think that's a Bush stunt double or something?"

[Eric J in MN]

2. Which MSNBC show? nt

nt

[madfloridian]

3. I missed it.

I hope we can view these ads at the MoveOn site.

[madfloridian]

4. On Anderson Cooper last night he tried to pin Dean down on this.

Dean told him he was an "independent operator" and could appear wherever he wished. He sort of grinned.

There is no comparison between the MoveOn ads and ads that lie, like the Swift Boat one.