Underestimating the Ingenuity of the American People

[qos]

Thanks to wlotus for posting a link to The Sloganator Memorial:

"The official Bush/Cheney re-election website set up a web page where Bushies could create their own banners on-line and then print them out with the official Bush/Cheney emblem and "Paid for by Bush/Cheney campaign" at the bottom. Ever enterprising, some folks of an entirely different persuasion found the site and generated a few banners of their own. As you might imagine, the Sloganator program was quickly shut down."

Office alert: the site has music.

Comments

[toesontheground.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's a beautiful thing - thanks for sharing that happy link!

[(Anonymous)]

The "Kerry Core" did it first.
http://kerrysloganator.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=2

I guess that is supposed to prove how smart Democrats are and how dumb Republicans are? (Pausing for shrieks of "That was DIFFERENT!")

Dear Anonymous --

[qos.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised the Bush-Cheney group went ahead with their 'sloganator' if this had already happened to Kerry.

On the other hand, it's no surprise to me that both sides suffered embarrassment because of this. Lack of foresight in how the internet can be manipulated is a bipartisan failing.

If you are going to be partisan, at least have the courage to leave your name with your comments. I'd understand if you were posting something deeply personal and potentially embarrassing and didn't want to be identified, but if you think something like this is worth posting about at all, you should have the guts to post your signature with your opinion.