(CNN) - The Republican National Committee Friday unearthed one of the most controversial political ads in American history to take aim at President Obama's decision to close the detention center in Guantanamo Bay.
Called "Daisy," The RNC's new 30-second Web ad uses footage of the now-infamous 1964 Lyndon Johnson commercial by the same name that showed a young girl picking off the petals of a flower as a nuclear explosion is heard in the background.
That ad, which only ran once but was widely criticized as being extreme, ends with the image of a mushroom crowd and Johnson declaring, "We must either love each other, or we must die."
The New RNC ad splices the image of the girl with Obama's earlier declaration suggesting that closing Guantanamo Bay is "easy." This time the girl asks "To close it? To close it not?" as she picks off flower petals.
It also shows Senate Democrats - including Majority Leader Harry Reid - appearing to take issue with proposals to relocate current Guantanamo detainees in the United States.
The new iteration, which forgoes the original's dramatic mushroom-cloud ending, comes days after RNC Chairman Michael Steele declared an end to the Obama administration's "honeymoon" and pledged more aggressive opposition from the GOP.
In short, the exact same fearmongering they've been doing for the last 8 bloody years. Hell, I'm amazed they didn't end it with the girl saying "to close it" followed by footage of the WTC collapsing.
"You've all been selected for this mission because you each have a special skill. Professor Hawking, John Leslie, Phil Neville, the Wu-Tang Clan, Usher, the Sugar Puffs Monster and Daniel Day-Lewis! Welcome to Operation MindFuck!"
I have no fucking idea. I don't even recognize "my" party anymore.
Frankly it's disgusting to me. Instead of debating rationally and treating the public like intelligent people it's just pure fear mongering. It represents an appalling lack of conviction on the leadership's part. Instead of believing in what we stand for they're suggesting that it's not good enough and only by demonizing the opposition can we win. The Democratic presidential candidates did that in 2004, worked real well for them.
This isn't surprising! Even a lot of my Republican family, some of which who are not so rational about their Republicanism, are getting tired of the Republican bitching.
Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away, don't you hear me calling you?
