OK, this new ad by Bush, Kerry's Coalition of the Wild-Eyed, sends mixed messages. It's basically a pastiche of various Democrats speaking forcefully against Bush, spliced with Hitler footage from that rejected submission to MoveOn, followed by a brief shot of a placid Bush, tinkly piano music, and the slogan, "Steady leadership in times of change." I'm puzzled about what message he's trying to send.

• "Yee-haa, look how deeply I've divided the country! I'm a polarizer, not a uniter!"
• "Aren't those Democrats rude for pointing out how incompetent I am?"
• "When you see chaos and ranting and Nazis goose-stepping around, think of me."
• "Doggone it, I am a miserable failure—and I'm proud of it!"
• "Isn't negative campaigning horrible? Look, here are pictures of my degenerate opponents engaged in it!"
• "The worse I am, the more important it is that you keep me in office."
• "Uh, well, there are a bunch of people who really don't like me, but it's not my fault. So vote for me to spite them."
• "This is Step 8: 'Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.' We'll start apologizing in the next ad."
• "The Democrats are beboppin' and scattin', and I'm losin' it!"

(George is reminding me more of George every day, I must say...)

(via Pandagon)