Online contest to make best spot turns vicious. Website featured ad, later pulled it after complaints, Drudge has learned.

GRAPHIC: Pictures Of Hitler

HITLER: (Speaking In German)

Subtitle: We have taken new measures to protect our homeland,

 

GRAPHIC: Pictures Of Hitler

HITLER: (Speaking In German)

Subtitle: I believe I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty

Creator,

 

GRAPHIC: Pictures Of Hitler

HITLER: (Speaking In German)

Subtitle: God told me to strike at al-Qaida and I struck them,

 

GRAPHIC: Pictures of President Bush

HITLER: (Speaking In German)

Subtitle: and then He instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did.

 

Subtitle: SOUND FAMILIAR?

BACKGROUND: Cheering German Crowd

January 4, 2004

SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER CRITICIZES MOVEON.ORG FOR POSTING AD COMPARING BUSH TO HITLER

The Simon Wiesenthal Center sharply criticized MoveOn.org for accepting and posting an ad comparing President George Bush to Adolf Hitler.

"Politics and preparing for a presidential election is one thing, but comparing the Bush Administration's fight against Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein with the policies of Adolf Hitler is shameful and beyond the pale and has no place in the legitimate discourse of American politics," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, the Center's dean and founder.

"This ad is not about Democrats or Republicans - it is about lies and a distortion of history," he added.

MoveOn.org was right to pull the ad but they should apologize for not using better judgment in posting it in the first place," Hier concluded.

The Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400,000 member families in the United States. It is an NGO at international agencies including the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe.

For more information, contact the Center's Communications Department, 310-553-9036.