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Entry: Ron Paul: The Apple of His Supporters' Eyes Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/ron_paul_the_apple_of_his_supporters_eyes#15300 Post contents: A couple of the images in the third commercial struck me as amusing, albeit in a dark and cynical way. First off, the use of the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima is a fake; As in the flag had already been raised and the photographer, Joe Rosenthal, requested the soldiers to take it down and re-erect it. How this image counts as "genius" or "changing the world" is beyond me. Genius maybe in that it is such a powerful piece of propaganda. World-changing maybe in that nobody wants to look critically at the trade embargo that, to the Japanese mentality, was viewed as betrayal by the United States. Which in turn led to Pearl Harbor, and U.S. engagement in the Pacific. I guess a photo of the burned corpses of little Okinawan children doesn't depict the best side of the "Good War". (For reading on Japanese history and culture I recommend a recent book by Nam-lin Hur - "Death and Social Order in Tokugawa Japan: Buddhism, Anti-Christianity, and the Danka System") Secondly the image of the Lincoln memorial. Old honest Abe the great emancipator. Again nobody wants to critically analyze the events preceding the civil war - it couldn't be possible that the South had every legitimate reason to secede. Lincoln did little more than set a precedent for the federal government to trounce upon the rights of the sovereign anytime, anyplace and by whatever means necessary; most often violently. Why those two images in particular were chosen by the director to have any relevance to the campaign of Ron Paul I won't speculate. Just two popular images that are in every high school American history text. Just two images in a slide show put to music, designed to evoke some sort of emotional response devoid of critical thought. Sent at: 2008 09 07