Check out the Best Youth Ad . You could say that about the other ads, but I really think the winning ad and the youth ad were the best ones by far of the four winners. Congrats to the winners and bravo to MoveOn.org for a great contest idea. They’ve handled this very well, giving a lot of legitimacy to the work of a lot of people. You know you’re doing something right when the opposition party leadership feels compelled to start a smear campaign against your entire process because of 2 ads (out of 1000 or so). If you didn’t see the other finalists, I highly recommend that you do.

Update: I was looking for a good link to put on the “opposition party” smear campaign line above. Instead of a third-party article (you can find the AP article prominently on the BBC, CNN, Globe and Mail, NY Times, etc), I want to instead point you at the RNC web site and their press releases for the past week. All MoveOn.org all the time. Go Bush Supporters!

Here is the list:

• January 7, 2004:
  Third Hitler Ad Emerges
  Jan. 7 a third video comparing President Bush to Adolf Hitler surfaced. The video appears to be produced by one of the fifteen finalists in a MoveOn.org ad contest.

• January 6, 2004:
  Statement from RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie on Hitler Ads

• January 5, 2004:
  MoveOn.org Should Apologize for Ads Comparing Bush to Hitler

  Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie made the following statement regarding a second ad posted on the MoveOn.org Web site comparing President Bush to Adolf Hitler.

• January 4, 2004:
  Chairman Calls on Democrat Candidates to Repudiate Ad Comparing Bush to Hitler

  RNC Chairman Gillespie called on the Democrat presidential candidates to repudiate an ad comparing President George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler.