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Republican Governors Association embraces ‘pro-terrorist, neo-Marxist propaganda’
In U.S. politics, it's quite often that old adages are proven true. Today, there's a twist: "if you can't beat 'em, join' em" no longer cuts it. Instead, the Republican Governors Association figures if you can't beat 'em, don't join 'em, but do hire an ad firm to pretend you have … Raw Story unveils all.
That's apparently true even if it means embracing what was once criticized by other conservatives as "pro-terrorist, neo-Marxist propaganda."
For this batch of Republican governors who peg themselves as "the key to a GOP Comeback", it's not really a big deal to co-opt themes from metaphorical anti-Bush film "V for Vendetta," though chances are they completely miss the irony.
A futuristic tale about a British terrorist who wages bloody vengeance against a fascist dictatorship, "V for Vendetta" follows the downfall of a merciless regime that seized control following rampant escalation of war in Iraq and a deadly viral outbreak. Needless to say, Republicans enraptured by President Bush's terror war weren't so happy about the film when it came out.
Right-wing conspiracy site WorldNetDaily called the film, "a vile, pro-terrorist piece of neo-Marxist, left-wing propaganda filled with radical sexual politics and nasty attacks on religion and Christianity."
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