Brady told me about this billboard (found here) displayed in St. Cloud, Florida, which uses images of the burning Twin Towers to imply that voting Democratic threatens the country:
It’s interesting because I would think using the Twin Towers in a political way would be a very touchy subject that could make a lot of people angry, even if they agreed with the overall message–the idea of exploiting the 9/11 tragedy for political purposes might turn people off. Obviously a lot of Democrats are angry about the billboard, but I don’t know if any Republicans have expressed concern. So it brings up questions of who is allowed to use images of tragedies, under what circumstances, and for what purposes.
In case you just really want to watch it, here is the video for “The Republican Song,” mentioned in the billboard:
Brady suggested a game of “Spot the Signifier” in which you watch it and find as many things that are supposed to symbolize America and patriotism as you can. A big thanks to Brady, less for these items and more for being a big enough geek to talk endlessly about “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel” with me, although I still think his survival plan for a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by zombies has a lot more problems than mine.
