So now it's "stock footage"...

A clip of some actors impersonating fire fighters in President Bush's latest commercial has been defended by his campaign flacks as "stock footage".
Now anyone who know knows anything about film realizes that stock footage is a catch-all term for all that old movie film pilin' up in the warehouse. Its utility is linked primary to it's legal status...who owns it versus whether or not it is in the public domain.
It doesn't surprise me Bush would pull a boner like this, the man exudes a dry-drunk's contempt for his audience.
Can you blame him?
Thanks to Korsakov's syndrome the President's audience periodically morph into giant singing dancing Jack Daniel's bottles.
It is enough to make a squinty eyed thug out of the hardiest of men.
However if the President and Karl Rove want some cheerful upbeat images to buttress their contention that America's current shit hole is not of their making, why not go with some old "Keystone Kops" footage?
Nothing puts the masses in a jolly forgiving mood than the sight of Buster Keaton falling off the back of the firetruck....Fatty Arbuckle piling on top of him is but the crowning touch.
Think about it George...