# Is Bush the Rat?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-the-rat/33003>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 13, 2000, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-the-rat/33003 "2000-09-13T06:29:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![brad\_d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brad\_d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brad_d)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-the-rat/33003/21 "2000-09-15T00:07:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by spooje \*  
> \*\*Quote from the above link.
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> \<\<\<\<\<\<He said he faded in the word “bureaucrats” to make the ad visually interesting, and that it was just a coincidence that the letters appearing first spell the name of a rodent.\>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>
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> This may well be the lamest excuse I have ever heard.  
> \*\*

I find it quite believeable, myself. My opinion, based on what I’ve seen, is that this is exactly what happened.

The phrase “Bureaucrats Decide” is, um, “un-zoomed” into the image, as if moving in from behind the viewer. When it first enters the image, the first stuff to appear will be the middle few letters, depending on font and precise centering. Guess where the middle of the phrase is?

The worst thing the Bush ad guys did was get careless, but I’m not totally convinced that they even did that. I don’t see anything to complain about!

I cannot believe people are making such a big deal about this.

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**Author:** ![jmullaney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@jmullaney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmullaney)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-the-rat/33003/22 "2000-09-15T01:00:43Z")

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> \*Originally posted by brad\_d \*  
> **I cannot believe people are making such a big deal about this.**

The media obviously doesn’t want to discuss the issues, or they believe again this election season, that the voters are too stupid to care.

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