MoveOn and Chuck Schumer Go "Star Wars" Wacky

Found this on a Newsmax.com email... I need to see this movie, lol.

MoveOn and Chuck Schumer Go "Star Wars" Wacky

With "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" merchandise turning up in the form of snacks, toys, T-shirts and nasal sprays, it's understandable that everybody wants to get into the act.

While leftist advocacy group MoveOn posted an ad with a "Star Wars" theme, Dem senators made lame attempts to launch their own "Star Wars"-style digs.

MoveOn evidently got tired of morphing Bush into Hitler and decided to turn Sen. Bill Frist into "Star Wars"'s evil Chancellor Palpatine instead.

MoveOn PAC recently came out with an ad entitled "Save the Republic." The Web site indicated that "weirdly enough, the plot [of "Revenge of the Sith"] revolves around a scheming senator who, seduced by visions of absolute power, transforms a democratic republic into an empire."

Also on the Web site was the suggestion that this presented a "great opportunity to educate the public -- and have some fun."

In addition to the ad, MoveOn has been distributing flyers to moviegoers who are waiting in line at multiplexes.

Calling the flyer "Senate Wars: Revenge of the Frist," the group warns readers of the following: "Don't Let Them Seize Absolute Power, Stop the ‘Nuclear Option.'"

Chuck Schumer apparently wanted to demonstrate that he's hip to George Lucas's flicks, too. The New York senator told the Washington Post that Democrats are the "Jedi knights" in the struggle against the Republicans as they try to stop the use of the so-called nuclear option.

After dubbing himself a "Jedi," in a blatant appeal to "Star Wars" geeks, Schumer said, "We have the light source." (One would imagine Schumer actually meant to say "light saber," or perhaps that he and his cohorts were on the "light side of The Force.")

The Left Coast Report asks the same question as Sen. Frist's spokesman: "Would that make Howard Dean Jar Jar Binks?"