Posted on 09/18/2004 5:10:00 PM PDT by notforhire
A new campaign ad from the left-wing Moveon.org draws Republican "ire" and moves Glen Justice to pen "Political Group's Antiwar Ad Draws Ire of the Bush Campaign" for Friday's paper: "The advertisement, which was run by the Democratic-leaning MoveOn PAC, noted that more than 1,000 soldiers had been killed and that billions had been spent on the war before saying: 'George Bush got us into this quagmire. It will take a new president to get us out.' Bush campaign officials immediately sought to paint the image in the advertisement as a soldier surrendering and called upon Senator John Kerry to denounce the advertisement even though it was created and run by a third-party advocacy group."
Justice lets Kerry off the hook by implying the Kerry campaign couldn't have had anything to do with the Moveon.org ad (though there are several links between the group and Kerry). So why has the Times repeatedly tried to link Bush to anti-Kerry ads put out by the Swift Boat Veterans and insisted Bush denounce them?
On August 31, longtime political correspondent R.W. Apple wrote: "The advertisements questioning Mr. Kerry's war record, the work of a 527 group of Swift boat veterans, were largely financed, at least initially, by rich Texas Republicans, some with past links to Mr. Bush. But Mr. Bush has never specifically condemned the Swift boat commercial, confining himself to a mild statement that Mr. Kerry served honorably."
Elisabeth Bumiller and David Sanger from August 27: "But when pressed repeatedly if he would specifically denounce the advertisements, which Mr. Kerry has said were being run with the tacit approval of the Bush campaign, the president refused to condemn then [sic]. Instead, he said he would talk only of the 'broader issue' of the political committees that take to the airwaves with attack advertisements."
On August 25, Jim Rutenberg and Kate Zernike wrote: "Mr. Bush's campaign aides have repeatedly said they have no connection to the group, almost all of whose challenges to Mr. Kerry and his war record have been contradicted by official war records and even some of its members' own past statements….Yesterday, the chairman of the Federal Election Commission defended the group's right to advertise. But it has gradually acknowledged ties to people close to the Republican Party and Mr. Bush's campaign."
Well I would say if he wants to win the election he had better start denouncing something besides Bush, Cheney and Haliburton.
Why won't moveon.org just MOVE-ON?
John Kasich is discussing the ad on Heartland right now. Kerry can't defend this type of crap.
At this point, Kerry would do himself a favor by disowning that ad. The only thing it does is fill even the mildest mannered republican-leaning independent with RAGE and REVULSION at such an utterly unAmerican ad.
For Kerry to let it stand uncondemned simply further confirms that he does not have the best interests of the United States at heart, and is still a put-flowers-in-the-guns pinko flaming liberal communist.
Man, I thought Slick Willie made me sick. He was nothing compared to Hanoi John.
How 'bout that Kerry loser (a redundancy I know) trying to talk up Brahmin Boy. He would have been more believable if he said, these are my DNC talking points...
"Man, I thought Slick Willie made me sick. He was nothing compared to Hanoi John."
A lot of people are saying the same thing, myself included.
I couldn't find the ad at the moveon.org site. Does anyone have a link?
Spare yourself. It's disgusting.
The MoveOn ad aids the enemy in a time of war, just like Kerry and the left did during the Nam war. DUmmies cheer and praise Kerry every time the numbers go up.
It has a soldier with his arms up in the air with his weapon surrendering to the enemy while dying in quicksand, because there was no funding for the troops.
Kerry voted against the funding. Strange twist, no?
Move On is using the soldiers deaths to get Kerry votes. It's really quite disgusting.
Kerry is up to his anti-Vietnam was tricks again. Won't work this time around. Americans have learned and our love and honor for the military that protect us will shoot down this feeble excuse for a man. God Bless our American troops and God Bless President Bush.
Is this a new cBS story, it sure sounds like it.
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