Posted on 06/14/2006 12:43:11 PM PDT by Gopher Broke
Dear MoveOn member,
As part of our big plan to win the election we've been running TV ads in key districts around the country. Yesterday I got news that a TV station in Virginia has refused us the right to air our newest ad that focuses on Iraq. They won't even return our phone calls.
It smelled fishy so we looked into it. Sure enough, the Republican Party has been threatening to sue TV stations that run our ads. That's not all. Two of the senior executives at the station—including one of the guys who makes the decision about running ads—actually donated to the Republican's campaign!
We want to show that playing dirty doesn't pay. Our plan is to INCREASE the size and length of the ad buy on other stations in the district. Can you contribute $20 or more to help fight back? Click below.
https://political.moveon.org/donate/fight.html?id=
If we create a disincentive for playing dirty it can help make sure the playing field is fair across the country. We can do that when we raise $500,000 and keep the ads on TV for two weeks longer. And, we have a special new TV ad about Iraq.
The new ad uses the "Caught Red Handed" theme that has worked so well. It talks about how much money members of Congress are taking from defense contractors in Iraq at the same time our troops don't have enough body armor.
Some people say that Democrats should avoid the Iraq debate during the election. We think that's dead wrong but we need your help to show that's true.
We've tested these ads, and we know they produce a punch with voters—even among people who don't yet support leaving Iraq. (You can view the whole ad on the contribution page.)
To prove that Iraq is important to focus on during the election we hired a top political polling firm to investigate the opinions of voters in the top 68 "swing" districts—two-thirds of these districts are represented by Republicans.
Here is what we found:
The war is by far the most important issue to voters in these districts right now. By wide margins these voters think the war was a mistake and not worth it. People are angry about the war. A discussion about Iraq during the campaign increases support for the Democrat. A Democrat who takes a firm stand for getting out of Iraq does better than a Democrat who takes a wishy-washy position—even in the face of Republican attacks like, "cut and run." Republicans are vulnerable to all sorts of attacks—including their blind support for Bush's policy of never-ending war. Voters are universally angry about how defense contractors have been put ahead of our troops and how priorities here at home have been neglected. These results are paradigm-shifting news but not surprising. Every poll out there shows anger about the war. Voters are ready to hold Republicans accountable for letting Bush get away with everything—especially Iraq. Will you help keep these ads on the air with a $20 contribution?
https://political.moveon.org/donate/fight.html?id=
To win in November we need to put Iraq in front of the voters. So far MoveOn is the only organization that will do that in these elections. That's why we can't leave these elections in the hands of the Democrats alone.
With your support we can do what the Democrats won't yet: make 2006 a year of accountability for Republicans on Iraq. If we can show this works then Democrats and others will follow in our footsteps—boldly speaking out about the mess in Iraq.
The best way to bring our troops home is to show consequences for politicians who want to follow Bush on Iraq. This ad plays double duty by helping bring the troops home and win the election. We can do good and do well.
Help us keep going. Can you contribute $20?
https://political.moveon.org/donate/fight.html?id=
Can we count you in? We're going to need thousands of MoveOn members to step forward and make this commitment.
Thanks for all you do.
–Tom, Wes, Justin, Rosalyn and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team Wednesday, June 14th, 2006
Any idea where in Va. this "stifling" of debate is going on?
God these people are too funny, playing dirty I think they wrote that play book didn't they?
Thelma wasn't even in office when these events occured
"Any idea where in Va. this "stifling" of debate is going on?"
They call Bush a Nazi, say the war is for oil and accuse Halliburton of starting the war so Cheney could profit by it.
You really have to ask? :)
Really? Do they really think the cut-and-run defeatist rhetoric is a big seller?
moveon.org = demoncrats = communism
These are the folks who were running an add about Thelma Drake voting for the Prescription Drug Bill.
Of course Thelma had to point out that she wasn't in Congress when the bill passed.
There are two people at a TV station who aren't propagandists for the ultra-left!? That IS news!
That's two more than I thought actually existed.
Sorry - I've been really swamped lately and missed this whole dust-up.
Thanks for the info.
MoveOn is running an add saying Thelma Drake took money from Halliburton, but her opponent has a major part of his portfolio in Halliburton stock, and the company is a major player and employer in the district -- it's a military area, and attacking the companies that support the troops is stupid, even the democrat says so, but of course he can't stop the ads because MoveOn doesn't answer to him (and in this case I think he might be telling the truth).
This is the same democrat (Kellum) who when he first put up his web site (hosted by a Pennsylvania company, rather than a company in his district -- thus outsourcing his own campaign work) the hosting company didn't clear out the site, so his "issues" page were left over from a Pennsylvania state house race. It was pretty funny.
We need to send Drake some $$ to fight communist moveon.org.....anybody care to join me?
http://www.thelmadrake.com/
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