Posted on 08/24/2007 6:36:51 PM PDT by mdittmar
JUDY WOODRUFF: We are delighted that we now can go to Tom Matzzie. He is the leader of the coalition running the ads against the war in Iraq. He's Washington director of MoveOn.org.
Tom Matzzie, thank you for being with us. And, again, our apologizes to you for the holdup and to the audience.
We had just been talking with Brad Blakeman of Freedom's Watch. We asked him to look at one of the ads being run by the groups in your coalition arguing that the war should stop. He called this ad a scare tactic. He said you say things in there that are not true, such as pointing out -- claiming that there's going to be a draft. How do you answer him?
TOM MATZZIE, MoveOn.org Washington Director: Those were the words of President Bush's own war czar, General Lute. Those were not our words. We merely took the audio of General Lute and put it on the ad.
One thing I'll say very specifically right now, Brad Blakeman, you know, should be held to account for not coming in public and debating the war. And I'll challenge him to a debate right now. I'm a taxpaying citizen. The 3.4 million members of MoveOn.org are taxpayers and citizens of this country. And there should be an open, public debate about the war in Iraq.
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Some powerful stuff.
Hey, TOM MATZZIE MoveOn.org Washington Director,you will see one hell of a debate September 15th.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Hey MoveOn.org, why don’t you folks ever move on?
Get a life...
Your terrorists can’t win every time. Have a beer, relax, accept that the end is near.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Oh the unfairness of it all. They have to pay for the ads and face widespread opposition.
In the good old days of the "Fairness Doctrine" the MSM happily ran the ads as 30-minute network "news"cast every weekday evening. Many newspapers published the ads above the fold almost daily.
Well on the bright side.. the old New Left had to get a peanut farmer elected. Today's lefties have to get one of the peanuts elected.
What a surprise! In other news, the Sun rose in the East.
“They don’t lie very convincingly.”
But they do lie with great facility and ease.
(must not say what that creep can do with his signpost)
MoveOn is 3.4 commies.
The question to ask Tom Matzzie is why MoveOn.org failed to run any ads against former President Clinton’s 78 days of aerial bombing in Kosovo during 1999.
“JUDY WOODRUFF: We are delighted that we now can go to Tom Matzzie”
Really? She is delighted?
I would just like to know, in the interest of fairness, was she also delighted to go to the conservative person?
Looks like he is holding his nose - one of them must reek.
MorOns.org are nothing but a bunch of America-hating pigs. They aren’t worth the ink.
I hate those people. Can I still say that?
i saw those pro ads a couple of times on abc too. was surprised to see them and they are pretty powerful and thoughtful. i hope more see them.
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