Posted on 01/24/2008 8:12:14 AM PST by george76
Liberal Group Plans Yearlong Anti-Bush Campaign; Goal Is To Deny Positive Legacy.
A liberal advocacy group plans to spend $8.5 million in a drive to make sure President Bush's public approval doesn't improve as his days in the White House come to an end.
Americans United for Change plans to undertake a yearlong campaign, spending the bulk of the money on advertising...
In selling the plan to fundraisers, the group has argued that support for President Reagan was at a low of 42 percent in 1987 but climbed to 63 percent before he left office.
"All of a sudden he became a rallying cry for conservatives and their ideology," said Brad Woodhouse, president of the group. "Progressives are still living with that."
The group is a nonprofit corporation that made a splash by airing ads against Bush's plans to overhaul Social Security in 2005. The group has conducted polls and focus groups and is now raising money for their anti-Bush effort. It gave a Power Point presentation to representatives of about 30 liberal and labor organizations last week.
It plans to announce the campaign at a press conference Thursday afternoon during a forum featuring liberal critics of the administration. It also aims to air its first ad in advance of Bush's State of the Union speech on Monday.
Woodhouse said one goal is to make sure Bush does not enjoy a resurgence in public approval toward the end of his presidency that could help Republican congressional candidates and the Republican presidential nominee in this year's elections.
"Framing his legacy helps us in the '08 elections..."
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BDS ping
Some do, but for sure, he’s the anti-Bush.
Impossible, Clinton is.
That would be the best way to put the brakes on these groups.
They have BDS... They are psychotic and should seek some care before they hurt themselves or someone else.
A legacy is forever. This is a political election ploy to campaign against Bush to slur the entire GOP.
Forever is a mightly long time and they won't campaign against Bush's legacy that long. Even the opponents of Reagan give it a rest now and then.
They still campaign against Joseph McCarthy. Never mind how many Reds were working for the USSR in the US.
I’m going to sound like a Dem now but “how many children would that $8.5 million feed??”
I hope they raise (and spend) 20 million.
Why spend all that on something Dubya is doing himself for free?
To think, these morons could donate $8.5M to any worthy cause that would actually benefit society. Instead, they choose to promote Bush Hate Speech. This is one sick group!
Progressives - code word for communists, marxists, socialists and the sympathizers/supporters.
Lenin was a “progressive”. Stalin was a “progressive”. K and Brezhnev were “progressives”. Ho and Mao were “progressives.”
Pol Pot actually told the truth - that he was a genocidal communist and proud of it.
Somehow whenever a “progressive” appears, millions of people die and millions more lose their freedom.
Is there a connect, you think?
Let’s just call them what they are - reds! Saves words and breath.
That does not surprise me.
And let the record show that W saved the dying city of New Oleans despite the Donks best effort to prevent him from doing so.
And let the record show that W saved the dying city of New Oleans despite the Donks best effort to prevent him from doing so.
ping
Progressives...
yuk
Don’t you mean “Commies, Yuk”?
Progressives are, after all, nothing short of extreme leftists anyway, and they rate right around Communists.
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