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The entire ad campaign is illegal IMO, and no one is questioning it or the BS message about overtime.

The facts would seem to help but I see none.

As I understand it, the prosed rule change is to clarify a mess that has existed for decades about the OT rules for salaried personnel.

They often want a large salary and to punch a clock as well.

The whole premise of the ad Is putrid BS! in addition to being illegal advocacy of a candidate and not an issue. The mention of Bush's name is what does that.

What other candidate is running against him but Kerry.

It looks like a primary ad against another person and is illegal as heck, as I understand the money is soft.

Al Gore's son-in-law(Karenna Gore Schiff's husband, Andrew “Drew” Schiff) is a physician-turned-biotech venture capitalist for a fund backed by financier George Soros (Perseus-Soros BioPharmaceutical Fund)who is a major supporter of MoveOn.org.

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Al Gore Speaks Out to MoveOn Members

CNN.com: "Gore accuses Bush of undermining freedoms"
November 9, 2003

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Vice President Al Gore accused the Bush administration Sunday of using the war on terrorism "to consolidate its power and escape any accountability for its use." Gore said that though the threat of terrorism and the potential use of weapons of mass destruction required speedy action by the executive branch, "President Bush has stretched this new practical imperative way beyond what is healthy for our democracy." Gore said the Bush administration has sought "to rule by secrecy and unquestioned authority," and he accused Republicans in Congress of aiding the White House by threatening to shut down investigations over political disputes.

"They have taken us much farther down the road toward an intrusive, Big Brother- style government -- toward the dangers prophesied by George Orwell in his book '1984' -- than anyone ever thought would be possible in the United States of America," Gore said. He said Bush has tried to maximize his power by emphasizing his role as commander in chief of the armed forces, "conflating it with his other role as head of government and head of state, and especially with his political role as head of the Republican Party." Gore, who lost the disputed 2000 presidential race to Bush, spoke to about 2,500 members of two liberal advocacy groups, the American Constitution Society and Moveon.org.