VoteVets.org is organized as a non-partisan political action committee (PAC) and non-profit 501(c) status in the United States. It was co-founded in 2006 by Jon Soltz and Jeremy Broussard.
Although organized as nonpartisan, it has been described as “partisan”, “closely aligned with Congressional Democrats,” and “liberal” in news stories. In a June 2011 press release, the organization specifically identified itself as the “largest progressive group of veterans in America.”
In March 2010, VoteVets partnered with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington against Sean Hannity and his “Freedom Concerts” alleging that Hannity had engaged in deceptive and illegal marketing practices by suggesting that all concert ticket sale revenue goes directly to scholarships for children of killed and wounded service members.” CREW and VoteVets filed complaints with the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Trade Commission about Freedom Concerts, Freedom Alliance, and Lt. Col. Oliver North
Soltz volunteered for the John Kerry presidential campaign in 2004. Regarding his personal political views, Soltz told The Washington Post in 2007 that “I’m a conservative” and that he opposed the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 because “I don’t think 20,000 more troops is Democratic, I don’t think 20,000 troops is Republican. I think it’s stupid.”
In his role as chairman of VoteVets.org, Soltz called President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney “draft dodgers” in a news conference on Capitol Hill. He also accused Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of “aiding the enemy.”
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August 2007
Co-founder and Chairman Jon Soltz “organized veterans in Pennsylvania for John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign, and his VoteVets boasts an advisory board dominated by such Democratic veterans as Kerrey and Clark.”
“Vote Vets Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) organization which primarily focuses on nonpartisan education and advocacy on behalf veterans and their families.
Staff & Advisors
* Jon Soltz, Iraq War Veteran, Co-Founder and Chairman, VoteVets.org (Bio)
* Jeremy Broussard, Iraq War Veteran, Co-Founder and Senior Advisor, VoteVets.org (Bio)
* Sam Schultz, Senior Advisor (Bio)
* General Wesley Kanne Clark (US Army, ret), Board of Advisors
* Bob Kerrey, Board of Advisors
* Leslie H. Gelb, Board of Advisors( Leslie H. Gelb is President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, and a former columnist for The New York Times)
* Bill Belding, Board of Advisors (in October 2004, Belding served as Chief of Staff at Common Cause)
* Ed Vick, Board of Advisors (Bio)
* Richard Beattie, Board of Advisors (Board of Directors of the National Women’s Law Center, having worked in the Carter Administration as General Counsel of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and as a Special Advisor and Emissary for Cypress during the Clinton Administration)
* Elaine Kamarck, Board of Advisors (she created and managed the Clinton Administration’s National Performance Review, also known as reinventing government)
this President, everyday, firms up his legacy as the worst Commander-in-Chief this nation has ever seen.
–Jon Soltz
Progressive=Communist