'Texans for Truth' ad challenges Bush on Guard service

[Thurston Howe IV]

A group called Texans for Truth will release a TV ad today in which a former lieutenant colonel in the Alabama Air National Guard says neither he nor his friends saw George W. Bush when the future president was supposed to be with their unit in 1972.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-07-texas-ad_x.htm

[thebigidea]

1. bwhahahah - Wonderful!

I did a jokey sorta thing like that:

http://www.terminalproduct.com/tangang.rm

But great to see the real thing.

[sofa king]

17. Dude, that was friggin brilliant!

What a wonderful piece of work. I hope someone paid you for it.

[thebigidea]

18. of course not... all the videos from the past two years were done on $0

except one I'm doing now, which has a budget that allowed for a new battery charger... and a HAT!

[Thurston Howe IV]

24. Great Stuff!

I love it! I included a link to it on my blog.

[DeepModem Mom]

2. Run that baby 24/7 in those "contested" states -- Bush...

AWOL/deserter gets a pass, as Kerry, having commanded a vessel meant to draw enemy fire, is savaged. We have to get the truth about GWBush, a pitiful excuse for a man, past the media block.

[vickie]

20. Are right wing radio bully boys talking about it yet? I would think

they would be squawking fiercely about this! This is terrific! Thank you Texans for Truth!

[Judi Lynn]

3. Can't wait until the first DU'er to see this ad shows up here!

I pray this one generates some actual awareness outside the group of people who already know about _Bush:In the new ad, retired lieutenant colonel Robert Mintz says he "heard George W. Bush get up there and say, 'I served in the 187th Air National Guard in Montgomery, Alabama.'

"I said, 'Really? That was my unit. And I don't remember seeing you there,' " Mintz says. "So I called my friends and said, 'Did you know that George Bush served in our unit?' And everyone said, 'No, I never saw him there.' It would be impossible to be unseen in a unit of that size."
(snip)Let us pray!

[Zorra]

4. Heck, I even heard Bu$h read "My Pet Goat", to a bunch

of schoolkids while America was under attack on 9/11/2001.

Almost like he knew the attack was going to happen, and wanted it to happen.

Gosh, go figure.

[Justice]

5. I am sure Sean Hannity Is clamoring to show it --

yelling freedom of speech, let these guys tell their story, I think they have the right to tell their story......

I am sure this ad will be played and replayed on CNN, Fox and MSNBC over and over -- and discussed and discussed.

(sarcasm off).

[Ganja Ninja]

6. Thank God someones picking up the slack for our lazy media. n/t

[NoSunWithoutShadow]

7. Kick

[joefree1]

8. Link to donate

Couldn't find any link to support this group however I found the web site of DriveDemocracy, the group who is sponsoring this ad.
http://www.drivedemocracy.org/alerts/

[calimary]

11. TEXANS FOR TRUTH INFO:

http://www.texansfortruth.com/index.html

I sent 'em some money yesterday.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

9. "Oh NO YOU DIDN'T!" LOL n/t

[NewYorkerfromMass]

10. Bush 'Unfit' to serve

so one can't blame him for not showing up!

[democrat_patriot]

12. Kick.

[doc03]

13. They played the ad and talked about it on Faux this morning,

of course the Bush* spokesman claimed it was illegal and the Kerry campaign was behind it. There is a big difference between the SBVT and this one. The navy awarded Kerry the medals and there are eye witnesses to it that contradict the SBVT. AWOL can't produce any evidence from the TANG and the only witness he has claims he saw him reading a training manual once.

[leftynyc]

15. Why illegal?

Or are they just spouting off crap (as usual)?

[ironflange]

14. Bush campaign is crying foul

They can dish it out, but they sure can't take it.

[TahitiNut]

16. I've seen it twice on cable already today. (In Michigan.)

It's interesting to be in what's regarded as a 'battleground' state.

[SoCalDem]

19. They should have called themselves "Swift Texas veterans for truth"

I love it :):):)

[Career Prole]

21. Viewer Alert...See Texans for Truth Editor Glenn Smith on TV tonight:

Fox Special Report 6 p.m. EDT
MSNBC Hardball 7p.m. EDT
CNBC Capital Report 7:00 PM EDT
:kick:
http://www.texansfortruth.com/contribute.html

[UpInArms]

22. they just showed a clip of the ad on ABC evening snooze

and the debate is now open

:kick:

[quaoar]

23. Looks like their fundraising appeal was a roaring success

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0908campaign-ad-ON.html

One source familiar with the group's plan said it raised more than $100,000 on Tuesday to air the ad after sending an e-mail solicitation to members of MoveOn.org, an online advocacy group that has been among Bush's staunchest opponents, and DriveDemocracy.org, a spin-off group in Texas.

"The money came in really fast," said the source, who asked not to be identified.

< snip >

The source familiar with Texans' for Truth plans said it was considering running the ad in some of the same markets where the Swift boat group aired, nearly all of them in swing states.

But the source added that the group might also seek to run the ad in states that have suffered disproportionately high levels of casualties in the Iraq war. The group will announce its ad buy at a news conference Wednesday morning.