TV Ad Demands Bush Get Allies To Cease Swift Boat Smear Campaign

[KittyWampus]

TV Ad Demands Bush Get Allies to Cease Swift Boat Smear Campaign; MoveOn PAC Ad Rips Attack on Kerry
Heroism; Contrasts to Bush Failure to Appear for Duty (U.S. Newswire)


MoveOn PAC today released a new 30-second TV spot attacking George W. Bush for failing to call on one of
his major donors -- a long-time associate of Karl Rove and leading Texas Republican funder -- to stop the
smear campaign on John Kerry (news - web sites)'s Vietnam service being run by a group called Swift Boat
Veterans for Truth.

The ads, which start running in three states and nationally Tuesday, call on the President to personally
denounce the ads for their false and misleading attacks on Senator Kerry -- just as Senator John McCain
has called on him to do.

Though the White House and the Bush-Cheney campaign deny involvement in the ads, SBVT is a clear
Republican Party front. The group is funded primarily by Robert J. Perry, the largest donor to Republican
causes in Texas, a long-time donor to George W. Bush, and a supporter of the political work of Karl Rove
and Tom DeLay, among others.

"Karl Rove and the Republicans are up to their usual dirty tricks," said MoveOn PAC Director Eli Pariser.
"Once again, they're funding and coordinating an outrageous smear campaign while denying their
involvement and refusing to condemn it. John McCain knows what it's like to be on the receiving end of
these attacks. Tactics like these should have no place in American politics, and, with one call, George W.
Bush could stop them." ..

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[A_Possum]

1. Gave it a 5 n/t

n/t

[buycitgo]

2. me, too....that's its rating so far

and isn't it interesting that NOT ONE gasbag show is bothering to preview it, much less discuss it?

surprised?

guess that filthy ad has run its course, served its purpose, and ANY refutation can be safely ignored

have you seen ANY mention of swiftliars today, huh?

they are VERY smooth, these corporate media fascists

WAIT.....tweet promised new campaign ads

is there hope?'

what to do you want to guess that he'll play a small part of a positive Kerry ad, then the WHOLE Bush ad about Kerry's bad attendance at Senate Intel hearings

[Feanorcurufinwe]

7. It was on Crossfire, very briefly

[hippiegranny]

3. this is the perfect way to spend move-on ad money

nip this crap in the bud!

[Democat]

4. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=625863

[librechik]

5. funny (not): Yahoo didn't count my vote or yours

I voted. It said the story has a rating of 5.0 with 1 vote (mine)

This was after you fellow posters said you voted!

When I refreshed the article, it said "not rated"

Now do you trust Yahoo News?

[Crunchy Frog]

6. Same thing happened to me .

:shrug:

[someother]

8. Doing the same for me too.