NYT p.1: Pol. Groups Spend Millions to Take on Bush in Ad(s)

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Political Groups Spend Millions to Take on Bush in Ad Campaign
By GLEN JUSTICE and JIM RUTENBERG

Published: March 10, 2004


WASHINGTON, March 9 — Three advertising campaigns by political groups harshly critical of President Bush are getting under way in 17 states, in an effort to counter Republican commercials that began showing last week.

The largest campaign opens on Wednesday, paid with $5 million in unlimited donations that political parties can no longer collect. Republicans say the tactic is an illegal way to support Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, contending that it violates campaign finance laws....

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ACT and the Media Fund, raising money jointly, say they have pledges for $70 million, far more than campaign finance reports show they had in December....

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The MoveOn.org Voter Fund, which has been running commercials against Mr. Bush for months now, began one of its biggest campaigns yet on Thursday, paying about $3 million for two weeks of ads against the president in all 17 states where he is advertising. In most of those states the group is running a new spot in which a visibly beaten-down factory worker laments job losses and proposed limits to overtime pay and says, "Face it, George Bush is not on our side."


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/10/politics/campaign/10FINA.html?pagewanted=1

[Arugula Latte]

1. Great!

Poor widdle Pubbies. Dey can't take it when dose bad Democrats fight back. Waaaah!