Moveon responds with ad contrasting service of John Kerry with Bush

[flpoljunkie]

In 2000, the Bush camp ran a vicious "whisper campaign" which questioned whether John McCain was mentally stable after his service as a Vietnam POW.1 In 2002, Bush surrogates ran a TV ad against Max Cleland, a Democratic Senator who lost three limbs in Vietnam, that attacked Cleland's patriotism and faded his face into Osama bin Laden's.2

Now, the Republican National Committee and the Bush/Cheney campaign are pushing a story that John Kerry was not injured badly enough in Vietnam to deserve one of his three Purple Hearts. Given the gaping holes in Bush's own record of service, the attack is absurd. But if the Bush campaign wants to raise this debate, we're happy to oblige.

Today, we're launching a new 60-second ad that compares Kerry's record of courageous service in Vietnam with Bush's early departure from the National Guard. The ad concludes: "This election is about character. It's between John Kerry, who left no man behind… and George W. Bush, who simply left." This is the first ad since the launch of our 50 for the Future campaign, and we need your help to get it on the air.

Watch the ad and contribute now: https://www.moveonpac.org/donate/warrecord.html

[BayCityProgressive]

1. Bad Ass!

I love MoveOn.org! The recent move to the left by Dems on some issues are because progressives are working through this group.

[ACK]

2. OMG that is so powerful

Wow!!

Thanks for posting that.

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[tandot]

3. Great Ad!!! I hope they find the funds to air it nation wide

I just love moveon.org

[jean]

4. Magnificent! Another excellent ad for our side!

[huckleberry]

5. Great ad!!

Please donate if you can! I just did!!

[CPschem]

6. Saw it this morning!!!

It was on CNN, right around 8am. What a great, powerful commercial! WOW! Really made the chimp looks like a coward!

[LittleApple81]

7. I donated money. Hope they can show it. n/t

[lovedems]

8. I bet you suddenly hear silence from the republicans when it comes

to Kerry throwing his RIBBONS. That was some powerful stuff, to say the least.

[Democat]

9. This should be a major ad in the Kerry campaign!

If this ad was run repeatedly for two weeks in every battleground state, this would help to define Kerry, instead of letting Bush define him.

This ad should be everywhere, it's better than any of the other Kerry ads I've seen!

[bluedog]

10. I love it

great great.........

[jpgray]

11. This ad kicks incredible amounts of ass!

Every DUer should view it. I think I will go donate to MoveOn. :D

[DeepModem Mom]

12. MoveOn rocks! They react immediately --

and I clicked and donated immediately for the ad. Does anyone have a connection to MoveOn? Could they react in the same way, and take on the media?

ON EDIT: This IS actually taking on the media, who've made Kerry's service an issue, when it's Bush's service that's the issue.

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. If they took on the media,

who would show the ad? :shrug: We need that Al Gore "Liberal" TV Network... NOW!

[Rageneau]

13. YES!!

Yes, yes, yes!

[DeepModem Mom]

14. Hi, Rageneau -- Welcome to DU!

[flpoljunkie]

17. Welcome to DU, Rageneau.

We need all hands on deck for the duration.

[Hippo_Tron]

16. It's definately below the belt, but still...

I LOVED IT. The Bush deserves this after attacking Kerry's military service.