MoveOn.org to Counter Bush's Ad Blitz, starting Thursday. Yeah!!!

[flpoljunkie]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22767-2004Mar2.html

By LIZ SIDOTI
The Associated Press
Tuesday, March 2, 2004; 1:16 PM

WASHINGTON - A Democratic-leaning online group will run television commercials in 17 presidential battleground states starting Thursday to counter President Bush's multimillion-dollar advertising blitz that will begin the same day.

The MoveOn.org Voter Fund has been airing commercials assailing Bush for months in several swing states, but its $1.9 million effort will be its most far-reaching. The ads will ensure that there is a Democratic presence on the TV airwaves in key states as Bush begins to make his case for re-election.

John Kerry, the Democratic front-runner, is considering a modest response designed to put the White House on the defensive, advisers say, but the Democratic National Committee is waiting until there is a nominee before it starts running ads. That leaves outside groups like MoveOn, acting independently of the campaign, as the primary Democratic voice.

In most states, MoveOn will run a new ad that takes Bush to task for his economic policies, including overtime pay and outsourcing jobs. In others, the group will run a previously released spot that shows images of children toiling on a grocery line and in a tire factory coupled with the text, "Guess who's going to pay off President Bush's $1 trillion deficit?"

"We're really stepping up our efforts to make sure our members' voices are heard," Wes Boyd, the group's founder, said Tuesday. "We are trying to get these messages out about these fundamental issues.

Ads will run over five days in 67 media markets in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

[TheDonkey]

1. What would us progressives do without Moveon.org

What a great interest group they have become. I hope in the years to come they become even more powerful.

[redqueen]

3. They're looking for feedback on the primaries, too

http://www.moveon.org/pac/field_survey.html

[flpoljunkie]

7. Thanks for posting.

Have already given them my feedback. Great idea!

[cally]

2. This is going to be an expensive campaign

I'm glad moveon is around. Supposedly the founders were not very interested in politics before Clinton's impeachment. Amazing.

[flpoljunkie]

5. Speaking of which, link to www.moveonvoterfund.org to donate

http://www.moveonvoterfund.org

Link near bottom of page. While there, watch some of the great Moveon ads.

[Lab Owner]

8. How does McCain-Feingold affect MoveOn.org???

Guess I thought CFR was about getting money OUT of politics. What organizations on the right can you compare MoveOn to, that may also be able to get around CFR in the same way? Don't know much about the whole thing. Just wondering.

[Qutzupalotl]

11. RightMarch.com

maybe others

[BigDaddyLove]

12. I think a great many people weren't ...........

interested in politics before the impeachment hearings.

Most people didn't realize how polarized the country had become.

[Blue_Roses]

4. Great news!

:)

[OKNancy]

6. Donate to MoveOn

If DUers aren't tapped out on the candidate donations and can spare some change, or if you never donated to anything, please consider donating to MoveOn. It is a "can-do" group and can make a real impact this year.

[littlejoe]

9. I just became a member of MoveOn. I am so thankful for them!

[flpoljunkie]

10. Good for you, littlejoe!

MoveOn is really a player for the Democratic Party. We will need all the help we can get up against the $100 million the Rethugs have accumulated from their special interests to try and stay in power.

They are going to need every dime they can collect from their crony capitalist contributors--because the American people are waking up and figuring these bastards out as the corrupt, incompetents they are!

[littlejoe]

13. I really identify with MoveOn's single-mindedness of purpose.

I have always been a strong believer in fighting fire with fire. Only, in this case, we don't have to make up outlandish lies. The truth will hang Bush, if we can get the word out and answer attack ad for attack ad. It is wholly necessary, if we are to have a chance in November. I do not have a lot of money, but I donated, and will continue to do so.