Reply #19: I just threw $25 MoveOn's way [View All]

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for their "go after the swiftboaters" campaign. From email:

Never. Ever. Again.


John Murtha is being smeared but we saw this coming and we have a new TV ad campaign to put Republican candidates on defense early—making a win possible. We can make August a month they'll never forget.

Dear MoveOn member,
Two years ago Republican operatives calling themselves "Swift Boat Veterans" smeared John Kerry. This year the same people are at it again—starting with attacks on John Murtha.

No damn way we're going to let them get away with that. We saw this coming and instead of playing defense we're ready to go on offense.

We've prepared a hard-hitting new TV ad about Iraq to move this fight into the congressional districts of vulnerable Republicans. But to flood the airways in these places we need to raise $500,000 this week. Can you chip in $25 today?

http://political.moveon.org/donate/iraqad.html?id=8385-5865584-DZ.D2XurmB9UFTNa8VsIpw&t=4

If we raise the money we'll put the ads on TV in six key districts—places we can win especially because of frustration with Iraq. That'll make a sweeping Democratic takeover even more possible.

The Connecticut Senate race shows that voters are ready to reject politicians who are too close to George Bush and polling shows Iraq is the top issue for voters nationwide.

Now dozens of Republican candidates are furiously working to distance themselves from Bush and the mess in Iraq.

We can stop them in their tracks when we expose their Iraq record to voters with these ads—and August is the critical month for that.

Why August? The candidate TV ads aren't expected to start until after Labor Day—starting now will force the Republicans to play defense early.

And these ads are focused on winning in November:
The ads are targeted to key races where Iraq matters and tested to maximize impact. Four months of research of swing districts have narrowed down the targets.
The ads connect with all sorts of voters. The message of the ads focuses on broad frustration with the money that has been lost or wasted in Iraq—something liberals and conservatives agree on.
The ads do double-duty by modeling good Iraq messaging. Together we can show candidates around the country how to win on the top issue for voters.
The last round of TV ads worked. In all of the districts we ran our last round of ads the incumbent is in serious jeopardy.
We can only pull this off with the contributions of MoveOn members. Without support, it won't happen. Can you chip in $25 today?
http://political.moveon.org/donate/iraqad.html?id=8385-5865584-DZ.D2XurmB9UFTNa8VsIpw&t=5

John Murtha is a hero to millions of Americans and the best way to honor him is to beat the Republicans who smear him.

MoveOn is entirely member-funded—with no contributions from the Democratic Party and no donations larger than $5000. That is why your contribution is so important.


Let's get these ads on the air and put Republican candidates on defense.

Thanks for all you do.

–Tom, Marika, Matt, Tanya and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006