New PFA TV ads seek war support by connecting Al Qaeda, Iraq and 9/11

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Feb. 20, 2006 issue - Progress for America spent more than $35 million to help re-elect George W. Bush in 2004 and nearly $10 million advocating the president's second-term agenda last year. Now the conservative 527 group is jumping into the debate over the war in Iraq. Starting this week, PFA will launch a reported $500,000 TV campaign in Minnesota aimed at boosting public opinion about the war on the eve of the 2006 elections. The 60-second spot features Iraq war veterans defending the U.S. presence in Iraq as crucial to winning the war on terror.

"You'd never know it from the news reports, but our enemy in Iraq is Al Qaeda, the same terrorists who killed 3,000 Americans on 9/11," one vet says in the ad, which includes images of the Twin Towers, a bombed Madrid train and other terrorist attacks.

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Another vet cites the "real progress" in Iraq, telling viewers, "The media only reports the bad news."

While the ad's narrative matches White House talking points nearly verbatim, the group says it didn't coordinate its campaign with administration officials. Why Minnesota? PFA spokesman Stuart Roy tells NEWSWEEK the decision "had nothing to do with electoral politics," yet the state is home to a hotly contested U.S. Senate race in which the war is expected to be a pivotal issue. "There's a side to the Iraq story that we feel has been undertold and deserves a voice," Roy says. The campaign could expand to other states in coming weeks.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11299206/site/newsweek/

[marmar]

1. What a tangled web they weave...

That dead horse is tired of being repeatedly beaten. They've got to convince the majority of people to believe what they don't believe anymore. They've got to get public opinion prepped to invade Iran. It's a tragic movie that we've seen already.

[mindem]

2. I'm sick of this advertisement!!

I have to watch tv with my finger on the remote to change the channel the second it comes on. These ass hats are doing everything they can to make it appear that Iraq was responsible for 911 - the ad is a great big lie. Living in a battle ground state can really suck sometimes.

[lakeguy]

3. can we get together and make our own ad?

one that shows the truth? one that shows that the 911 report, the whitewash that it is, says that bin Laden was trying to off Saddam in the 90s. one that shows there were no ties to al qaeda until we trashed the place. one that shows pictures of the thousands of dead iraqi children who will never be able to vote in a "free" iraq. and so on.

[RufusEarl]

4. Your tax dollars at work!