( "Vets for Freedom" ) Veterans Thank Lieberman for War Backing - AP

[Eugene]

Veterans Thank Lieberman for War Backing

By ANDREW MIGA
The Associated Press
Tuesday, September 5, 2006; 6:35 PM

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Joe Lieberman's re-election bid is getting some outside
help from a group grateful for the lawmaker's support for the Iraq war.

Vets for Freedom, an independent group with Republican ties, will air an ad
in Connecticut Wednesday and Thursday featuring veterans from the state
who thank the three-term incumbent for backing the conflict.

Executive director Wade Zirkle said his group's political arm is spending
$60,000 to broadcast the commercial on cable and network channels.

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Vets for Freedom calls itself a nonpartisan organization that was founded
by Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans.

Republican strategist Dan Senor, former spokesman for the defunct Coalition
Provisional Authority in post-invasion Iraq; Bill Kristol, the editor of The
Weekly Standard, and former Lieberman chief of staff Bill Andresen have advised
the group, Zirkle said.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/05/AR2006090501020.html

[crikkett]

1. Investigate!

"Vets for Freedom calls itself a nonpartisan organization that was founded
by Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans."

Find the ties!
Debunk! Debunk! OK!

[Vincardog]

2. nonpartisan organization My a$$

[orpupilofnature57]

3. Swift boating with Joe now ,they are desperate.

[MnFats]

4. "follow the money" I'll bet my next paycheck against Rove's....

..there is GOP and White House money percolating throughout this scam...

[muntrv]

5. Gotta torpedo these swift boaters.

[Submariner]

6. "Vets for Freedom" is still the "Swift Liars for Bush" n/t

[Ezlivin]

7. "I went to Iraq and all I got was a lousy pair of amputations."

Veterans support their country, but aren't eager to waste their lives in a fruitless attempt to cram our version of democracy down their gullets. In fact, the vast majority of soldiers and sailors don't even want to kill another person.

If you doubt this, read "On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society" by LT Col (Dave) Grossman

[FrenchieCat]

8. Yuke! How so gross!

I guess Lieberman wants the job pretty badly.

So sad.