The Prince of Tides- Bush ads, Kerry ads, the Tides Foundation, and so much more...

various FR links | 03-06-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

[backhoe]

Thanks, I appreciate that!

[az1roadrunner]

Good work! Putting together the links that show the relationships of these crazy media attacks on Bush is a great way to out the hypocrisy of these people. Now I wish for a list of great quotes by Kerry while on the campaign trail.

[backhoe]

Now I wish for a list of great quotes by Kerry while on the campaign trail.

Go to the "last" and work back; I think I have some links to self-impeaching quotes here:

-John Kerry- some selected, informative links...--

[Maigrey]

Twinkie of Substance PONG!

[AuntB]

Hey backhoe!! Great job, as usual. Did you happen to see the name Richard Blum come up in any of this??? Sen. Diane Fiensteins hubby. Just a thought.

[backhoe]

My kind regards to you, AuntB... this Richard Blum is a name I hadn't thought to keep an eye peeled for- I'll go back & look.

[az1roadrunner]

Thank you!!!! Much appreciated!

[backhoe]

You bet- hope it's useful.

[maggief]

">In addition, it appears MoveOn.org supports Peaceful Tomorrows


............and vice-versa

Fenton Communications, who Barry Amundson - the vice-head honcho of "Peaceful Tomorrows" - works for, has them as a client."


Thanks.

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http://www.fenton.com/team/bamundson.asp

BARRY AMUNDSON,
DESIGNER AND IT MANAGER

Barry Amundson is the graphic designer, as well as information technology manager for Fenton’s San Francisco office. He has worked on Web sites for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded child safety organization, Safe Passages, among others, as well as advertising for the Polly Klaas Foundation and American Medical Association.

Amundson has 10 years’ experience in advertising, marketing and the web both as a designer and as a computer systems administrator. A former art director at Circle.com, he has worked for branding firm Addison Design, Foote, Cone & Belding, TBWA/Chiat/Day, and other leading ad agencies. His design work for nonprofits includes logo creation for EarthShare of California’s ‘Earth Stars’ workplace giving program and Web design for Intersection for the Arts, a San Francisco theatre space and gallery. He is the co-founder and online coordinator for Peaceful Tomorrows, a Nobel Peace prize-nominated nonprofit advocacy group of 911 family members who are using their voice for peace. He received a B.A. in design and photography from the University of Iowa.

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http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:uJZYHDf4VRwJ:www.fenton.com/team/tfitzgibbon.asp+Fenton++moveon.org&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

TREVOR S. FITZGIBBON,
SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Trevor Fitzgibbon helps oversee communications and public relations strategy for MoveOn.org, MoveOn.org Voter Fund and Win Without War, the mainstream voice of the anti-war movement. He has a decade of experience in public relations and public affairs, specializing in national media relations, government relations, crisis communications, and strategic organizing for elected officials and nonprofit environmental groups. Fitzgibbon’s messaging and PR efforts on behalf of MoveOn.org have helped position the online advocacy group as a national political force in American life. He has secured national exposure for MoveOn.org’s anti-war “Daisy ad” campaign and the more recent Bush “Misleader” campaign. His work on MoveOn.org’s effort to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from rolling back laws designed to prevent even greater media monopoly helped trigger more than 300,000 signatures in protest and a bi-partisan Senate agreement to block the proposed changes.

Fitzgibbon oversees and implements message development and regularly places guests and stories on “Meet the Press” “Face the Nation,” “This Week” and other opinion-leading national network news programs. He also serves as Fenton’s primary liaison between clients and musicians and celebrities such as R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Jack Black, Jessica Lange, and Janeane Garofalo. Prior to his time at Fenton, he worked for a variety of environmental groups and congressional campaigns.

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http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=%5CPolitics%5Carchive%5C200401%5CPOL20040116b.html

Drawing a crowd

Big-name Hollywood entertainers and other notable liberals have aligned themselves with the organization. They include comedians Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo, singers Moby and Alanis Morissette, and actors Michael Moore, Julia Stiles and Benicio Del Toro.

MoveOn.org also has benefited from the financial support of billionaire financier George Soros and Progressive Corp. chairman and chief executive Peter B. Lewis, who pledged $5 million to the MoveOn.org Voter Fund in the form of a matching grant.

Soros, who delivered a stinging address on Bush's foreign policy Monday, was one of the VIPs glowing after Gore's speech.

"I thought it was very good," Soros said afterward. "It was interesting and effective."

Soros has made it a top priority to oust Bush, and he said Monday he would pour more money into the effort if necessary. He already has given $15.5 million to three groups on the left.

Part of MoveOn.org's growth can be attributed to the aggressive public relations crew at Fenton Communications, which has offices in New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. At Thursday's event, Fenton staffers hovered near the news media, ready to answer any question that might arise.

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http://www.publicintegrity.org/527/search.aspx?act=com&orgid=7249&comid=682r

Expenditures to individuals and organizations affiliated with Fenton Communications from MoveOn.org Voter Fund
Recipient Location Date Amount Spent
Fenton Communicatons Washington, DC 12/18/2003 $33,602
Fenton Communicatons Washington, DC 12/18/2003 $12,018
Fenton Communicatons Washington, DC 12/23/2003 $136,954

[maggief]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/06/politics/campaign/06CAMP.html

But a group of families who lost loved ones held a news conference in New York on Friday to say they found the advertisements offensive. Officials at Moveon.org., a liberal advocacy group, said they paid for the event.

[maggief]

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/8122223.htm

A news conference Friday by Peaceful Tomorrows, a group of victims' relatives, was arranged by MoveOn.org, a Berkeley-based group that has been running ads critical of Bush. The relatives questioned the use of the images for political gain.

[CyberAnt]

Well .. the general impression I got from the President's press conference was that he was not a happy camper.

I do agree - I hope this will cause a slight shift in having a team ready to take on these constant attacks. McAwful told them - we are going to immediately counter-attack everything you do [paraphrase]. They need to take that warning seriously - perhaps this was a wake-up call.

But .. like Rush said yesterday .. keeping up this level of hatred for 8 months will be difficult. People will get tired of it; either participating in it or hearing it.

[baseballmom]

Thanks for all your hard work, backhoe.

Bookmarked and bumped.

[TomGuy]

But .. like Rush said yesterday .. keeping up this level of hatred for 8 months will be difficult. People will get tired of it; either participating in it or hearing it.

I posted similar a few days ago. If the people are blasted with ads for 8 months, they are going to get very tired of both candidates regardless of whether the ads are positive or negative.

I can't see why they are blasting ads this early anyway. So what if the poll numbers shift. They will continue to until after both conventions.

After the conventions is the time for the ads. To show any this early seems to be a waste of time and talent and money.

[backhoe]

Thanks very much for looking- it is appreciated.

[backhoe]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1092252/posts
9-11 Victims' Families Release Letter Supporting Bush as He Faces Criticism Over Campaign Ads

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1092214/posts
Some 9-11 Kin Send Letter Backing Bush Ad
The Detroit News/AP ^ | 3/6/04 | None listed

New info:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1091579/posts?page=281#281
The 'Offended' 911 Group “Peaceful Tomorrows” is funded largely by Teresa Heinz
various sources, mostly Tom Randall of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | 3/5/04



http://www.rncnotwelcome.org/media.html
There are articles there from the NY Times (guess antis can post NW Times articles!) from a couple of years back planning the actions we're seeing now.

[CyberAnt]

Well .. we had to do something. The dems had been on TV for several months 24/7 bashing everything Bush said and did. There was no way that could be allowed to stand.

However, per our previous discussion about time to respond .. I noticed that just today there has already been a response to something Kerry said (within hours of him saying it). Looks like the lesson has been learned - today at least.

[AuntB]

Check out this poll at CNN: www.cnn.com/lateedition

It asks if the President was correct to use the 911 images in his ad....and the NO's are way ahead!

[backhoe]

Wilco- thanks!

[AuntB]

backhoe, I have to leave, would you check to see if that poll has been posted and if not, please post it! Thanks!!