Posted on 09/08/2004 7:37:17 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
'Texans for Truth' is getting its turn at bat today, just in time for the 60 Minutet II interview with Former Texas Lt. Governor Ben Barnes tonight.
'Texans for Truth' is an arm of Drive Democracy, an Austin based group that got its initial funding from the liberal group Moveon.Org.
The Moveon PAC and Moveon Voter Fund have spent about $7 million since March 1 on anti Bush TV ads.
Drive Democracy is run by Glenn Smith who managed the unsuccessful 2002 Texas gubernatorial campaign of Democrat Tony Sanchez.
Smith is a former managing director at the consulting firm Public Strategies, which employs former Texas Governor Ann Richards.
'Texans for Truth plans to spend $100,000 to $200,000 to run the ad for a week in closely contested states that are home to large numbers of families of US troops killed in Iraq.
Such states include Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Oregon and Arizona.
The Bush campagin is crying foul. 'The president served honorably in the National Guard, fulfilled his duties and was honorably discharged,' campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt said.
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I think you are correct. The Swiftboat Vets were effectively portrayed by the major media as acting at the behest of the Bush campaign, and now, I suspect that the point will be made that the Swiftboat campaign was done to 'cover up' President Bush's record.
Truth does not matter--I thought that the Swiftboaters were a litle too naive, and I suspected that the backlash would not help Bush.
The left is bent on repeating the line that "no one has ever come forward to say they saw Bush in Alabama".
No one? Really? Ok, how about ...
So, I guess NO ONE has ever said they saw Bush in Alabama. Oh, ok?
The "W" isn't just the middle initial of our next presidents, it's also for WHATEVER!
The stench of desperation emanates from the 'Rats camp. They are willing to insinuate anything, say whatever they need to, in order to get the momentum back on their side. They are willing to risk losing a libel/slander suit in order to regain power. That makes them whores for power. But we already knew that.
“Texans for Truth plans to spend $100,000 to $200,000 to run the ad for a week in closely contested states that are home to large numbers of families of US troops killed in Iraq.”
Didn't they try this last election?
Bring it on!
Hmmm. That's a great question. You'd think that someone (SOMEONE!) would ask Mr. Barnes this simple question. Alas, Danny Blather will not ask this question. The media is selling this country out. I can only hold the promise that people really are NOT getting informed from these sources anymore.
There is no limit to the depths that the Dims will sink to.
I am a marine aunt. I can assure you Texans who have family in the military are in FULL SUPPORT of PRESIDENT BUSH. These are the low life Texas Musicians who are against President Bush. The article was in the Dallas Morning News a week ago on this group!!! Funded by the hate group MOVEON.HATEamerica.
I've been asking and searching--I'll ask again. Is there any online source of donors to this 527 in Austin, or a complete list of donors to any 527 anywhere?
Delbert McClinton TOO? I was saddened (and disappointed) but not surprised by John Prine. Guy Clark could break my heart.
Who else are among the Texas musicians involved?
Exactly -- they will now start a saturation-bombing smear campaign on Bush until they run out of money -- it is their last desperation effort, since Kerry cannot deliver anything of substance.
Expect the Dems to out-do themselves on sleaze and gutter-level lies and spin.
There seems to be a pattern here -- must be the same way Nixon was able to get troops into Cambodia before he became president.
This is where their constant denigration of the National Guard hurts them. They've been saying it's not important, now they're saying Bush didn't show up for this not important job.
Everyone agrees, though, that service in Vietnam is being on the front lines, and Kerry has made it the only issue he's running on.
This doesn't hurt Bush; the Swift Vets ads DO hurt Kerry.
Nice try, guys.
Considering how many of the National Guard Units that are deployed or have been deployed to Iraq and other locations in the ME, it's not very smart to start knocking Guard service.
Its the people an earlier poster mentioned, the Dixie Sluts and Delbert McClinton..
Can't these dweebs ever conjure up an original name?
I was trying to find the article from the Dallas Morning News, but it listed a lot of Texas Musicians. The silent party .... are the Dixie Chicks who will stop at nothing to get Kerry elected.
The ones I can remember are mostly all located in Austin, (land of liberal fleas and gays).
I too loved Delbert McClinton, but I have sent back all of his CD's. Joe Ely, Willie Nelson, Cooder Graw, Jack Johnson (he is from CA), Jack Ingram to name a few.
Musicians gather to gain momentum against Bush
By The Associated Press
(8/05/04 - NEW YORK) — A collection of more than 20 prominent musicians from John Fogerty to Bruce Springsteen to Pearl Jam joined forces Wednesday calling for President Bush's ouster, announcing an unprecedented series of fund-raising concerts across nine swing states.
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"I feel this is one of the most critical elections in my lifetime," Springsteen told The Associated Press in the most overtly political statement of his career. "This wasn't one that a concerned citizen felt comfortable sitting out."
Springsteen was joined by a collection of performers that spanned generations and genres: country act the Dixie Chicks, hip-hoppers Jurassic 5, bluesman Keb' Mo' and classic rockers John Mellencamp and Jackson Browne. The artists, touring under the "Vote for Change" banner, will play 34 shows in 28 cities between Oct. 1-8.
Springsteen's concerns and commitment were shared by other performers, including Dave Matthews and his band.
"It's the first time Bruce and the E Street Band ever stood up and made a clear political statement," Matthews told The AP. "This is the first time we've ever stood as a band, unified, and said we want a change."
The shows, which launch Oct. 1 in Pennsylvania, will take an unusual approach: as many as six concerts on a single day in cities across the states expected to decide the November presidential race. Other stops on the tour are North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin and the key state in 2000, Florida.
The money generated will go to America Coming Together, which promises on its Web site to "derail the right-wing Republican agenda by defeating George W. Bush." The anticipated millions of dollars will be spent in the swing states before the presidential election, said ACT president Ellen Malcolm.
The shows will be presented by MoveOn Pac, the electoral arm of the liberal interest group MoveOn.org.
There was no immediate word on prices for tickets, which go on sale Aug. 21 for all the shows. The concerts will pair artists, such as Springsteen and REM, the Dixie Chicks and James Taylor, or Mellencamp and Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds.
Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, who memorably told a London audience last year that she was ashamed to share her home state of Texas with Bush, echoed Springsteen's comment about the importance of the Nov. 2 election.
"A change is in order," Maines said in an AP interview. "There's never been a political climate like this, which is so the polar opposite of me as a person and what I believe in."
The idea was hatched by several of the acts' managers, and quickly expanded. "Once we started talking to each other, ideas started percolating and other artists started reaching out to us," said Jon Landau, Springsteen's manager.
Many of the acts had a history of social activism, from Browne's anti-nuclear concerts to Mellencamp's Farm Aid shows. Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder was a Ralph Nader backer in 2000, but he feels Democratic nominee John Kerry is the choice this time around.
"There's a vote coming up, and a chance to have a regime change at home," Vedder told AP. "I'm feeling the same way, there's a need for change."
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