Posted on 07/05/2008 11:25:37 AM PDT by kingattax
For the first time, the presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is about to get a substantial hand from advertisements by an outside group.
Conservative and Republican groups have been largely quiet, leaving McCain heavily outmatched by Sen. Barack Obama's campaign fundraising juggernaut.
Next week, Vets for Freedom — a 20,000-member, nonpartisan organization established by combat veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — plans to begin spending more than $1 million on a TV campaign that will include Ohio, Virginia and New Mexico.
The group plans to spend millions more and to add other states to the roster over the next four months.
The ad, the largest independent expenditure on a national-security theme in the general election so far, features a number of vets speaking about the success of the surge and the need to finish the job.
The buy is part of what the group is calling the "Four Months, For Victory" media and grass-roots campaign that focuses on a dozen key swing states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Here are excerpts of the advisory Vets for Freedom will be sending the media:
"WHO/WHAT: On July 9, Vets for Freedom will hold a press conference featuring over a dozen Iraq war veterans to launch a national "Four Months, For Victory" media and grass-roots campaign. The effort will culminate on Veterans Day (November 11) and is intended to inform the American public and key lawmakers about the phenomenal success that our troops have achieved as a result of the surge and the importance of ensuring victory in Iraq, Afghanistan and the overall Global war on Terrorism.
"The launch includes a multimillion-dollar television-advertising buy in target markets and on national cable that will air this week and run throughout July and August. The first television ad will be released at the press conference featuring the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans appearing in the ad. These pointed ads are aimed at informing the American people about the truth regarding progress in Iraq.
"Simultaneously, Vets for Freedom will mobilize our grass-roots veteran membership throughout the country to spread the "ground truth" about progress in Iraq. The "Four Months, For Victory" campaign is a national grass-roots effort taking place in all 50 states, but will aggressively focus on 12 key states that are home to key lawmakers: MN, IA, WI, MI, PA, NV, NM, MO, CO, OH, FL and VA.
"The Vets for Freedom State Captains from these states will have grass-roots staff and resources available to mobilize local veteran volunteers. Vets in these states will call for victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by hitting the airwaves and pounding the pavement during the four months between now and Veterans Day, spreading the truth about the facts on the ground by drawing up their first-hand combat experiences. …
"Veterans featured in the ads as well as the State Captains from the 12 target states will be in attendance and available for interviews at the conclusion of the event. …
"Vets for Freedom is a nonpartisan organization established by combat veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Its mission is to educate the American public about the importance of achieving success in these conflicts by applying first-hand knowledge to issues of American strategy and tactics in Iraq. It supports policymakers from both sides of the aisle in their attempts to stand behind our great generation of American warriors on the battlefield, and put long-term national security before short-term partisan political gain. Vets for Freedom is the largest Iraq and Afghanistan veterans organization in America."
Yes. The single worst thing John McCain ever did was to use his status as a former POW to betray his fellow POW/MIAs, as head of the committee that pretended to investigate their fates.
He abandoned them to be tortured, killed, and covertly disposed of, and their families never even got their bodies back for proper burial.
But McCain got a very profitable financial deal when we opened up for business with Communist North Vietnam.
But...But....McCain is a hero......
(Enter vast spam heavy bandwidth graphics showing McCain as a pilot/hero and of Obama as a Communist/Muslim.) (Oh, and don’t forget the pictures of Jane Fonda on tour in Hanoi.)
And don’t forget the Supreme court, even though McCain voted for Ginsberg, Stevens and Souter, he will still appoint Conservatives don’t you know......(NO, I don’t.)
So, to get the truth out, veterans have to BUY ads to inform the American people?
What does this tell us about the ENEMEDIA? They will manufacture the news, print lies and over exaggerate any bad news, while at the same time, ignoring anything good that is happening.
This can do nothing but help McCain.
LOVE THE CARTOON!
I had heard that these guys were all for Obama. I guess you just can't believe the MSM.
**Vets for Freedom**
This year’s version of the Swiftboaters? Go to it, guys and gals, and thank you!
LOL! That would be funny if it wasn’t so TRUE.
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