MoveOn takes a cheap shot
Move On is going to air a TV ad over the Thanksgiving weekend to smear the administration. The 30 second ad will be available at their website tomorrow. In their press release, the script was included:
VIDEO -- OPEN ON A FAMILY AT THANKSGIVING DINNER. SEATED AROUND THE TABLE THEY HOLD HANDS, THEIR HEADS BOWED IN PRAYER.
AUDIO -- ANNOUNCER (VO): Some folks won't be home this holiday season.
VIDEO -- CUT TO SHOT OF FORLORN SOLDIERS IN IRAQ WITH MESS KITS.
AUDIO -- ANNOUNCER (VO): A hundred and fifty thousand American men and women are stuck in Iraq.
VIDEO -- CUT TO SHOT OF BUSH AND CHENEY, WALKING SIDE BY SIDE.
AUDIO -- ANNOUNCER (VO): Their president misled America to send them in and has no plan to get them out.
VIDEO -- CUT BACK TO DINNER TABLE. A WOMAN IN TEARS IS BEING COMFORTED BY FAMILY MEMBERS.
AUDIO -- ANNOUNCER (VO): Democrats in Congress are leading the way home.
VIDEO -- CUT TO THANKSGIVING TABLE SPREAD AND ONE EMPTY CHAIR.
AUDIO -- ANNOUNCER (VO): Where are the Republicans?
VIDEO -- STAY ON IMAGE OF EMPTY CHAIR. SUPER "CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE: (202) 224-3121."
AUDIO -- ANNOUNCER (VO): Tell your representative. Support our troops. Bring them home.
VIDEO -- AT SCREEN BOTTOM, SUPER FULL LEGAL DISCLAIMER: PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, WWW.POLITICAL.MOVEON.ORG. NOT AUTHORIZED BY ANY CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE'S COMMITTEE. MOVEOn.ORG POLITICAL ACTION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT".
AUDIO -- ANNOUNCER (VO): MoveOn.org Political Action is responsible for the content of this advertisement.
The ad will be shown on CNN and in the states where Republicans "who launched personal attacks on Rep. John Murtha", according to MoveOn. Lord knows what criteria they used.
It takes a special kind of bottom-crawler to do this over a holiday. If they cared one whit about the troops and their families, they'd be placing ads thanking them for their service and sacrifice.
"Support our troops" my ass - supporting the troops doesn't mean using their famlies as pawns to help you make a political point.
These people are truly sick.
TB Adds: They're trying to create an image similar to Tiny Tim's empty chair scene in every rendition of "A Christmas Carol". It's very powerful imagery. And disgusting when used for this kind of political message.
Update (and bump): MoveOn hasn't placed the despicable ad on their website yet, but they did put some screenshots here.
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