Democracy for America - Stop USANext petition - results to TV stations.

[paineinthearse]

The right-wing fringe has declared war on Social Security -- and this week they launched their newest attack.

The ridiculous image you see to the right is the latest from USA Next, a front group for radical conservatives who want to dismantle Social Security.

You won't be surprised to hear who they hired to publicize their efforts: the same team of hatchet men that ran the swift boat smear campaign against John Kerry. Now they are targeting the AARP, a group that millions of seniors rely on to defend their interests.

We must stop these people... now.

Sign our petition to stop these dishonest, bigoted attacks from spreading any further:

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/StopUSANext

Your petition will be delivered to every TV station that aired the swift boat ads during the 2004 campaign and any station that airs this new garbage in 2005. Stations were duped once by this group making false claims -- we can't let it happen again. If TV stations give USA Next a platform, they will be abetting the same kind of disgraceful slander as the swift boat ads.

We know now that a Bush-Cheney campaign official advised the swift boat group. And USA Next has worked closely with the Bush White House in the past.

Now newspaper reports suggest the group is giving President Bush cover -- the New York Times quoted one USA Next source saying that its campaign would be so aggressively negative that the White House can't be seen to be a part of it.

I wasn't sure how low they'd go until I saw the above graphic. I was shocked. Insinuations that the AARP are "communist" on their web site are ridiculous, but USA Next's advertising campaign manages to be both un-patriotic and outrageously bigoted at the same time. It's time to sign the petition to stop the hate speech now:

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/StopUSANext

Mainstream America knows that Social Security is the cornerstone of our social safety net. This Democratic achievement cured an epidemic of poverty and guarantees a retirement with dignity for everyone.

But fringe ideologues and powerful corporate interests want to end all that -- and they are willing to do anything to win. The pharmaceutical industry has used USA Next as a soft-money slush fund for years. And the group is run by a well-known operative from the radical right.

They have committed to spending millions on propaganda and hate-speech to distort the facts and smear their opponents.

Let's draw the line in the sand now:

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/StopUSANext

Thank you,

Tom Hughes
Executive Director
Democracy for America

[babsbunny]

1. Thanks!

Sent it off to all my peeps.

[paineinthearse]

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