NYT - "VoteVets Aims at G.O.P. Senators"...from Purplish States!

[FrenchieCat]

January 29, 2007, 6:28 pm
VoteVets Aims at G.O.P. Senators
By Sarah Wheaton

VoteVets.org, the group who sponsored controversial ads aimed at vulnerable G.O.P. incumbents last year, is back at it. This time, it is attacking Republican senators from purplish states who have expressed opposition to President Bush’s troop increase but have declined to support the original, harsher Senate resolution condemning the plan.

This campaign is remarkably similar to one used during the midterms, when a veteran sitting at a table said, “Republican Congressman voted to increase his pay while voting to cut health care benefits for veterans like me. That may make sense from where he sits in Congress… But not from where I’m sitting.” The shot panned out to show the man in a wheelchair.)

General Wesley Clark, a potential candidate for the Democrats’ presidential nomination in 2008, is on the VoteVets.org board of advisors, and the new ad is posted on YouTube under his username and his WESPAC also is soliciting money for the ad. Mr. Clark is expected to address, as are the other possible 2008′ers, the Democratic National Committee’s winter meeting in Washington, D.C. later this week.

Today and Tuesday, a group of veterans, including Jon Soltz, the national chairman of VoteVets.org, are holding press conferences in the home states of each senator as the ad is debuted —- a new technique for the group. Local Iraq veterans are meeting the touring group at each location.
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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/votevets-aims-at-gop-senators/

Check out the comments.....

[Hippo_Tron]

1. IMO, that VoteVets ad was the greatest one of the campaign season

[FrenchieCat]

2. We just have to keep them strong....throughout.....

They will come in handy during the 2008 races.....not just the general election!

[Leilani]

3. WOW!

The NY Times is covering something that Wes is doing?

I'm shocked, I tell ya!

[FrenchieCat]

4. Me too!

Well, it might get boring following only 3 candidates for such a long time into the future....and considering there really isn't any legitimate reason to ignore Clark's prescient expertise, it's a good thing. I mean, Between Clark and Richardson, there's more experience on foreign policy and the military/diplomacy than all of the other candidates of both parties combined...top and bottom tier (cause I don't consider foreign relations Senate work to really be practical experience IMO).

At some point, ignoring folks starts looking kind of obvious! :eyes:

[Tom Rinaldo]

5. That was my reaction also

I've already commented on the Ad itself on another thread, in short it left me reaching for words to capture my reaction, it is that powerful. VoteVets has done some truly amazing work against the insanity of this war and the way the Administraton has waged it. They have become our less secret by the hour weapon for truth.

But to see Wes Clark actually credited with having a connection to an influential political initiative is rare indeed at a time when the media is bending over backwards to minimize even mentioning him as a potential presidential candidate.

Clark is simply too good at everything he does for anyone to hold him down when he sets his mind to something. He is on a mission for peace and sanity now and he will not be deterred and will find ways to be effective, whether or not he runs for President. He predicted last Fall that the Bush Administration was likely to attack Iran in the Spring. Clark won't rest as long as there is anything he can do to change the course that we are on.

[Leilani]

6. To Frenchie & Tom,

For whatever reason they posted this info, we must be grateful for small favors.

Maybe they have heard that Wes will enter the race soon.

CNN did a piece on the candidates, & showed Clark & said he may announce soon.