Veterans' group to air ad attacking Allen

[Herman Munster]

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--allen-vetsad0913sep13,0,924611.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia

RICHMOND, Va. -- An obscure new political group headed by an Iraq War veteran will begin airing television ads Wednesday that accuse Republican Sen. George Allen of voting to withhold lifesaving body armor for U.S. troops. The bluntly worded 30-second ad by VoteVets.org is significant because it's the first attack ad of this year's hotly contested Senate race between Allen and Democrat Jim Webb.

It's also the first of many likely to be aired this fall not by campaigns but by independent political action committees that operate much as the anti-Kerry Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and the pro-Democrat Americans Coming Together did in 2004. The ad's tone is aggressive from the start. It opens with Peter Granato, an Army reservist who served in Iraq in 2003, standing in a desert holding an AK-47 assault rifle. He fires the weapon at two mannequins, one outfitted with a Vietnam-era flak jacket, the other wearing modern body armor.

"The difference is life," Granato says, opening the new bulletproof vest to show an unscathed mannequin, "or death," he says, opening the old vest to reveal four bullet holes.

"Senator George Allen voted against giving our troops this," Granato says, holding one of the new vests up to the camera. "Now it's time for us to vote against him."

[Oceansaway]

1. TOUCHE !!..n/t

[Herman Munster]

2. here's video of the new ad

http://www.ifilms.tv/votevetsweb/

[speedoo]

8. That is a great ad.

Short, powerful. It grabs the viewer immediately, and holds on.

[blue cat]

3. obscure?

whatever.

[AX10]

4. K & R!

[bryant69]

5. That's an interesting developement

Be interesting to see how long it takes Rove to organize some vets of his own.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[blm]

9. He's had them organized since Jan 21, 2001.

Read the Conason book, Hunting of the President - GOPs start their opposition research and tricks the day after inauguration day, targeting ANYONE on the radar as a potential opposition nominee.

I am sure many of the GOP elite rely on the same process and the same group of vets.

[bluerum]

6. Is this the same one that came out last week? nt

[babylonsister]

7. It's already airing IIRC. nt

[B Calm]

10. This group don't operate like the Smear Boat Vets for Bush! They

tell the truth and Smear Boat Vets for Bush tells lies!