New Group Boasts Big War Chest and Rising Voice

[Didereaux]

Source: NY Times

Freedom’s Watch, a deep-pocketed conservative group led by two former senior White House officials, made an audacious debut in late August when it began a $15 million advertising campaign designed to maintain Congressional support for President Bush’s troop increase in Iraq.
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One benefactor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the group was hoping to raise as much as $200 million by November 2008. Raising big money “will be easy,” the benefactor said, adding that several of the founders each wrote a check for $1 million. Mr. Blakeman would not confirm or deny whether any donor gave $1 million, or more, to the organization.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/us/politics/30watch.html?hp

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Do you maybe get an inkling now what you are REALLY up against? Our piddling 20-$30 millions to the Democratic candidates would hardly be noticed as missing in these guys petty cash drawer.

[Demeter]

1. This Is a Slap at MoveOn

Advertising has its limitations. Now, if they were offering bribes (and there's no way of knowing the truth of that possibility), they might make headway....

[xchrom]

2. indeed -- you are right.

our enemies have pockets so deep -- it's almost unimaginable.

and this also underscores what it is to compromise. -- think about who we are compromising with.

the religious nuts are easy -- these folk -- not so much.

[movonne]

3. I wouldn't be surprise if some of the dems are in on this...

[movonne]

4. You see this is what we have gotten into...big money runs politics..

it makes me sick...they don't even want you to know who they are..

[Didereaux]

5. for every Bob Perry or Mellon-Scaife there are...

...ten much richer, who fully subscribe to the idea that you 'don't be the lawyer or politician, or judge or...buy one" It's the POWER they want not the celebrity or notoriety. The power to control all things, they're vastly insecure if you get right down to it. And not to well informed on mans actual influence over the Universe, but bless thier little black hearts that doesn't stop them from trying!

sheesh!

[Jane Austin]

6. Then we need to ask people - every time these Oligarchs

open their mouths - are we taking our national moral standards from a cabal of Robber Industrialists?

[originalpckelly]

7. Ooooh, another smear group, just in time for '08!

And headed by former White House officials.