Holy Crap! Did you see the NEW MoveOn ad

[fiore280]

that is going into the NY times this Sunday! They have a lot of freakin' guts! Finally, someone does.
More over at Kos

http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/9/21/115032/846

[Captain Hilts]

1. You don't need to own 'balls' to have fortitude. nt

[fiore280]

4. duly noted and edited accordingly n/t

[Warpy]

6. Most of us have two balls, each

We women just keep ours where they are harder to snip off.

I just hope the Grey Lady doesn't get prissy about the language.

[Kagemusha]

2. More like the "sarcasm" tag at the bottom

Sadly, it's not real.

But a lot of people had a "damn they should do just that" reaction.

[madfloridian]

3. Satire alert. That is Dood Abides.

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[The Count]

20. yeah, NYT printing another Moveon ad was hard to believe. Otherwise, spot on!

[malaise]

5. I hope they correct that

Petreaus 'has an' to 'as an'.
<snip>
CENTCOM Commander Admiral William Fallon has referred to "Surge Architect"
General David Petraeus has an "Ass-kissing little chickenshit", far worse than the "Betray Us" invective coined by his own troops and pointed out by us. Today, perhaps, it is Congress that has actually betrayed us.
Add.

[Dervill Crow]

7. This can't be for real, can it? eom

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. WOW!!

I LOVE IT!!!

[Nutmegger]

9. YeeHawwww!

LOL!

That's what the ad should be though.

[eleny]

10. I just sent them another contribution

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/donate.html

[nicehuman]

30. I sent them money too.

I wonder how much their donation level has gone up this week with all the crap going on.

[iconoclastic cat]

11. It's not real. It's satire. nt

[eleny]

21. No matter

Maybe it will get a wide viewing. It's certainly appropriate!

[Bucky]

25. No, stop it! You're breaking my heart.

I want this to be real so bad. I was offended by the Betrayus ad. If they ran this, I'd totally donate to their cause. I'd already clicked onto their site and was surfing around for how to give them a donation.

This is the right message to run and the right time to run it. Please tell me you're joking and this satire is for real.

[RiverStone]

40. There is nothing satirical about it

Ask anyone on the ground in Iraq.

Over 500 billion dollars spent on this travesty....that's real money.

Great ad!

[The Vinyl Ripper]

12. K&R n/t

[poverlay]

13. Awesome!!! I hope that's for real. n/t

[HootieMcBoob]

17. it's not n/t

[Robbien]

14. "Ass-kissing little chickenshits",

Congresscritters that is

"a term which has been used to refer to General Petraeus by his superiors in the past."

Ha!

Love it.

[Doremus]

15. Yes! Tell them We the People will not be silenced!

I sent them a contribution yesterday. Today I received this email:

"Dear MoveOn member,

Yesterday, an amazing thing happened. After the Senate's shameful vote, and after President Bush called MoveOn "disgusting,"1 our email started to fill up with messages like this one:

I'm currently in Iraq. I do not agree with this war, and if I did support this war, it would not matter. You have the RIGHT to speak the truth. We KNOW that you support us. Thank you for speaking out for being our voice. We do not have a voice. We are overshooted by those who say that we soldiers do not support organizations like MoveOn. WE DO.

YOU ARE OUR voice.

And then came the donations. By midnight, over 12,000 people had donated $500,000—more than we've raised any day this year—for our new ad calling out the Republicans who blocked adequate rest for troops headed back to Iraq.

The message from MoveOn members was loud and clear: Don't back down. Take the fight back to the issues that matter.

So today we're shooting for a very ambitious goal: Reach $1 million so we can dramatically expand the campaign we launched yesterday going after politicians who support this awful war. Can you chip in $25 toward our goal?

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/mcconnell.html?id=11275-3066429-oubOK0&t=2
All day, messages from vets and military family members kept pouring into our email, many of them aimed at the Senate:

I have given a son to this country. My brother, my father, my uncle have all served honorably and bravely. I am a loyal American. I am outraged and sick to death of the tactics this administration uses to try to silence dissent to a war that is unjust, built and maintained on lies, political power, and greed. I was content to let others fight more loudly, but no more.
–Sharyn W., NC

I am a prior soldier who served in Iraq for 13 months, and am now an expecting mom with a husband who is deployed in Baghdad. I don't think I can ever forgive the Bush administration for the lies that tricked America into this war and hurt my family so badly. I am ashamed of those American politicians who would condemn an organization for practicing the Freedom of Speech that so many soldiers have died for.
–Danielle B., OH

As a US Navy veteran and an Iraq war veteran of over a year I want to ask, What has happened to us? What has happened to our voice? Where is this country going with stopping free speech and free press? ... Every time I think of the long nights I had in Anbar remembering what I was fighting for, well here it is....
–Ahmad H., LA

These folks have made sacrifices many of us can't imagine. Their charge to us was clear: keep speaking the truth about how President Bush and the Republicans have betrayed our trust.

So we're going to expand our ad campaign—keep it on the air longer and run it against other politicians who helped block adequate rest time for our troops. Can you chip in $25 to do it?

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/mcconnell.html?id=11275-3066429-oubOK0&t=3

And still the messages kept coming ...

I've had three nephews serve since 2002, one of whom was killed in Anbar Province. I have a fourth nephew at Quantico training. I want this war over before he is deployed and before any more of our soldiers are sacrificed.
–Michele R., NE

Three members of my family are military. Two Marines have served in Iraq and an Army Lt. is deploying in November. If we had all spoken out when the administration used General Powell perhaps we would not be in this mess.
–Carol B., PA
As a Marine I served for many reasons but one of them was to allow people the freedom of speech, whether I agreed with it or not. Wearing a uniform does not mean someone isn't a shill, is spewing propaganda, and downright lies. MoveOn has every right to buy an ad and say what they want about a public figure. This administration has lied to us, deceived us, misled us and when posed with a challenge this is how they respond?
–Keith G., VA

The Senate won't pass a policy to end the war or even to make sure our troops in the field have enough rest time between deployments, but they hold votes to crack down on millions of Americans who are upset about the war?

Well—it isn't going to work. We put together a hard-hitting ad that highlights how Republicans failed our troops and if we can raise enough money today, we'll air it across the country. Please help if you can:

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/mcconnell.html?id=11275-3066429-oubOK0&t=4

For all of us on the MoveOn staff, this week was a bit of a rollercoaster—MoveOn was attacked by nearly the entire Republican party, while too many Democrats ran for the hills. But what kept us going were messages like these—and the incredible privilege we feel to serve all 3.2 million Americans in MoveOn.org.

When the story is written of how the Iraq war ended, you will be the heroes. Thank you."

I sent another contribution today. If our representatives in Congress aren't going to represent us, then I figure I'll support one of the few organizations that does.

[Vilis Veritas]

16. Looks amazingly similar to a thread here at DU...

me thinks this is satire?

The original by nashville_brook

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1867657&mesg_id=1867657

Peace.

[izzie]

18. Sounds about right to me. I hope your right and it runs.

We have two parties that seem to want the war to go on and can not figure out how to stop it. I say with money and do it now.

[Richard D]

19. Maybe we should take up a collection . . .

. . . and get this published for real. Brilliant really.

[formercia]

22. I lub it!

Bunch a steenkin' cockaroaches.:rofl:

[Bucky]

23. I hated the "Betray-Us" ad. I think it hurt the antiwar cause. But this...

This is the fucking Mona Lisa of political ads. I can't fight the urge. I must donate.

Thank you for posting this. MoveOn has redeemed themselves completely in my eyes!

[durrrty libby]

24. That would have been a much better ad than the original

[RestoreGore]

26. It's satire. Look at the tags on the diary n/t

[xchrom]

27. recommend!

[progressoid]

28. No, it's not going into the NYTimes on Sunday. eom

[Faygo Kid]

29. It bears repeating: It's a spoof. A funny. A ha-ha.

Good ad, though, but you can't possibly believe this quote accompanying it:

The White House refused to directly comment on either the ad or Congress's proposed response. "Unlike the blatantly partisan smear directed at General Petraeus, MoveOn may actually have a point here," stated White House spokesperson Dana Perino. "The President is happy to see the national dialogue gravitate towards these more important and debatable issues, but is clearly disappointed over the language."

[Swamp Rat]

31. LOL! I wish it was real!!! ....... look at the comments. Walt Starr is there.

:rofl:

[aquart]

35. I am so disappointed to hear that.

I was completely fooled. And pleased. I was completely pleased. How often does that happen?

[Faygo Kid]

41. Happened in the old days with lotsa girlfriends.

Fooled, pleased, and then accepting of reality.

What a pain.

[DrDan]

32. great ad

let the Dems start to sweat it a bit. They are as guilty as the felon-repubs in this debacle. Time they start to feel the pressure. Time for some changes.

[Sufficient Voice]

33. If this were real

It would be the wrong direction to take this debate. We need to focus on how Bush politicized Petraeus, and about the Freedom of Speech issues involved in congress singling out Moveon like this. But it is funny.

[aquart]

34. I like it.

[DearAbby]

36. !

:wow:

[AtomicKitten]

37. I see no reason to mince words now.

The GOP wants a war? They've got one with America, only this time we're fighting back.

[JNelson6563]

38. My new background

:rofl: I love it! :toast:

[indepat]

39. Thank you MoveOn for conveying my oft-spoken message: to wit, the Congress has betrayed us,

we the people, for they have not upheld their oaths of office to preserve, protect, and defend against all enemies, without and within, but rather have been complicit water-boys for those reeking havoc on our nation and much of the world.

[RiverStone]

42. I hope your right!

And indeed the copy as seen at KOS will be distributed in Sunday's NYT!

If so, I think I need to think about sending MoveOn some $$$ so they can produce more!

Thanks for sharing this :headbang:

[BlackVelvet04]

43. The Times isn't going to print

"ass kissing chickenshits".

It's satire.

[Th1onein]

44. Someone needs to point out the typo in it.....

"has" should be "as" in the last paragraph.

[Hosnon]

45. The reference to the two "branches" of Congress is what set off my B.S. alarm.

Oh, and the "Ass-Kicking Little Chickenshits" part...

Funny though!