Iraq Summer launches POWERFUL AD

Matt Gunterman July 12th, 2007

Wow. WOW. This ad is powerful. This hits Senator Mitch McConnell hard.

The press release is below:

Americans Against Escalation in Iraq

http://NoIraqEscalation.com

For Immediate Release
Contact: Moira Mack
July 12, 2007
(202) 261-2383

Congress Rebuffs Bush’s Rosy Progress Report
Passing Timeline to End the War
AAEI Launches New Ad Campaign

WASHINGTON – Thursday the U.S. House of Representatives voted 223-201 to pass a binding timeline to redeploy troops out of Iraq, but the vast majority of House Republicans rejected the wishes of their constituents by voting against the measure to bring an end to President Bush’s reckless Iraq policy. Instead of standing up to President Bush on his failed policy as demanded by the American public, House Republicans voted to continue endless war.

“AAEI is encouraged that the U.S. House of Representatives voted for a binding timeline, bringing us nearer to ending the reckless war in Iraq. After more than four years, over $400 billion spent, and more than 3,600 American deaths, the time is long passed due to bring our troops home safely from Iraq,” said Americans Against Escalation in Iraq spokeswoman Moira Mack.

“Unfortunately, the vast majority of House Republicans chose party loyalty over their constituents and the security of our country and they will pay the price back home. It is no longer simply an anti-Iraq war movement, this is an anti-Iraq war country and the American public won’t take this lying down,” warned Mack. “Through the ‘Iraq Summer’ campaign, Americans Against Escalation in Iraq will turn up the heat to an unprecedented level on endless war Republicans. We’ll be knocking on doors, continuing our Call Congress campaigns, holding rallies outside member offices and placing signs on lawns across this country demanding an end to this reckless war.”

More than seven in 10 Americans favor removing nearly all U.S. troops from Iraq by next April. [ USA Today 7/10/07]

“Despite the glaring failure of the Bush war policy and the overwhelming anti-Iraq war fervor sweeping the country, House Republicans once again voted for endless war proving they are woefully out of touch. Public opposition to President Bush’s policy of endless war in Iraq hardened months ago, but House Republicans continue to obstruct an end to the war. It is ludicrous that House Republicans would vote to continue the Bush policy of endless war the very same day the Bush administration confirmed its policy failed by every measure,” said Mack.

“As eyes turn to the Senate, AAEI is sending a clear message to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell with a paid advertising blitz ahead of the Senate vote. It is time that McConnell and his colleagues stop obstructing the timeline to responsibly end the war that the American public is demanding,” added Mack.

The new TV ad targets Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for his support of Bush in Iraq and for threatening to block a vote on a measure that would set a timetable for the safe and secure exit of US troops from Iraq (the Levin (D-MI) Reed (D-RI) Amendment). The ad, which will air in the Louisville and Lexington media markets beginning tomorrow, was released tonight by Americans Against Escalation in Iraq.

The ad shows footage of Bush from this morning’s press conference in which he states “We’re making progress” in Iraq – followed by several clips of him saying the same phrase at various points beginning in 2003. It then flashes reminders of the mounting American casualties and the cost of the war that accompanied this “progress.”

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“Iraq Summer” has dispatched nearly 100 organizers to 15 states and 40 congressional districts to turn up the heat this summer on Republican members of Congress who have opposed setting a timeline to bring a responsible end to the war in Iraq. The intense10-week program is modeled on the “Freedom Summer” civil rights project. Organizers are operating in fifteen states from Nevada to Maine in a total of 40 congressional districts.

5 Responses to “Iraq Summer launches POWERFUL AD”

  1. # aaron reckon 12 Jul 2007 at 11:44 pm

    Matt that is a very powerful ad and it will hit Senator McConnell hard.

  2. # Judyon 12 Jul 2007 at 11:56 pm

    Great ad from AAEI. Also, hats off to the Iraq Summer Team in Louisville for their efforts to target McConnell on the War — Anie Alioto, Daniel Richie, and Mark Gaffrey.

  3. # Shawnon 13 Jul 2007 at 2:15 pm

    With this kind of ad against Mitch and some others coming down the pipe Mitch is feeling the heat. We Need Andrew Horne to get in this race and hold Mitch to the fire.

  4. # Pamon 25 Jul 2007 at 4:14 pm

    I think another democrat that would be a formidable candidate against Mitch McConnell would be former governor Brereton C. Jones.

  5. # James M. Martinon 23 Aug 2007 at 7:19 pm

    OK, so TV ads are chiding Mitch McComical for supporting the war when military intelligence says we can stay forever and never reach a political solution, meaning that if we fight on well into the next generation of young Americans shedding blood from I.E.D.’s, there will never be peace and stability in Iraq. Despite John Warner’s plea for some re-deployment to teach al-Maliki a lesson, despite the fact that Petraeus’s 9/11 speech will be lukewarm at best, YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: McComical will vote to stay the course. That guy is just that insane.

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