VoteVets Makes Ad Buys -Another Stunner from VoteVets

[Rose Siding]

Democratic-leaning special interest group VoteVets, which was behind a dramatic body armor ad used to some effect in several Senate races, has now made ad buys in four House districts to complain that the Republican incumbents haven’t done enough for Iraq war veterans.

The new ad features Tomas Young, an Iraq war veteran and anti-war activist who was paralyzed from the waist down in Baghdad. Young has been an outspoken activist, particularly for veterans rights, and in this ad, he takes lawmakers, including Minnesota Republican Rep. Gil Gutknecht, to task for voting a pay raise for themselves but not increasing health-care benefits for veterans.

According to Daily Kos, a similar version of the ad will also run until Election Day in the districts of Republican congressmen John Doolittle in California, Jon Porter of Nevada and John Sweeney in New York. The ad hasn’t shown up yet on the group’s Web site yet.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2006/10/25/votevets-makes-ad-buys/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR6vRGt5Dfs&eurl=

Seems to me that an ad like that could secure new votes.

[bluerum]

1. Ratchet up the pressure. Keep some blockbusters in reserve

for the last 5 - 7 days.

[MadMaddie]

2. I have been waiting for these type of commercials....

to come out....and push the truth....our Vets are being dishonered by these crooks...

[Straight Shooter]

3. Real people. Real issues. Real, as in for the rest of their lives.

It took as much courage for Young to make that ad, knowing he would be Swiftboated (watch for it), as it did for him to go to Baghdad. I wonder if Rush will snicker and say he's faking needing that wheelchair.

Powerful ad. VoteVets understands that you've got to grab people and shake them out of their Kool-aid stupor.

:thumbsup:

[acmejack]

4. Kick them where it hurts.

God knows they have had their fun at our expense.