Liberal Group Plans To Launch First Negative Ad Against Clinton

[ariesgem]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Liberal activists plan to begin airing a television ad against Hillary Rodham Clinton in Iowa this week, the first non-Republican negative ad aimed at a Democratic presidential candidate.

The group, Democratic Courage, has accused Clinton of making policy decisions on the basis of polls, not convictions. It plans to unveil the ad tomorrow.

Glenn Hurowitz, the group's president, described the spot as a modest buy that would run on cable only, meaning it won't be seen as much as ads by Clinton and rival Barack Obama, who are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads in the state.

Democratic Courage is a political action committee, financed by contributions of no more than $5,000 per person.

http://www.ktiv.com/News/index.php?ID=20045

[opihimoimoi]

1. Swift boatingby closet Pubs??? wanting to kill off the strongest?

Until we are left with the weakest?

[cuke]

10. No, by Edwards

The group is led by an Edwards groupie

[MethuenProgressive]

12. The StealthBoat piloted by Edwards - to get around the public funding laws?

So much for John 'Clean Campaigns' Edwards...

[cuke]

13. Yep. he's complaining about Clinton's tactics while taking the lowest road

[opihimoimoi]

2. Holy crap, its started

[LeftCoast]

3. Everybody watch out! The Circular Firing Squad is on the scene!

:hide:

[Kucinich4America]

4. "The first non-Republican negative ad aimed at a Democratic presidential candidate".??

Uh, what about that piece of shit "Dean is Osama" hit piece that was running about this time in 2003? Did our whore media friends forget about that one? Considering they played it endlessly, I don't know how they could?

[ariesgem]

5. From their website:

About Us
Democratic Courage is made up of leaders and activists in the progressive movement. We believe that political courage is the key to political victory. Americans want a leader who will stand strong for his or her beliefs - and not back down in the face of lobbyist pressure or Republican attacks.

About Hillary
Like many Democrats, we believe that Hillary Clinton has repeatedly given in too easily to pressure - and too often decides her policies not on the basis of what's right, but on the basis of what polls and focus groups tell her. As history shows, that's a dangerous road for Democrats and for the country. We believe there are other candidates who would be stronger leaders and have a much better chance of winning in 2008.

Our Plan
We're planning on running hard-hitting, creative ads in key primary states highlighting why Senator Clinton should not be the first choice of voters who want to end the war in Iraq, fight global warming, win universal health care - or beat the Republicans. As an independent PAC, we can run the kinds of hard-hitting but cost-effective ads that have turned countless elections. Unlike the corporate and special interest PACs that usually dominate political advertising, Democratic Courage PAC is a grassroots, citizen-based organization fighting for a more progressive America. But we need your help to get those ads on the air.

http://www.dcourage.com/

I'd rather see our candidates duke it out without the interference of these groups. It's going to be a long, messy campaign season.

[cuke]

11. They sound like repukes

Warning, Will Robinson! Hillary is a danger!!

And while his PAC is practicing repuke tactics, Edwards is complaining about the political system amd how he wants to change it

[Adelante]

14. Yep, just like repukes

Ugh.

[Adelante]

6. This guy is an Edwards supporter

He's not particularly fond of Obama, either, by the way.

[Adelante]

7. Just to back this up

EDWARDS WINS ENDORSEMENT FROM FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ACTION

CONTACT:

Colleen Murray

919-636-3203

EDWARDS WINS ENDORSEMENT FROM FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ACTION

Leading environmental group says Edwards has the best policies to halt global warming and protect our planet’s natural resources

Chapel Hill, North Carolina– Today at an announcement event in Dover, New Hampshire, Senator John Edwards won the endorsement of Friends of the Earth Action, one of the leading environmental groups in the country.

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Edwards has already earned the endorsement of several influential environmental leaders, including:

National Environmentalists for Edwards Leaders

Scott Rutledge, Nevada Conservation Leader
Lana Pollack, National LCV Board Member*
Lisa Guthrie, National LCV Board Member, Executive Director of VA LCV*
Carrie Clark, National LCV Board Member, Executive Director of NC Conservation Council*
Brownie Newman, Political Director NC Conservation Council*
Nina Szolsberg, President of NC Conservation Council*
Carol Piszczek-Sheffield, Board Member AZ Sierra Club Chapter*
Jeff Anderson, CA Environmental Business Leader
Gail Slocum, Former Mayor of Menlo Park, CA/ Chief Environmental Consultant for Emerging Sustainability Technologies, Pacific Gas & Electric*
Sara Feldman, Vice President for Southern CA, CA State Parks Foundation*
Kevin Mueller, Executive Director Utah Environmental Congress*
Jim Marston, Director of Energy Programs for Environmental Defense Fund TX*
Joseph Minott, Executive Director of PA Clean Air Council*
James Coman, Executive Director of Blue Ridge Land Trust*
Lance Holter, Board Member of HI Sierra Club, Chair of Maui Sierra Club Chapter*
Glen Hurowitz, Principal of Democratic Courage
Jared Duval, Writer, Former National Director of Sierra Student Coalition*
Molly Diggins, NC Environmental Leader
Bill Holman, Former Secretary of NC Department of Environmental and Natural Resources
David Knight, Director of Government Relations of Nature Conservancy North Carolina Chapter*

*Organizational title for identification purposes only

http://www.democratictalkradio.com/wordpress/?p=565

[RC]

8. This is good. Just what will a DINO do to clean up bu$h's mess?

You can bet your increasingly worthless dollars that a DINO in the White House will just be a place holder till 2012, when this shit will continue again under another criminal neocon president.

Seriously people our government is out of our control and we're not doing all that much as a nation to get it back under control.

[Adelante]

9. Video of the ad

Ben Smith has it up. It didn't play for me. A message said the video was unavailable.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1207/Democratic_Courage_PAC_Blowing_in_the_Wind.html

[cuke]

15. I got the same thing

[rinsd]

16. That's it? That was pathetic.

It goes after her about the $5000 baby bond, repeats Republican attacks on that idea then bashes her for not continuing to talk about it.