Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Trying to Sell the War

Some Bush supporters are working on a public relations campaign to sell the war to Americans. I think it will be a difficult sell, but that is only my opinion. In Ohio, we have had 106 of our men and women killed in Iraq, and support for the war in Iraq is waning among Ohioans.

The Chicago Tribune has an article about the new pro-war ads. The public relations program is headed by Stuart Roy, a former aid to Tom DeLay (need I say more?????):
In an early sign of the imagery that may flood the nation's television screens as congressional elections approach this fall, a conservative political group closely aligned with the Bush administration has launched a blitz of television ads to shore up sagging public support for the war in Iraq...

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On the left and right, so-called 527 groups, named after the section of the Internal Revenue Code that authorizes them, have emerged as a loosely regulated preferred alternative to channel cash into political activity. Progress for America is among the most prominent of such groups on the conservative side while Moveon.org is among the best known of the liberal groups.

Progress for America's activities have closely tracked the White House's political agenda. The group spent more than $35 million in support of President Bush during the 2004 campaign....

If you see any of this ads, remember the source.