Once again the Republican Party and their surrogates, like Freedom's Watch and Vets for Freedom, are busy with their attack machines. Freedom's Watch and Vets for Freedom are both extreme right wing organizations that are light on fact but heavy on smears. You'll be seeing some of their ads in the weeks to come. They are against any movement that would take American troops out of Iraq and into the growing attacks on Americans in Afghanistan. Both Freedom's Watch and Vets for Freedom subscribe to the Bush and McCain plan to have everlasting war in Iraq. Remember---you've been warned! For additional info on Freedom's Watch and Vets for Freedom, check over at the Ohio Daily Blog.
Mary Jo Kilroy, the Democratic candidate for Ohio's 15th congressional district, is fighting against the above mentioned right wing 527 groups. Kilroy, who is pro-choice, is up against extreme right winger and former bank lobbyist, Steve Stivers. (Stivers, by the way, is against a woman's right to choose.) Stivers has become a media whore recently by contacting local TV stations about all the new legislation he plans or his energy plan. (Stivers has received campaign donations from big oil.) Unfortunately for parents, the last legislation that Stivers was responsible for, he did not complete. The camp background check bill, which was supposed to protect campers by mandating background checks for camp employees, had no enforcement written into it and has been considered weak. Stivers is so desperate for attention.
If you watch these TV ads, remember that Vets for Freedom and Freedom's Watch were hatched by the Bush administration to keep the war in Iraq going on forever. Don't believe their Bush propaganda.