From MoveOn: Swift Boats vow to attack Obama like they attacked Kerry. [View All]

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Dear MoveOn member,

Yesterday a top official from Swift Boat Veterans For Truth—yes, those Swift Boats—vowed to use the same tactics to take down Obama, saying, "We will attack Obama viciously."1

This race is going to get very ugly.

The only way to counter these kinds of nasty attacks is to make sure voters are armed with the facts. That's where we come in—our plan is to target 1.6 million voters in swing states and talk to them to make sure they know the truth about the candidates and the issues. That kind of personal contact will beat the negative ads every time.

But it's going to take a lot of work—and money—to build that organization. We've been in meetings all week crunching numbers to figure out how many states we can afford to work in this fall, and we need to make a decision soon. MoveOn doesn't have billionaire donors—it's just all of us, chipping in together. Can you chip in $25 to help make sure we have the resources necessary to get the truth out?

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/victoryin2008sb.html?id=12662-5677375-ygCCPL&t=3

We've already seen underhanded online campaigns making false and ugly claims about race, gender, religion and patriotism. But it could get even worse—there's literally nothing that's off-limits for these people.

Our best weapon is the truth. If this election is about things that really matter to people—-bringing our troops home from Iraq, getting out of this economic mess and getting health care to millions of folks who desperately need it—McCain and the Republicans don't stand a chance.

And that's precisely what we're going to do this year. We're going to talk to voters in neighborhoods across this country about the things that matter to them most—and we're going to make sure they vote for progressives. We'll ensure folks in those key states have the facts in their hands so they can separate the lies from the truth.

Our election plan is one of the biggest, most effective efforts that progressives have ever put together.

It builds on our best practices from the past—integrating our neighbor-to-neighbor door-knocking program from 2004 with our "Call for Change" phone program that helped pave the way for big Democratic wins in 2006. And we've been working hard on it to make it even more effective this year.

The moment there's a Democratic nominee we have to be ready to start defending them against Swift Boat-style attacks. If each of us chips in a little, we can make sure they won't get away with lies and deception. Please chip in $25 today.

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/victoryin2008sb.html?id=12662-5677375-ygCCPL&t=4

Groups like the Swift Boat Veterans will tap billionaire donors to fund their politics of fear and destruction, but our movement is much stronger—it relies on millions of folks like us working for hope and change. If we all work together we can trump their divisive attacks and build a more progressive future.

Thanks for all you do.

–Nita, Peter, Patrick S., Michael, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Thursday, May 15th, 2008