Letter from Bush Campaign to TV Station Managers

[Nambe]

Townhall,com News Wire

Dear Station Manager:

Your station is being asked to run an ad from John Kerry's presidential campaign wrongly accusing Bush-Cheney '04 of violating the campaign finance laws. We ask that your station set the record straight.

It is completely false and without any evidence that the Bush "campaign supports a front group attacking John Kerry's military record," as the Kerry ad states. The Bush-Cheney campaign flatly rejects this baseless allegation of illegal coordination between Bush-Cheney '04 and a group called Swiftboat Veterans for Truth. The ad running on your station contains this false and libelous charge. ..

The Kerry campaign is hiding behind the law which does not permit your station to reject this false advertising by a candidate. But your station can insure that the record is clear in your total program. We ask that you to do that.

Respectfully,

Ken Mehlman

Campaign Manager

Ride Don’t Drive * * It’s Global Cool

[freetobegay]

1. Oh boo hoo

What a bunch of fucking wimps! They can dish it out but they can't take it!

[sniffa]

2. up is down, bLack is white

yeah, uh, puLL kerry's ads but keep running the smearvets' ad.

[SoCalDem]

3. They are bold, fearless, and vulgar.......and they get results

I am actually starting to look forward to the rapture..if only to get rid of this batch of vermin...all at once :)..
(I hear they leave their "stuff" behind when they go).. They have nice houses and vehicles..

I am not religious, but I really WANT to believe in their rapture:)

[faithnotgreed]

18. socaldem - i totally hear you on this. can i say a little something

this is just on my behalf no one elses so im not trying to speak for anyone. sorry for the long post.... please dont read if youre not up to it, i completely understand.

i also completely understand that you (and others) would talk about the rapture that way. i know its hard to believe in on its own let alone the way the administration has completely used and blasphemed God (again my opinion). plus all the devastation this tight little group has brought far and wide - well well documented here at du!

but for me i completely believe in the rapture.

(im kinda chuckling here) and from the sheer mess that bush has wrought i wouldnt be surprised at anything that happens
im not saying its the rapture because i cant know but i just sit here with amazement at their brazeness and utter contempt and arrogance. im not sure if its going to be a fireball or what but these people put us all in danger thats for sure!

i have certainly thought if bush says he is a Christian, i have nooooo idea what that makes me!

oh well not to go off on that bent i guess i just wanted to say that not all those who say they believe are the same.

thanks for reading this. take care... and i really hope it was ok to write you this. i dont mean to offend in the least.

[SoCalDem]

22. no offense taken, and I hope I did not offend you

No one I know has ever returned from the hereafter to tell us what's ahead, so until we each leave this place, we will never know for sure. People who do believe take comfort from the knowing, and those of us who don't believe, could be pleasantly surprised O8)

If there is to be such a thing, I would certainly hope it would be instigated by someone other than Bush.. Surely HE is a false prophet.. in his case "profit" is closer to the truth..

:hug: to you

[shaolinmonkey]

4. Unreal. More cowardice from unCurious George.

[Joanne98]

5. Dear Station Manager

If you don't use your station to get us re-elected we will kill you.

[Kolesar]

8. "your station can insure that the record is clear in your total program"

That sounds like intimidation to me. Refer to my sig line

[skooooo]

6. maybe not bullying tactics..

...but one step away from it.

[Blue_Roses]

7. So, what the hell is this?

a half-hearted move to say they're wrong? Give me a break:eyes:

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. Then why was this flyer

hanging up inside of Bush/Cheney Headquarters?

[stellanoir]

10. Right

Do ya think . . . ."the law which does not permit your station to reject this false advertising by a candidate. . . " might apply to *'s Olympic "two more countries are free" ad?

The Iraqi soccer coach was just quoted on another thread as having said, "Iraq is not free. We are under occupation. This is one of the most miserable times."

[Skittles]

11. they can tell lies but we cannot tell the truth

un-f***ing-believeable

[Malva Zebrina]

12. Veiled threat

is what it is

[Norquist Nemesis]

13. I highly doubt the station is being "asked" to run the ad

Slimey Mehlman floats the wording as if it's a public service message rather than a paid ad. More gutter politics as usual from them.

I have to say, it was a stroke of genious to get this up on townhall.com. Now, they just have to wait and see how this plays out. If/when the SCLM tells this story, B/C can say "See! They ran it anyway! That just PROVES they're liberal and biased against our great and holy president and leader! This president wants this campaign to be about the issues." The other side of the coin is to repeat "The president wants this campaign to be about the issues. John Kerry clearly wants to keep focused on bashing the president with statements that have no credibility." (bcc to Station Manager with PS note..."A member of our team will be contacting you to confirm an exclusive interview from a GOP leader within 3 days")

[truth2power]

14. More lies

"It is completely false and without any evidence that the Bush "campaign supports a front group attacking John Kerry's military record," as the Kerry ad states."

Yeah....right! So why is it that DUers were able to find dozens of county GOP websites that were linking to or promoting the Swiftboat Liars.

See Skinner's thread, here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=649597

Good thing DUers were able to create lots of screen captures, even as the gremlins were scrubbing the info from their sites. :evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

15. So... Procter & Gamble could write a letter to the station

and "ask" them to NOT run an ad by Lever Brothers, that compares competing "products"??

The repubes have actually said that the "roll out" in August of a "new product" would not be good, so they DO consider their candidate a "product"..

Same difference, no??

Money talks..bullshit walks :)

[Crunchy Frog]

16. And of course,

they will obediently bow to their master's commands. It sucks having a Soviet style party/state controlled media.

[GOPAgainstGW]

17. We Have Reports on 5 GOP States HQ Pimping for O'Neill SBVT GOP Sham

Here's our MN GOP violation report. I haven't had a chance to really look at it, but I will throw it out here anyway. - NKR

P.S. Make sure this gets in the right hands to help send Bush and his corrupt empire packing in November.

=============

Minnesota GOP Has Illegal Ties To Swift Boat Veteran for Truth (SBVT)
along with GOP Larry Colson, Bush-Cheney 2004 Minnesota eCampaign Chairman.

Mr. Colson also works closely with Minnesota GOP Information Technology Director, Joel Cary who together built the GOP’s WebVoter system. See further information at bottom of page.

Minnesota is considered a key Bush-Cheney GOP battleground state and both men are listed on the following GOP official staff roster:

President George W. Bush-Campaign Organization, Minnesota
http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/bush/bushorgmn.html

Bush-Cheney ‘04 Official Blog: (Mr. Colson posts heavily to this site):
---------------------------------------
See Mr. Colson’s complete posts:
http://www.georgewbush.com/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?search=Larry+Colson

Larry Colson posted notable quotes:
-------------------------------------------
“Republicans in Minnesota are clearly united behind this President, and committed to doing what it takes to return him to the White House” - Larry Colson, Minnesota eCampaign Chair (1)

“President Bush lost Minnesota in 2000 by only 58,000 votes. We’ll proudly put Minnesota in the Bush column in November….We will” - Larry Colson, Minnesota eCampaign Chairman (2)

“…there’s no doubt in my mind that Minnesota is “Bush Country” - Larry Colson, Minnesota eCampaign Chair (3)

(1) http://www.georgewbush.com/blog/archives/2004_03.html#000649
(2) http://www.georgewbush.com/blog/archives/cat_grassroots.html
(3) http://www.georgewbush.com/blog/archives/2004_08.html#001391


Minnesota GOP & Mr. Colson’s illegal SBVT ties and campaigning:
--------------------------------------------------------------
Kerry-Edwards Campaign Official Communications:
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth - New Reports Detail Even Closer Ties to Bush Campaign

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2004_0822b.html

Florida, and now Minnesota GOP illegally supporting Swift Boat Veterans organization:

Official Minnesota Republican Website Linked to Swift Boat Ads and Book. Webpage “Prepared and Paid for by Republican Party of Minnesota”.

In Minnesota, like Florida--a battleground state with polls showing Bush & Kerry in a dead heat—an official Republican Party webpage was recently found to be linking to the Swift Boat Ads. The webpage goes on to question Kerry and has these questions about John Kerry's service in Vietnam: SWIFT VETS ARE GETTING TO KERRY; DID HE LIE ABOUT HIS SERVICE, repeatedly, in an effort to embellish it? DID HE TAKE CREDIT for engagements fought by other men (Lt. Ted Peck in particular)? The website also contains a link to purchase the book produced by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, "Unfit For Command".
--END---

Minnesota Republican Watch shows GOP e-Chairman, Larry Colsen, illegally campaigning for
John O’Neill’s Swift Boat Veterans for Truth organization:

http://mngopwatch.blogspot.com/

Republican Party of Minnesota Involved in Swift Boat Veterans for Truth Smear Campaign

http://mngopwatch.blogspot.com/2004/08/news-mn-gop-bush-campaign-involved-in.html

Republican Party of Minnesota Links Directly To Swift Boat Veterans For Truth Website

http://mngopwatch.blogspot.com/2004/08/news-update-republican-party-of.html

Official Minnosota GOP Home Page
http://www.mngop.com/sd42/
###

ILLEGAL EMAIL SENT BY LARRY COLSON Campaigning for SBVT Organization
------------------------------------------------------------
Document provided by Minnesota Republican Watch.
(Note: Colson's email address, present in the original message, has been removed.)

From: "Larry Colson"
To: [e-mail]
CC:
Subject: I suspect the mainstream press will stay away from this
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 05:01:36 -0000

http://humaneventsonline.com.edgesuite.net/unfit_video_wmv.html

This is an amazingly believable ad. Check it out.

Larry Colson
MN eCampaign Chairman
=================

More links regarding Larry Colson, Bush-Cheney 2004 Minnesota eCampaign Chairman;
-------------------
Minnesota Republican eCampaign Chairman, Larry Colson, a long time and ferverant GOP staff member, has developed WebVoter, a program that lets Republican activists in the state report their neighbors' political views into a central database that the Bush-Cheney campaign can use to send them targeted campaign literature and do direct calling.

Minn. GOP e-Campaign Chairman Asks Activists to Report on Neighbors
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58309-2004Jul17.html

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/state/minnesota/9122240.htm?ERIGHTS=4957328081098073519twincities::[e-mail]&KRD_RM=9ppqqrxvyyyrqsxuwqpspppppp|Sam|N

---Report End-08.22.04---


----------------------
* Beltway Republicans Against Bush-Cheney ‘04, Inc.*
---------------------

[fishnfla]

21. They cannot denounce the ad because they backed it

They are trying to deflect criticism by blocking the response of Kerry. Unscrupulous for sure. Even a rat would chew its own leg off when caught in a trap.

[BrooklynRider]

19. Email the Networks and demand that they air Kerry rebuttals!

[BrooklynRider]

23. SAMPLE LETTER TO SEND TO YOUR LOCAL STATIONS

Dear Station Manager:

Your station is being asked to run an ad from John Kerry's presidential campaign accusing Bush-Cheney '04 of violating the campaign finance laws. I ask that your station set the record straight.

The New York Times investigated the claims of the veterans as well as the links of these individuals to the Bush Administration (“Friendly Fire: The Birth of An Anti-Kerry Ad”, 8/20/2004). The associations are numerous, the relationships longstanding and the claims that the group is not associated with the administration are lies. The evidence that the Bush "campaign supports a front group attacking John Kerry's military record," as the Kerry ad states, cannot be denied. The Bush-Cheney campaign flatly rejects these allegations of illegal coordination between Bush-Cheney '04 and a group called Swiftboat Veterans for Truth, but fails to address the evidence. Pronouncements are not enougfh in the face of overwhelming evidence. They claim Kerry’s ad running on your station contains this false and libelous charge. If that’s the case, call their bluff and let them sue.

The Kerry campaign is up against the law that does not permit your station to reject this Swiftboat Veterans for the Truth ad for false advertising by a candidate. But your station can insure that the record is clear in your total program. We ask that you to do that and that you not be intimidated by implied threats from an administration out of control and ready to hold onto power at any cost.

Respectfully,

xxxx xxxx

Viewer

[skip fox]

20. Has someone checked out what Karen Hughes has been

doing the last 9 months???

That's just about the gestation period for such spawn as this!

[BrooklynRider]

24. She was promoting her book - she's back w/Bush after RNC in NY

[newyawker99]

30. Hi BrooklynRider!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Hobarticus]

25. Nothing about the untruthful ad from SBVFT?

Attaboy, Ken. Integrity-R-Us.

[Robb]

26. Grammar police:

"But your station can insure that the record is clear in your total program."

Shouldn't that be ensure? :shrug:

Regardless, as another poster said, boo hoo. :eyes:

[IA_Seth]

28. LOL, my thoughts exactly n/t

[MagickMuffin]

27. Whaaaa, Whaaaa, Whaaaa

Seems to me it is the Bush/Cheney campaign that is hiding behind the law.
How is it that Kerry's ad is baseless when we have proof they are working in cahoots???
They are turds floating on the River Denial

[arwalden]

29. That's EXACTLY What I Was Going To Use For My Subject Line...

You're absolutely correct.... crybabies!

[newyawker99]

31. Hi MagickMuffin!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: