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katinmn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 02:56 PM
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Stop 'USA Next' ads on Social Security Privitization
http://www.democracyforamerica.com/invite/
Get ready for the Republican anti-Social Security blitz.

A couple of weeks ago a right-wing front group called "USA Next" made national news when it started its anti-Social Security campaign with a bigoted, hateful ad. You helped create a backlash so strong that it spent the next few weeks licking its wounds.

But now they're back. USA Next is set to go on the air with its political hate speech in the next two weeks. You built the momentum -- we can't let up now. Ask your friends to petition media outlets to keep bigotry and distortions off the air:

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/StopUSANextInvite

Remember -- the USA Next ads come from the same Republican operatives who unleashed the swift boat attacks.

And USA Next isn't the only player -- it is just one of dozens of entities that funnel money from corporations and right-wing billionaires into our political process. They have pledged to spend whatever it takes to dismantle Social Security.

Their latest project: producing distorted polls to generate news coverage and "evidence" of support for their privatization agenda. It's part of a coordinated effort by corporate interests and conservative ideologues to wage a multi-front war on Social Security.

Fox News, of course, featured the results of the biased poll. But so did other news outlets -- they need to be put on notice that they will be held accountable for airing USA Next's distortions. Tell your friends to join the call for accountability now:

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/StopUSANextInvite

Conservative ideologues have been plotting the takedown of Social Security for a generation. And while we have done a good job getting the truth out so far, we can't rest.

The fight to save Social Security isn't over -- it has barely begun.

Tom Hughes
Executive Director
Democracy for America



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JohnnyRingo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 03:11 PM
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1. CNN's been running one all day
It shows a ticking stopwatch and asks the viewer to name one solution to the SS crisis that the Dems have come up with.

Then the commercial ignores the ideas like raising the salary caps or raising taxes in general, and countless other ideas as ten seconds pass on the watch.

It also ignores Buxh's comment that privatization won't "fix the problem", or that he said that he hasn't worked out a plan yet.

It's not propaganda, this ad is just a lie.
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