See KOS diary:
http://truthandhope.dailykos.com/story/2004/9/14/13589/2896
Polling has shown that, against conventional wisdom, attack ads have been seen as largely favorable by Americans this election. Dems are always too slow. MoveOn has become corporate and is not willing to mount the kind of in-your-face set of ads needed. Even news reporters at CBS are miffed that it took their network 48 hours before they began defending their TANG/Memos story, and they claim they still didn't hit back with clear enough illustrating evidence.
48 hours is too slow in the milieu in which we live, with a hyper-organized attack-machine from the right -- who derail all real issues into sidetracks.
PLEASE CHANNEL YOUR MEDIA FRUSTRATIONS INTO TV AD MEDIA.
FUND THIS FIRST AD from TRUTH & HOPE.org --
http://www.g4noise.com/attack
Truth & Hope is the 527 org that stepped into the void after Dean was in, then out, then in again -- and DFA halted all advertising. Thru rapid-turnaround radio ads and a TV ad, T&H helped Dean won Vermont, his only winning state in the primaries. Dean credits T&H for their grassroots chutzpah to carry the ball.
In 48 hours, the URL for this ad-fund will be:
http://www.AttackOrLose.com
We ask for the assistance of the blog community to visually promote this 46-day campaign. Many threads here deal with "I've got an idea for an ad. Someone get this to Kerry!" ... Well it will never get to Kerry, nor to MoveOn. Truth & Hope is the only 527 with proven success and the readiness to do right now what needs to be done.
It would be great if you KOS vets can get boss-man to blog this --
I appreciate all ofyour help, we need it. Kos is right on with the articles he's been posting about the overpaid geniuses who are running Democrats into the ground with their profit motivated advice.
This is grassroots media versus corporate media. We're living the nightmare of this Bush Presidency first hand every day. We know the pulse of the people, not these advertising execs posing as activists.
We will make a change by speaking the true language of the people, instead of worrying about our precious images.
46 days...