Yesterday Kagro X posted a great diary about this Vote Vets ad asking why we are not running it this cycle. There are 17 Republican Senators running for re-election that voted against this body armor that the troops needed.
Regardless if Vote Vets or anyone else renews this ad, we must use it to our advantage right now. The redder the state the better the reception is my opinion.
I would like to ask that you pass this ad along to everyone you know especially in Georgia, North Carolina and Texas. And remind them that Shameless Saxby Chambliss, "Liddy Dole" and Big Bad John Cornyn all voted against the same body armor protection that George Allen did. Furthermore, we have vets in Jim Martin (GA) and Rick Noriega (TX).
We have several veterans on our Two For Tuesdays Act Blue page.
Let's make this thermometer rise as we help our Senate Candidates: Rick Noriega, Jim Martin, Kay Hagan, Jeff Merkley (Smith also voted against this bill) and Ronnie Musgrove (we can only speculate that Roger Wicker would have voted against this bill)
Our troops are still in Iraq and we need to remind them regardless of why they are there that we should do whatever it takes for them to be protected. These Senators voted on a provision that would help them in battle, not protect them as they should and that should be remedied at the ballot this November.
While we hope that this ad will run again in these 17 states, we cannot wait as time is of the essence. We must not only win the White House, but also take important Senate seats held by corporate big oil do-nothing career politicians like Saxby Chambliss, John Cornyn and Elizabeth Dole.