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while moveon money spends just fine and dandy, thank you very much

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Apparently, Pro America and Pro Victory money is too "dirty" for CNBC & MSNBC according to PowerLine Blog. AND, if you have ANYONE helping your cause in support of finishing the job in Iraq that may have EVER worked for President Bush, you can forget about being credible in the eyes of the fruits and nuts out there hell bent on losing NO MATTER WHAT.

gideon1789's excellent report regarding a newly organized coalition named Freedom's Watch tells of a group that formed with the following "Mission":

Freedom’s Watch is dedicated to educating individuals about and advancing public policies that protect America’s interests at home and abroad, foster economic prosperity, and strengthen families. Through outreach and education, communications to key members of Congress, and bold public awareness initiatives, Freedom’s Watch is fighting for the ideals and policies that keep America strong and prosperous.

Now, they are CERTAINLY not a Pro-War group, as some have suggested but they DID, as a first initiative, launch a 15 million dollar ad campaign focusing on getting the word out about just how important it is to America's future to "ensur[e] Congress continues to fully fund the troops with the ultimate goal of victory in the War on Terror."

They have issued four 30-second ads expressing the strong belief that Iraq matters, victory there matters, the sacrifices made to this point must NOT be in vain, and defeating terrorism DOES take place, in part, on the streets of Iraq.

I find it especially intriguing that the Moveon freaks, so deeply engulfed in their BushitlerchimpyMcHalliburton™ obsessions, would be so quick to allege conspiracy and a corruption of idealsat Freedom's Watch, while they think nothing of being funded by, perhaps, the most corrupt fringe fruitcake out there on the Left side of insanity.

We'll deal with a Soros-funded group being hit with the 3rd largest fine ever levied by the FEC on another day. For now, consider whether we should be taking MoveON, and those of their ilk, seriously (who plan a "Die-In" to make their supposed point about whether America should concern herself with "winning" wars).

My vote is with WINNING...

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Consider this from the fruitcakes who believe surrendering, under the right circumstances, to be the RIGHT thing to do:

"The White House running an ad campaign is a sign of desperation, and Ari Fleischer's emergence is so ironic since he's the guy that pitched the lies that got us into the war in the first place," says Tom Matzzie, Washington director of MoveOn.org.

"Our view is that it is a big strategic mistake to put Iraq on TV," Matzzie says. "The more Iraq is on TV, the more it's bad for the president, for his supporters and the Republicans in 2008."

It's quite the strategy to consider America's warfighting something to hide and keep quiet about, should anyone hope to win an election.

Telling, in fact.

I find it interesting that, while organizations such as Vets For Freedom and Freedom's Watch and others form their coalitions to offer an alternative to cut and run and surrender and defeat, MoveOn and their ilk who would see us surrender to a cause they no longer believe worthy of American effort continues to "control" a media that sees a loss in the war on terror as somehow beneficial to America's future. Perhaps saddest of all is the notion that it might be beneficial to their bottom line(s) as well.

It's quite clear that the Democrats would see us LOSE in Iraq, given that they see this as an electoral opportunity. Given all the rhetoric regarding losses in war being deemed victories in the political realm, I can't help but wonder why the Dems ever supported a military option to begin with unless they believed the loss was a foregone conclusion before they ever cast the original 'aye'.

The basic conundrum the media faces NOW is the battle between advertising and sales. On the one hand, all this anti-Bush, anti-Republican, anti-war propaganda has served their sales efforts fairly well. Of course, as Laura Ingraham and others have coined the "dinosaur media" phrase, and as overall sales continue their steady decline, year over year sales may be suffering but Iraq and its associated shrill has gone a long way toward slowing the steady bleed in the so-called "mainstream media"...at least for now.

The flip side however, the advertising revenues, is critically important to ANY business operation, and especially so for media outlets. It takes BIG dollars to run these bloated business models, and SURELY initiatives such as those by Freedom's Watch are helpful to that end. So, with MSNBC and CNBC having bottom-line troubles, why turn down the money from Freedom's Watch?

In my cynical mind, the answer is easy-there's a whole lot of mileage to be enjoyed by "taking a stand" against a thing, regardless whether it might be in the long-term best interests of the country. In this "it's all about me" world we live in these days, the ant-war anti-victory crowd is eating this up:

[T]he coalition, Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, wraps up its "Iraq Summer" campaign with 50 town hall meeting in about two-dozen states. The liberal activist group, MoveOn.org is also holding hundreds of vigils across the country to call on members of Congress to push for the swift withdrawal of troops.

The coalition spent about $12 million during the summer on television ads and grassroots organizing in 15 states aimed at getting 40 Congressional Republicans to change their mind about the war.

Moira Mack, a spokeswoman for the group, said she’s been pleased to see several Republicans "changing their language" about the war. She pointed to Virginia Senator John Warner, who last week called on President Bush to withdraw some troops from Iraq by the end of the year. Ms. Mack said Americans Against Escalation in Iraq plans to continue its efforts when members of Congress return to Washington after Labor Day.

Hmmm. THEIR money was fine...Freedom's Watch money is apparently tainted somehow...or doesn't serve the greater agenda of the MSM.