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==Election cycle==
==Election cycle==
During the 2006 mid-term elections, the group spent between $1.2 and $2 million trying to get [[liberal]] Democrats elected into office by going after numerous Republican politicans. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/05/11/cq_2709.html</ref> Senators targeted by the VoteVets.org campaign included: [[George Allen]], including $45,000. in ads targeting [[Rick Santorum]], also targeted [[Conrad Burns]], and [[Jim Talent]]. In mid-2008, VoteVets.org began airing ads attacking former veteran and Vietnam POW Senator [[John McCain]] during his failed presidential bid. The scam of it all, they attack McCain a veteran, patsy non-armed forces candidate [[Barack Obama]] VoteVets support.
During the 2006 mid-term elections, the group spent between $1.2 and $2 million trying to get [[liberal]] Democrats elected into office by going after numerous Republican politicans. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/05/11/cq_2709.html</ref> Senators targeted by the VoteVets.org campaign included: [[George Allen]], including $45,000. in ads targeting [[Rick Santorum]], also targeted [[Conrad Burns]], and [[Jim Talent]].
A [[New York Times]] article published about Gen. Batiste, 2007 in Iraq, making a television ad denouncing Bush. It was a dereliction of sworn duty to country to attack a sitting President. {{cquote|You continue to pursue a failed strategy that is breaking our great Army and Marine Corps. I left the Army in protest in order to speak out. Mr. President, you have placed our nation in peril. Our only hope is that Congress will act now to protect our fighting men and women.}}
A [[New York Times]] article published about Gen. Batiste, 2007 in Iraq, making a television ad denouncing Bush. It was a dereliction of sworn duty to country to attack a sitting President. {{cquote|You continue to pursue a failed strategy that is breaking our great Army and Marine Corps. I left the Army in protest in order to speak out. Mr. President, you have placed our nation in peril. Our only hope is that Congress will act now to protect our fighting men and women.}}
His role was diminished or Batiste retired from VoteVets. <ref>[http://www.democracy-project.com/archives/003307.html Batiste Lays With Dogs, Gets Fleas] Democracy Project, May 12, 2007 </ref>
His role was diminished or Batiste retired from VoteVets. <ref>[http://www.democracy-project.com/archives/003307.html Batiste Lays With Dogs, Gets Fleas] Democracy Project, May 12, 2007 </ref>
In mid-2008, VoteVets.org began airing ads attacking former veteran and [[Vietnam]] POW Senator [[John McCain]] during his failed presidential bid. The scam of it all, they attack McCain a veteran while patsy non-armed forces candidate [[Barack Obama]] gets VoteVets full support.
In 2009, VoteVets political television ads appeared promoting a candidate and an environmental agenda. Environment is a [[DNC]] promoted issue and VoteVets stated goal is to be military centric, which is deceitful.
In 2009, VoteVets political television ads appeared promoting a candidate and an environmental agenda. Environment is a [[DNC]] promoted issue and VoteVets stated goal is to be military centric, which is deceitful.