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Line 1: − + − Since the VoteVets.org PAC is a front group for the Democratic Party, it regularly attacks [[Republican Party|Republcan]] politicians. 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]], [[Rick Santorum]], [[Conrad Burns]], and [[Jim Talent]]. In mid-2008, VoteVets.org began airing ads attacking Vietnam veteran and former POW Senator [[John McCain]].+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Line 12:
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'''VoteVets.org ''' is a [[left-wing]] [[United States of America|United States]] political action committee whose stated goal is to help elect [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] veterans of the Afghanistan and [[Iraq War]] who are opposed to the Iraq War, as well as to "hold public officials accountable for the words and actions in regards to servicemembers and veterans of the aforementioned wars." The organization participates in the [[Americans Against Escalation in Iraq]] [[coalition]]. <ref>http://www.noiraqescalation.org/about/</ref>
'''VoteVets.org ''' is a [[left-wing]] liberal political action committee and 501c tax-exempt organization that works to undermine [[Republican]]s in Congress. Formed in 2004 over opposition to President George W. Bush policy in Iraq, it is actually a front group for the [[Democrat]] Party. They have a cozy financial relationship with [[MoveOn.org]]. There stated mission, "which primarily helps elect Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran candidates and educates about veterans and military issues aimed at influencing the outcome of the next election." <ref>[http://www.votevets.org/ Official website] VoteVets.org</ref> VoteVets operates the Vote Vets Action Fund. They desire you to believe these two separate and distinct organizations. The organization participates in the [[Americans Against Escalation in Iraq]] [[coalition]]. <ref>http://www.noiraqescalation.org/about/</ref> Along with other Democrats the DCCC, [[Shadow party]] members; [[AFL-CIO]] and [[SEIU]] labor unions, the [[Center for American Progress]], [[Media Matters for America]], many other [[George Soros]] backed organizations such as democratic donors and operatives [[Fund for America]], run by [[John Podesta]]. <ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93009615 Profile: VoteVets] NPR, Auust 4, 2008</ref> Co-Founder and Chairman [[Jon Soltz]], an [[Iraq War]] veteran, became involved in politics by volunteering for [[Massachusetts]] Senator [[John Kerry]]'s failed presidential bid in 2004. VoteVets claims 95,000 members. <ref>[http://www.votevets.org/news?id=0138 VoteVets.org Launches Ad Blitz Targeting McCain, Cornyn on 21st Century Bill] News- VoteVets, May 20, 3008</ref>
==The VoteVets advisory board==
Jon Soltz,
General Wesley K. Clark (ret.),
Major General Paul D. Eaton (ret.),
[[Bob Kerrey]],
[[Tammy Duckworth]],
[[Paul Hackett]],
Richard Beattie,
Bill Belding,
Leslie H. Gelb,
Elaine Kamarck,
Lawrence Korb,
William E. Little,
Lawrence E. Penn III,
Edward Vick,
==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]], [[Rick Santorum]], [[Conrad Burns]], and [[Jim Talent]]. In mid-2008, VoteVets.org began airing ads attacking Vietnam veteran and former POW Senator [[John McCain]]. The scam of it all, they attack McCain a veteran, patsy Obama they support.
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>
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. A couple of washed-up, retired generals and VoteVet board members areVoteVet TV ad spokesmen. Former Democratic presidential candidate and retired Gen. [[Wesley Clark]] and General Batiste both made incorrect battlefield assessments regarding their views on Iraq, both were against the [[Surge]].
==False Ads==
The group repeatedly creates headlines by providing false stories, which both Democrats and Republicans claim to be at fault of. An example would be a story about body armor that [[FactCheck]].org points out “a nasty tactic" <ref>[http://www.factcheck.org/article438.html False Claims About Body Armor] FactCheck.org, September 20, 2006</ref> and VoteVets fundraiser MediaMatters disputes the allegations, both organizations listed are Democrat-led. In the
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