How to really support the Troops!

This commercial has been playing in Virginia against Senator George -The Macaca Man- Allen and getting rave reviews. Like the false accusations made again John Kerry, that he would defund and disarm our troops (at a time when then Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney recommened to Congress that many of our weapons systems be discontinued) - this happens to be true. Kos says "It's like Swiftboating without the lying."

Some have argued that the ad goes too far...

VoteVets.org chairman Jon Soltz said it is not endorsing [Allen's Democratic Challenger] Webb, a Vietnam combat veteran who opposed the 2003 Iraq invasion, just opposing Allen. He said Allen is the first candidate the ad will target, but that it will be run against other House or Senate candidates as the organization's finances allow.

Soltz defended the claim, based on a vote Allen cast in 2003 against an amendment Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., offered to boost National Guard and Reserves equipment funding by $1 billion.

Landrieu's amendment died on a 52-47 vote with Sen. John W. Warner, R-Va., and every other Republican voting to table Landrieu's bill. One Democrat, Zell Miller of Georgia, voted with the GOP majority.

Only one Democrat - Zell Miller, the very one who accused John Kerry of wanting to "fight with spitballs" voted with Allen and the rest of the Republcans to limit funding to the National Guard -- and this was after the Iraq War had already been authorized?

Hmmm... I think that's fodder for more than a few ads.

Vyan