MoveOn Gets Serious

MoveOn is asking for donations to help with their new ad campaign to point out how President Bush basically speaks out of both sides of his mouth.

• President Bush's actions can't be trusted. He tells us he will leave no child behind, but he cuts funding for education. He launches a "healthy forests" initiative that is actually a smokescreen for more logging.
• Bush's actions reflect a lack of concern for working families. He reduces benefits to pay for tax breaks for the rich. He favors drug companies over seniors who need cheaper medications.
• Bush's actions and record show a lack of competence to solve our nation's problems. He's mismanaged the war in Iraq. He failed to plan adequately for the post-war period. Deficits are out of control. Now, he's got no solution to the jobs problem.

I'm a bit annoyed with the last point. I think a focus on how it was a bad idea in the first place is harder hitting. But the reality is we are there and that isn't going to change and if we are there we should at least do it right. Which we aren't. That being said, it's still a good idea to get the word out and I'll help out as much as I can.