[Peace-discuss] Re: Big News

[C. G. Estabrook]

Not really very big.  It's just our old friends, MoveOn/AAEI/Dem-party-front,
now D/B/A/ "Americans United for Change."  But it's the familiar Astro-turf
(i.e., not grass-roots) co-option of the anti-war movement. --CGE


Jeremy Funk, Americans United for Change wrote:
> Americans United For Change 
> <http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/page/m/57b14d05d116b13f/MwMQAP/VEsH/>
>  Dear Friend,
> 
> The Bush Legacy Tour 
> <http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/page/m/57b14d05d116b13f/yzYsYy/VEsE/>Americans
>  United for Change is taking our show on the road.
> 
> This summer we're launching the Bush Legacy Bus, a traveling museum to remind
> Americans just how devastating the president's conservative agenda has been
> for our country.
> 
> That's right -- we bought a bus, put Bush's face all over it, and are filling
> it with all of President Bush's failures. And we may be bringing it to your
> town soon.
> 
> Click here to learn more about the bus -- and tell your friends:
> 
> *http://www.bushlegacytour.com* 
> <http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/page/m/57b14d05d116b13f/yzYsYy/VEsF/>
> 
> 
> This election cycle, while other groups have their eyes set on John McCain,
> we're keeping our eyes on President Bush... and the folks who made his
> failures possible.
> 
> President Bush's friends voted to keep funding the war. They voted for his
> tax cuts for oil companies and wealthy corporations. They voted to uphold his
> veto of children's health insurance.
> 
> By keeping the focus on President Bush, we're keeping the focus on the 
> failures of eight years of conservative policies. We aren't going to let 
> President Bush's friends distance themselves this year from his failed 
> policies.
> 
> Visit the Bush Legacy Tour website to sign up for updates about the upcoming
> tour:
> 
> **http://www.bushlegacytour.com* 
> <http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/page/m/57b14d05d116b13f/yzYsYy/VEsC/>*
> 
> 
> Just last week, Bush's chief strategist, Karl Rove, told the Washington Post:
> 
> 
> I'm absolutely positive history will be kind to this president, who made the
> right decisions in a difficult time for this nation.
> 
> We cannot let President Bush and Karl Rove's version of the past eight years
> go down in history as the truth.
> 
> We hope to see you on the bus soon!
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Jeremy Funk Americans United for Change
> 
> <http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/page/m/57b14d05d116b13f/rkx6PD/VEsD/>
> 
> 
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> 
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