Thanks, Citizen United. from factcheck.org:
Liz Cheney's group quotes U.S. military leaders out of context to attack President Obama's Afghanistan policy.
Keep America Safe, which is headed by the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, is airing a TV ad that uses brief video clips of congressional testimony given by Gen. David Petraeus and Adm. Mike Mullen to support its claim that Obama's plan to reduce troop levels in Afghanistan will put U.S. soldiers at greater risk. It's true that both military leaders recommended maintaining higher troop levels. But they supported the president's decision, and their full congressional testimony shows they believe the risk is manageable and won't jeopardize the mission.
http://factcheck.org/2011/07/cheney-ad-hasty-with-quotes/
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marblessays...Thanks,
Citizen UnitedMilitary Industrial Complex.
hpqpsays...Wouldn't "keeping America safe" include such things as universal healthcare, not being involved in meaningless wars, reducing pollution and trying to prevent climate change, etc etc etc?
Effing hypocrites the lot of them.
oritteroposays...What's PAC?
bareboards2says...From Wiki:
In the United States, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect political candidates or to advance the outcome of a political issue or legislation.[1] Legally, what constitutes a "PAC" for purposes of regulation is a matter of state and federal law. Under the Federal Election Campaign Act, an organization becomes a "political committee" by receiving contributions or making expenditures in excess of $1,000 for the purpose of influencing a federal election.[
>> ^oritteropo:
What's PAC?
oritteroposays...Thanks I would've expected the parties themselves to do that, rather than having separate organisations.>> ^bareboards2:
From Wiki:
In the United States, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect political candidates or to advance the outcome of a political issue or legislation.[1] Legally, what constitutes a "PAC" for purposes of regulation is a matter of state and federal law. Under the Federal Election Campaign Act, an organization becomes a "political committee" by receiving contributions or making expenditures in excess of $1,000 for the purpose of influencing a federal election.[
>> ^oritteropo:
What's PAC?
siftbotsays...Moving this video to bareboards2's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.
Yogisays...Just watch Bill Kristol on any Jon Stewart appearance...the guy is a moron. What's worse is he's a moron when arguing with Jon Stewart who has very limited knowledge of the military industrial complex.
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