Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Poet who wrote (52701)	10/13/2004 7:55:42 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

TV Ad Focuses on U.S. Military Wounded in Iraq ________________________ WASHINGTON - A new television ad sponsored by U.S. veterans strongly questions President Bush's case for war in Iraq, but the group behind it said on Wednesday the spot was not meant to benefit either presidential candidate. First aired hours before the last presidential debate between Republican Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry, the ad shows a U.S. Iraq war veteran talking about the justification for the war as he shows the stump of his amputated arm. The veteran, Robert Acosta, says in the ad: "I was called to serve in Iraq because the government said there were weapons of mass destruction, but they weren't there ... So when people ask me where my arm went, I try to find the words, but they're not there." The ad was shown repeatedly on CNN on Wednesday. "The whole point behind the ad is to get America to think, to have people understand that the wounded are more than a number," said Paul Rieckhoff, who founded the non-profit veterans' group Operation Truth. "It's not intended to benefit any candidate, we're not associated with any candidate or any party," Rieckhoff said. "It's a way for us to insert ourselves into the conversation and have people understand (that) the long-term effects are going to be around for decades and the issue is going to be around after Nov. 2." Last month, a group of military families whose relatives died in Iraq said they planned to target the president in ads set to air in Nevada, Florida and New Mexico, all considered political swing states in the presidential race. Another veterans group, the Swift Vets and POWs For Truth, has run television ads criticizing Kerry for making his Vietnam War service a centerpiece of his campaign, and contends Kerry's congressional testimony during the Vietnam era maligned U.S. military personnel.