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New York Times public editor repudiates MoveOn.org ad on General Petraeus
New York Times public editor repudiates MoveOn.org ad on General Petraeus
By Bill Van Auken
WSWS
25 September 2007
Recriminations over the MoveOn.org newspaper ad questioning the credibility of Gen. David Petraeus’s defense of the Bush administration’s military surge in Iraq continued over the weekend, with the public editor of the New York Times repudiating the newspaper’s decision to run the ad.
The U.S. Senate just told you to sit down and be quiet.
I will fight back
The U.S. Senate just told you to sit down and be quiet. They passed a resolution condemning MoveOn.org and it has one purpose: to intimidate all of us who care about responsibly ending this war. They wanted to send a message that anyone who speaks unpleasant truths about this war will pay. To make everyone--especially politicians--think twice before they accuse the administration of lying.
We can't let that happen.
“It is a sad day in the Senate when we spend hours debating an ad while our young people are dying in Iraq,” Sen. Chris Dodd
Published on Thursday
September 20, 2007 by The Hill (Washington, DC)
Senate Repudiates MoveOn Ad, Obama Misses Vote
by Klaus Marre
The Senate voted on Thursday to repudiate an ad from MoveOn.org that referred to Gen. David Petraeus as “General Betray Us.” Democratic presidential front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) opposed the measure, while her closest competitor, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), missed the vote.
The Senate approved a resolution condemning the ad and all attacks on members of the military by 72-25.
No Democratic Censure for MoveOn Ad
No Democratic censure for MoveOn ad
By Sean Lengell
Washington Times
September 12, 2007
General Petraeus or General Betray Us?
Democratic congressional leaders and the party's presidential candidates yesterday refused to repudiate a liberal group's ad questioning Gen. David H. Petraeus' character.
Capitol Hill Democrats rejected a call for votes in both chambers to condemn the attack newspaper, run by MoveOn.org, saying Republicans are trying to take attention off what they call the president's failed Iraq policy.
Nadeam Elshami, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the California Democrat "wished [MoveOn.org] wouldn't have done that ad," but declined to comment further.
