New VoteVets Ad Targets Saxby Chambliss
By Nicole Belle Monday Oct 27, 2008 2:15pmThe ad features Peter Granato, Iraq War Veteran. In the ad, Granato fires shots from an AK-47 through the kind of flak jacket troops were given early on in the war, and modern Body Armor, featuring (Stand Alone Protective Insert (SAPI) plates. The shots go through the older vest, but are stopped by the newer armor. Granato explains that Chambliss voted against funding to give American troops the newer armor.
Chambliss did so twice, voting against an amendment offered by Senator Christopher Dodd in 2003 (S.Amdt. 1817), which would have appropriated $300 million more for needed equipment for the troops, including proper Body Armor, to make up for a funding shortfall that did not meet the request of the US Army. He also voted against an amendment by Senator Mary Landrieu ( S.Amdt. 452) in the same year that would have appropriated $1 billion for equipment on a list of priorities from the Marines, also including Body Armor, as Landrieu made clear in her press release on the amendment at the time.
"Senator Chambliss should be held accountable for these votes, and troops and veterans are doing just that," said Jon Soltz, Iraq War Veteran and Chairman of VoteVets.org.
Chambliss, the man who smeared triple amputee Max Cleland to win his seat in 2002 is now locked in a really close race against Democrat Jim Martin -- in fact, the state of Georgia is now a swing state -- and with your help, his seat could be part of our filibuster-proof 60 seat Democratic majority.
You can help Jim Martin at Act Blue. Do it for Max.
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...hangin's too good fer 'em.
Saxby is a Boosh Rubber Stamp. I live in Georgia and every time I email or call his office he echos the same Boosh talking points. After getting his seat in 2002, He hasn't been seen in Georgia until primary day. I have no idea what he's been doing for the 5 1/2 years he was in Washington other than gouging himself the the lobbyist trough.
...and yes, Chambliss has been invisible since he was elected. I can't think of one single thing he has done in the last 6 yrs.
on the other hand I think the military is way over-funded and always wondered how (amongst) all the billions of dollars spent on this war...how good body armor for troops was somehow overlooked...but anyway...
Re-elect no-one!!!
Have you seen the Martin ads revealing that Chambliss supports a bill that would do away with federal income tax and replace it with a 23% sales tax on everything? The DNC is running another ad against a female Republican incumbent for supporting the same legislation.
I received a robocall from Chambliss himself today but hung up when he spoke his name, so I've no idea what he said.
It looks like spending $150,000 on clothes to paint this pigette is the least of the Palin/McCain problems now that Stevens has been found guilty.
Evidently, the Palin home was built (gratis?) in exchange for the Wasilla mega sports complex.....also connections to Veco and the Palin's have surfaced and are certain to fill the airwaves for the rest of the week.
Also, Stevens endorsed Palin for Governor and she did the same for him (a little tit for tat?) but now the question is how much of the Palin home was provided as a payoff for the megal contract for the Wasilla Sports Complex??
She thinks the clothes are a problem for her image; just wait until we find that her entire home was built free of charge.
**Interestingly, she fought to keep the need for "building contracts" alive and well....this will not end well for the Palin's.
No wonder she had the need to stay in her own home as governor. She acquired it through questionable activity.
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The Chambliss victory over Cleland was one of the first real tests to see if voting machines could steal an election by fliping about 5% of the vote. The test was not only to see if the machines worked in the way intended but to test the reaction of the voting public. The Republicans learned from that point on any election that is as close as 5 points can be stolen no questions ask.
As I recall they flipped not only the Senate race (Chambliss over Cleland) but also the Governor's race.
Pre-election polls and exit polls BOTH gave those two races to the Democrats, but the machines gave them to the Republicans.
Georgia has nothing but electronic diebold machines. Last election I voted pretty much strait democrat exept for one libertarian and my machine seized up and went blank when I pressed (touched) submit.
I had to call for assistance and someone came and had to shut down and re-start my Diebold voting unit.
Democrat does not compute eh?
And yet the democrats (like Di-Fi) are just hunky dory with this arrangment too!
That is a powerfull ad. All I can say is Bye Bye Chambliss. Payback is a bitch.
~S Granato!
Chambliss is a bastard!
Atlanta Journal Constitution:
Runoff for Senate seat could make Georgia ‘center of the universe’
and Jim Martin's TV ads are really effective.
And it isn't just veterans' rights on which Chambliss has failed us. Like many other Americans, I have contacted "my legislator" on many issues, asking that Chambliss support what's best for America. I always received a polite response thanking me for my interest and always notifying me that he'd vote for Bush's agenda. It was like banging your head against a brick wall. You just couldn't reach him.
Well, Jim Martin has MY vote. I'll vote early tomorrow and keep my fingers crossed.
As much as I would like to see that, I really don't want to need Lieberman to have it. I don't want the Democratic party sucking up to him any more.
republicans only support the troops vocally they never actually do anything to help but they always talk like they are going to.
They always support sending them into harms way without the needed tools to do their job as safely as possible.
But that is a republican for you all mouth no action!
Saxby deserves much worse than that. Photoshop him chumming it up with the Taliban and shooting at our troops and eating puppies or something. Let him suck on his own brand of bile for once.
When I get Robocalls from Repubs I just set the phone down for a few minutes until it finally finishes and disconnects. If I hang up right away it can just immediately make another call. It only slows 'em up a little bit, but I figure it's the least I can do.
I'd like to borrow my friends robo call machine (he has a small business), and call all the republican headquarters', telling them what a bunch of lying, racist, fascist idiots they are!
I just got a robocall from Chambliss' office today. He said he was the candidate for a strong defense. I guess the US Army doesn't think so.
He'll get in anyway. This inbred backwards state was the ONLY state to go red in the '06 election, & they would vote for segregation tomorrow if they could.
Which is why me & my business partner are scouting for new locations in more educated states.
All I can say is holy shit. That ad is heavy as hell.
Powerful stuff indeed.
Dems finally realized they too can hit back pretty hard.
Now Saxby boy, how are you going to spin that one, mofo?
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