Posted Oct. 16, 2006 in Huffington Post regarding the founding of the so-misnamed "Vets for Freedom":

This "non-partisan" organization’s website was designed by The Donatelli Group/Campaign Solutions, which previously had worked with the infamous Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, as well as the White House-associated Judicial Confirmation Network, yet another well-financed, party-affiliated front group. Other Donatelli Group/Campaign Solutions clients include Bush-Cheney 2004, The Republican National Committee, the 2004 Republican National Convention...

The "non-partisan" Vets for Freedom originally had a privacy statement on their website that read, "We may from time to time share the information our visitors provide with other Republican candidates and other like-minded organizations."

The "non-partisan" Vets for Freedom included William Denman "Wade" Zirkle, who had helped run Republican Jerry Kilgore's 2005 campaign for governor of Virginia, and was campaign manager for Republican Todd Gilbert's 2005 race for the Virginia House of Delegates.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/cbs-news-provides-free-ai_b_31824.html

It looks to me as if you are against freedom, Mary. You sure took up a lot of space admitting it.I will consider this a confession, and I hope you have noticed that I am trying out that non-contraction style that is so popular with the kids.

Now Col, you know you are not going to be able to keep this up.  The apostro-free group have much more experience and screen names.  They could go on like this for many a day. 

I also wish to point out that I am not against freedom; in fact I belong to the "Freedom's just another word for nothin left to lose Foundation" and am a big donor.

The Vets for Freedom are for freedom. It is right there in their name. If you smear them, you obviously hate freedom. I do not understand how you can not see that.

Now Col, you are a hater.  You hate haters of freedom whether they exist or no, and I do say this:  and I can not say this enough, the flag pins of freedom that are made in China leave a puddle in my eye which can not be wiped away with any cloth.

They go on your lapel, not in your eye. Even on my lapel, my flag pin leaves a huge reservoir of pride that can not be absorbed by a million Sham-Wows.

Gee, a million Sham-Wows.  Golly, that is a lot of them.  Anyway, how can we carry on like this, when at the bottom of this thread Wesley is bravely carrying on with his monologue about fill in the blanks.  It is enough to make a grown man weep a trail of tears no septic tank could hold.

Every time i see Steve Buscemi in the Sham-Wow infomercial i can't help but think that it's beneath him. I know he probably gets paid handsomely, but what ever happened to artistic integrity.

I did place an order the last time i saw it though.

Wouldn't it be a lot easier on the media if mmfa just posted a form with fill in the blanks on what must included in every story...then they would have time for more important duties.

These shoddy reporters from these nickel and dime operations like USAToday could just fill in the blanks...cut and paste...and sign their name and be on their merry way...without having to feel the stings of mmfa's mighty pen.

OOO nice & snarky, Wesley.  Now one must assume that you have no problem with a group calling itself "Vets for Freedom" that is yet another misnamed right wing smear machine?

bush and mickey c. both belong to a secret organization called:

Freedom Under Conventional Kakistocracy

I am NOT a member of this nefarious outfit as I do not want to bump into Darth cheany

I think that organization is obscene as an acronym ;-)  Is Kissinger a member?  He looks like Jaba the Hut these days...

WOW!!! I never noticed that. OMG, I wonder if they know? K. is the father of Jaba and Jaba has a daughter in my town. and if you saw her you would have to change undies. As a poster it would be a great diet aid. Thats just terrible. God, forgive me.

All right wingers are members. Yhey have an auxillary. Just put: Youth Organization Understanding at the end.

If you're going to write an article about a presidential candidate NOT voting to fund the troops, and then not include that the other presidential candidate NOT voting to fund the troops, don't you think that this should be something that is put out there for all to see? As in, they're furthering conservative misinformation, as in saying that Obama did not vote to fund the troops (when he did), and mentioned not a thing about McCain. And then they said he missed half of his votes in the Senate, when he didn't, and McCain missed THE most out of ALL senators...

Again, MMFA is not saying WHAT they should put in their articles, they can write what they want to, but MMFA can correct them, as they did here, and put in the rest of the actual, you know, facts for them.

You seem to be confusing criticism with telling them what to do again.

 -- but MMFA can correct them, as they did here, and put in the rest of the actual, you know, facts for them. -- magnolia

That's what I'm talking about...a fill-in the blank form would make it so much easier on everyone. All the facts that mmfa thinks are important are covered and no one gets their feelings hurt...this liberal thing is starting to make sense.

 -- Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt called the ad "a despicable distortion" of Obama's record.-- USAToday

A fill-in the blank form would be so much better than this lame attempt by USAToday's reporter in letting Obama's camp respond to the Vets. We wouldn't have to guess what is despicable and what is a distortion...in fact...we wouldn't even have to think...we could just let mmfa tell us what is important and be perfectly happy to snooze away our lives.