VoteVets leads the charge into obscurity

VoteVets, in keeping with their tradition of addressing issues which occur, at best, on the periphery of veterans’ issues has joined with a band of like-minded idiots in an $11 million ad buy opposing Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson (Huffington Post link);

The spots, sponsored by SEIU, VoteVets.org, the League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club, are noteworthy for the extent to which they incorporate the oil spill crisis (and its more indelible images) into a somewhat tongue-in-cheek pitch for reform. The coalition isn’t doing solely negative advertisements. They are also releasing thank-you spots for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) for their support of climate change/energy legislation. Future ads are sure to be in the works, meanwhile, since the trio of organizations has set aside a large sum of money.

Here’s the ad;

What does SEIU, the League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club have to do veterans? Lately, the same question could be asked about VoteVets. VV and IVAW have both seemed to notice that the Left doesn’t care much about the wars or veterans so they chase the money to the environment, DADT, Gaza and immigration. to please their MoveOn and ANSWER masters.

Well, that’s fine with me because the more they slide away from veterans, the less relevant they become – there are already organizations that do all of that shit, so who needs another bunch of vacuous sign wavers?

Thanks to Operator Dan for the link.

Category: Iraq Veterans Against the War