MoveOn's pulled AWOL Bush ad from 2004.

This was MoveOn.org's response to the Swift Boat Vets attack ad on Kerry in 2004. They pulled the ad after an outcry on the Right coerced stations into refusing to run it.

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[RockonNuge4life]

DRAFT DODGER

Bill Clinton registers for the draft on September 08, 1964,

Bill Clinton reclassified 1-A on October 30, 1969, as enlistment with Army Reserves is revoked Clinton now AWOL and subject to arrest under "registrant who has failed to report....remain liable for induction".

[BI30]

Congratulations. You've made the case Bush is the same as Clinton.

[SCE2AUX]

Funny that military service meant everything to the Left in 2004 and nothing to them in 1992 and 1996.

[BI30]

If that is your interpretation, you obviously voted for Bush. In both '92 and '04, Democrats nominated someone that took a stand against the war in Vietnam. Their folly in nominating Kerry was in picking a "war hero" candidate they THOUGHT Republicans wouldn't dare criticize. Our bad.

[Claronium780]

Why the hell did they pull this ad???

[BI30]

The Right screamed Holy Hell because the ad basically straight-out accuses President Bush of "desertion", a crime punishable by death. "So unless MoveOn is suggesting that President Bush should be tried for desertion and executed, they should pull their ad."

MoveOn did NOT buckle to the pressure, but broadcasters did, refusing to run the ad, forcing MoveOn to pull it. But in compromise, the Swiftboat ads were pulled soon after.

[johnvicky]

Let's face it most republicans are great flag wrappers but when it comes to fighting, they are more like Rush Limbaugh with his poor little boil on his butt, crying to momma and dada to get them out of the WAR waaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Mmmmmmm I smell fried chickenhawk, it smells like republicans.

[judgerofwars]

SEAN HANNITY, BILL O RILEY, RUSH LIMBAUGH, GLENN BECK, NONE HAVE EVER SERVED IN THE MILITARY. YET THEY CALL THEMSELVES "HAWKS". THEY ARE ALL CHICKEN HAWKS!!!!

[judgerofwars]

@RockonNuge4life bush never fought in vietnam. cheney got 5 deferments from vietnam. yet they sent 4400 american soldiers off to die in a war based on lies. it's like jesse ventura said.. "WE ARE BEING RUN BY THE CHICKEN HAWKS."

[Claronium780]

@RockonNuge4life and he never stole and election !

[Claronium780]

@RockonNuge4life no asshole, Clinton never claimed he DID serve !!!

[yuiyuizz]

i like how the swift boat assholes attack john kerry for telling the truth about what was really going on in vietnam but they have no problem helping bush's who's father got him in the national guard to avoid vietnam and didnt even show up for the last two years of duty....give me a break

[scfloyd75]

Avoiding the war in Vietnam proves just how intelligent Clinton was evan back then. He was improvident to the fact that war was a bunch of BS over a word called "communism" with the possibility of Russian influence that came out to be false. 58,000 Americans died for what. The real sad thing is, we are trading with the vietnamese today and communism didn't spread.

[fieroyates]

I only have one guestion. Would Prez AWOL do a #1 or #2 in his pants after arriving in Nam.