How To Wake Up Young Voters About Liebermans War Votes

Chris Matthews asked a few weeks ago, why don't we hear the war protest songs or see protest rallies in the streets with the Iraq War like we had with the Vietnam War?

Perhaps this ad would wake Matthews and the young Lieberman supporters up if it were true:

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New Ad Suggestion - "Running Out of Soldiers and The Draft Discussion"

Ad Setting is in the future:  With more US Soldiers needed in Iraq War, a Mother and Father are sitting at supper table with their three sons and younger teenage daughter - and they get the news.

Son 1 - "I got my draft notice today dad."
Son 2 - "Me too."
Son 3 - "So did I."

Father - "Well, I had a feeling it was going to come to this."

Mother - "What do you mean, dear?"

Father - "Well, it's been getting tougher to get people to volunteer for the military lately.  It's gotten so bad that they started to call-up retired soldiers to serve in Iraq that are in there 40's and 50's.

Son 1  - "How long would we have to be over there, Dad?"

Father - "I don't know son. Joe Lieberman wants our troops to stay over there until the mission is accomplished.  And President Bush says we will be over there, well after he leaves office in 2008."

Son 2 - "But why do we have to go to Iraq, Dad?  Didn't Osama bin Laden attack us on 9/11 and doesn't he live in Afghanistan?"

Father - "You're right son, but Senator Lieberman said we had to get rid of Saddam because of all the WMD that he had."

Son 3 - "But they never found any WMD over there!"  "Now Senator Lieberman says he never believed any of the nuclear talk by the vice president.  And Senator Lieberman also agreed with Glenn Beck that going to war with Iraq `was a nice side benefit'."

Son 1 - "Yeah, and he also agreed that going to war `was a vehicle for other objectives' in the same interview."

Mother - "That's outrageous!  So you mean that Senator Lieberman has no problem sending children to their deaths because he thinks going to war is "a nice side benefit"?  What are the `other objectives' that Senator Lieberman talked about?"

Father - "Who knows?  Only Senator Lieberman knows the answer to those questions."

Daughter - (talking to the brothers sarcastically) "Maybe the three of you could get deferments from serving just like Dick Cheney did by going to college.  I read how he avoided combat by doing that."

Father - "Sorry Mary, but we just don't have that kind of money to send your brothers to college.  And with the President being so obstinent on sending other people to war first and asking questions later, instead of doing any diplomacy, we'll probably be going to war with Iran real soon.

Mother - "We better vote for Ned Lamont on November 7th.  Joe keeps missing votes that affect the soldiers in Iraq.  At least Ned thinks about the families that have loved ones serving in the Military and will be there to vote to get the soldiers better equipment.  And Ned would think long and hard about going to war instead of seeming so anxious to vote with the president and send other family's children to war like Senator Lieberman does."

Son 1 - "I guess Joe refuses listen to all the retired generals, Senator Warner, Senator Carl Levin or James Baker who have all stop saying "stay the course."  

Father - "I know Ned wouldn't let us down and he won't as callous and hardheaded in his stances about war."

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