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Monday, May 09, 2005
MT-Sen: Frontier PAC Opens a Can of Open-Source on Burns
Posted by Bob BrighamFrom Frontier PAC:
Repeatedly during the 2004 election cycle, we saw a great idea bubble up from the grassroots only to get incorporated in a half-hearted way by people who didn't fully get it. Frontier PAC is launching the Open-Source Campaign -- an effort to put corrupt GOP incumbents on the defensive early -- in order to avoid those same pitfalls in delivering a reform message for 2006.This campaign doesn't speak for the netroots, it is the netroots: no consultants, no focus groups, and no conventional wisdom. Just an earnest and aggressive values-based showdown with Republicans.
How are we getting started?
By going after Conrad Burns in Montana. Burns is far more in touch with the values of Jack Abramoff and Tom DeLay than with the values of the people of Montana -- and Frontier PAC is going to make that case to the voters. Conrad Burns has been bought, and we're not afraid to say that out loud. That's why we're running hard-hitting radio ads all over the states -- targeting sportsmen, small business owners, and all the other constituencies Burns puts on the line for his corporate patrons.
If you care about the U.S. Senate, your money has more value in Montana than any other race.
Here is the script for their radio ad:
Does Conrad Burns share your values? Since he took office in 1988, he's put the interests of multinational corporations above the interests of Montana families. Is Burns corrupt? His office rewrites legislation to benefit his donors and lobbyists. Is Burns cowardly? He has failed to stand up to runaway deficits and budget waste. Is Burns clueless? He told the newspaper Roll Call that he didn't even know his own Chief of Staff was taking cruises with lobbyist Jack Abramoff.Corrupt, Cowardly, Clueless. Conrad Burns: he's more in touch with Washington, DC than with Montana. We need a Senator who stands up for us. Read more at RealMontanaValues.com*.
Paid for by Frontier PAC. This message not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
Yeah!
Yes. This campaign is only going to be as successful as you make it. We need ideas, research and input, but we also need to pay for the air time. Frontier PAC has no support from the national party, and we can?t count on the kind of corporate-PAC money and high-dollar contributions that fund many Republican and Democratic groups alike. That's why you can rest assured that we'll stick to our economic populist principles?but it?s also why we need your help.We'll need to raise several thousand dollars for the Burns ads alone, and we can do it if we get the right input and support from the netroots. Please contribute what you can to Frontier PAC--we need the resources NOW to put the GOP on the defensive for 2006. Whether you can afford $15 or $1000, every dollar is important.
Over at MyDD, Gary Boatwright says:
That's exactly what I'm talking about!Christ on a crutch, it's about time somebody ran an ad like that. I'm sending Frontier Pac my $50 contribution for May as soon as I get home from work.
Everybody else is going to have to wait until June. My entire monthly allotment for political contributions has just been used up.
Absolutely fantastic!
Indeed.
Posted at 03:47 PM in 2006 Elections - Senate, Montana | Technorati
Comments
Thanks, Bob.
It's important to us that everyone know we mean "open-source" when we say it. Drop us a line, not just a few bucks. Make a suggestion. Criticize something dumb. Not only will we actually read it, but we'll more than likely act on it. We want to work for the grassroots not only because that's who we are: we also happen to think it's the way to win.
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