MoveOn campaigning against GOP candidates

Washington Times:

Gen. David H. Petraeus isn't alone as the target of an ad campaign by the group MoveOn.org.

Moveon.org, criticized in recent days for a newspaper ad questioning the general's character, has spent more than $2 million against nearly a dozen Republicans since last year, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.

The group spent more than $100,000 this year against Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. It also poured money into efforts against nearly a dozen Republicans locked in mostly close congressional races last year, federal records show.

MoveOn.org ranked third in the country among political action committees in total receipts from January 2005 to June 30, 2006, with $14.1 million. The group trailed only the pro-Democrat Emily's List, which took in $20 million, and the Service Employees International Union, which reported $14.4 million.

The group has spent $5 million so far for the 2007-08 election cycle. Its latest disclosure report, totaling more than 13,000 pages, doesn't appear to show how much it cost for a New York Times advertisement this week saying the general was "cooking the books" for the White House.

The ad, which ran after the group's latest FEC filing, was headlined "General Petraeus or General Betray Us."

Speaking to reporters at the National Press Club yesterday, Gen. Petraeus called portions of MoveOn.org's ad "flat, completely wrong" and the rest "at least more than arguable."

MoveOn.org spent heavily toward congressional campaigns against Republicans last year, according to FEC filings.

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The story goes on to report some of the MoveOn targets and the amount spent. The MoveOn fiasco with its "Gen. Betray Us" ad will haunt the organization in the coming election. It will probably make their attacks a badge of honor for the people they attack and it should be treated as such and everyone of those candidates should be pressing their opponents to disown the hateful organization. They can all say that they are being attacked by the same disgraceful organization that attacked a true American hero.