In a sneeringly cynical "article" by an unnamed AP reporter, about the Progress for America group running ads and sending e-mails out to supporters, the "reporter" says, A conservative group is blending ads, e-mails and the feature film "United 93" in an innovative campaign to convince voters that the war in Iraq is a crucial component in the struggle against terrorism.
You can sense the sarcasm just dripping from that last part. My question to the editorializing "reporter" is, what's wrong with that, since the on-going war in Iraq is a crucial component of the larger war on terror?
Progress for America began airing a new ad in the political battlegrounds of Missouri and Ohio and on national cable featuring David Beamer, whose son Todd was killed when United Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001, in a field in southwestern Pennsylvania.
At the same time, the group is sending hundreds of thousands of e-mails across the country with an offer from Beamer to give away free copies of "United 93," the feature film about the passengers who joined Todd Beamer in thwarting the hijackers' plans to reach their Washington targets.
Though required to work independently from candidates and political parties, the Progress for America message dovetails with Republican efforts to link the war in Iraq with the war on terror.
And the problem with that is ...?
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