The Democratic Party [1]-oriented Campaign to Defend America [2], a non-profit group spun off from Americans Against Escalation in Iraq [3], is behind a TV ad [4] attacking John McCain [5]. Campaign to Defend America and its funders "have pledged a multimillion-dollar effort to target McCain and congressional Republicans on the consequences of the Iraq war [6] on the U.S. economy," receiving "at least $1.4 million from The Fund for America [7], a nonprofit group set up last year by John Podesta [8], a former chief of staff for President Clinton [9]; Anna Burger [10], the secretary-treasurer of the Service Employees International Union [11]; and Rob McKay [12], a California philanthropist (and chair of the Democracy Alliance [13]). Campaign to Defend America [14] is headed by Tom Matzzie [15], the former Washington director of ... MoveOn.org [16]. Among Fund for America donors are multimillionaire financier George Soros [17]." The Center for Investigative Reporting [18] has created a chart [19] illustrating the liberal money and connections behind the Campaign to Defend America. Recently the groups behind the Campaign and AAEI poured $20 million dollars [20] into a the Iraq/Recession Campaign [21] targeting Republicans [22] in 2008.
Links:
[1] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Democratic_Party
[2] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Campaign_to_Defend_America
[3] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Americans_Against_Escalation_in_Iraq
[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN10_6pyshQ
[5] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_McCain
[6] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Iraq_war
[7] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Fund_for_America
[8] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Podesta
[9] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=President_Clinton
[10] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Anna_Burger
[11] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Service_Employees_International_Union
[12] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rob_McKay
[13] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Democracy_Alliance
[14] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Campaign_to_Defend_America
[15] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tom_Matzzie
[16] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=MoveOn.org
[17] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_Soros
[18] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Investigative_Reporting
[19] http://www.npr.org/news/images/2008/mar/05/attackad.html
[20] http://www.noiraqescalation.org/press?id=0350
[21] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Iraq/Recession_Campaign
[22] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Republican_Party_(USA)
