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Have you seen MoveOn.Org’s commercials assailing George W. Bush’s economic record?

If you watch CNN and live in one of the 2004 battle ground states you may have heard the message by now. As reported by the St. Louis Dispatch, in Missouri those commercials are being sponsored in part by the Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition.

"We are not saying, don't vote for Bush; we are just saying he misleads you," said Liz Smith Currie, organizer for MoveOn's St. Louis partner, Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition.

Liz, of course, is my wife. The message of the ads is part of a $10 million campaign and is clear and on target:

"George Bush is doing something Bill Clinton didn't do, his father didn't do -- not Reagan or Carter or Ford or Nixon," the announcer says as pictures of the former presidents tick by. "Not LBJ or JFK. Not Eisenhower or Harry Truman. Not in any of FDR's four terms."

"No -- George Bush is going to be the first president since Herbert Hoover to lead an economy that loses jobs," the announcer says. "Over 2 million so far. Didn't George Bush say his tax cuts would create jobs?"

Visit MoveOn.Org to learn more.

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