VoteVets.org

From VoteVets.org: "Things are getting fast and furious out there, but we weren't going to sit on the sidelines, without letting people know who is with us and who is against us."

h/t @DougCowing

In May, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson falsely claimed that 8th District opponent Tommy Sowers "never commanded anybody" in the Army, and therefore does not have a perspective worth respecting regarding the federal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy.  This was a remarkably dumb thing for Emerson to say; Sowers was an Operational Detachment Commander in Iraq and led a combat engineering platoon in Kosovo.

So when the VFW endorsed Emerson despite this smear, it did not sit well with the folks at VoteVets.org:

So why did the VFW endorse Jo Ann Emerson, who openly smeared the service of her opponent, a former Special Forces Major? Well, as you read above, VFW claims that Emerson has been a "great friend to Veterans". But, really, how great of a friend has she been?

• Since she began her current reelection campaign, Emerson received an "A" rating from IAVA. However, her previous grade from than organization was a "C+". Additionally, since 2001 Emerson has not received a rating of higher than 50% from any Veterans organization. Notably, Emerson received a 0% score from DAV in 2003 and 2004.
• In 2008, Emerson supported the watered down "new G.I. Bill", which provided far less benefits then the bi-partisan Webb-Hagel bill that ultimately passed and serves Veterans today.

General Steven Anderson (Ret.) stars in VoteVets' latest teevee ad calling for clean energy legislation in the U.S. Senate.

SEIU, VoteVets, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Sierra Club launched a new TV campaign this morning with an initial $2 million buy. There are two versions of the ad - the one above praises senators like Claire McCaskill for supporting energy reform legislation. Alternate versions in North Carolina, North Carolina and Nebraksa criticize senators of both parties who voted against energy reform.

So, he needs money to stop himself? Here is an email I got from his campaign:

VoteVets.org is launching a new ad campaign targeting Roy Blunt's opposition to clean energy and jobs legislation that would reduce American dependence on foreign oil.  The ads will be running St. Louis, Kansas City, Columbia and Springfield, a spokesman tells the Post-Dispatch.