Front groups target Reid, undermine Nevada voters

The following ad is now appearing in Northern Nevada, and we were appalled:

Who is behind this ad? Perhaps some group of Nevada teabaggers from out around Elko? You might think that, but wait. They’re from California.

According to SourceWatch, the political action committee Our Country Deserves Better, was formed during the 2008 presidential campaign specifically to oppose Barack Obama. The PAC leaders, headquartered in Sacramento, California, are operatives from the Move America Forward front group which got its start back in 2003 with the then-Governor Gray Davis recall effort which ended with the election of Arnold Schwartzenegger.

Since Our Country Deserves Better is a non-profit, 5013c organization, they don’t have to divulge who contributes to their efforts. But the same players keep showing up.

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Dear Congress ... you're not 'off' until we say you are.

It’s business as usual during the dog days in Washington D. C., and the’I’ve got mine’republican led groupwant to run this healthcare bill out so they can go home … hoping of course that by the time they get back the public opinion tide will have turned, thanks to shady front group campaign blitzes.

I don’t know about you, but I get to go on vacation when my boss says it’s okay, not when I feel like it. My work has to be caught up, and I can’t just blast out to the lake leaving everybody in the lurch.

Why don’t we just hold Congress to the same standard?

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