'You can't have him ...'

Check out this new ad from MoveOn.org and AFSCME, who are trying to get it on the air in several key states. It's been a while since I was a new mom, but I can sure identify with this woman's sentiments.

I kept waiting for her to say something like, "He hasn't met his dad yet, because my husband's been in Iraq since before our son's birth." But although that doesn't seem to be the case for this little boy, there are many families with parents who are missing huge chunks of their children's first years because of repeated tours in Iraq, and thousands of parents who won't be coming back at all. So when the GOP's candidate John McCain said last week that it's "not too important" how long we stay there ... well, I am sure that many, many young families would beg to disagree ... strongly.

Update: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama today laid the blame for the failure to capture Osama bin Laden exactly where it belongs.

Comments

[theresa]

another nicely done piece!

McBush needs to keep being placed with his positions.

Sadly I have been working with a lot of folks in the Bible Belt that have serious concerns over Obama -- based on what they heard from "someone" that is never even true.

I have to admit it worries me.

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[Julie in Boise]

Don't be worried. Just point them in the direction of this:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome/

or, if they have a sense of humor, this:

http://www.slate.com/id/2193798/

and even more than that, TALK with them and tell them why you'll be voting for Obama this fall. Our kids may be the biggest reason of all.

[theresa]

obviously we do talk -- I just think to many people are taking for it as a given, and I hope all these new folks know there is a LOT of work to do ... or we could see a denial of change in Nov

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[Michael L.]

The child is her first born. John McCain is the angel of death, taking children to man the 58 permanent bases that will protect the no-bid oil contracts ad infinitum. You can't have them