Thursday, September 13, 2007
By Charles Hurt
WASHINGTON — The New York Times dramatically slashed its normal rates for a full-page advertisement for MoveOn.org's ad questioning the integrity of Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq.
Headlined "Cooking the Books for the White House," the ad that ran in Monday's Times says Petraeus is "a military man constantly at war with the facts" and concluded -- even before he testified before Congress -- that "General Petraeus is likely to become General Betray Us."
According to Abbe Serphos, director of public relations for the Times, "the open rate for an ad of that size and type is $181,692."
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Read the articles here and here.
This is what I'm talking about folks. Why do Democrats need to solicit money from a group that would say such a ridiculous thing about a man that is risking so much for our country? You may disagree with him, but calling him a traitor? Way to stoke the fire. And here's the jab from the Republican side:
Citing the shared liberal bent of the group and the Times, one Republican aide on Capitol Hill speculated that it was the "family discount."
"I'm surprised they had to pay anything at all for the ad," the GOP staffer said. "They could have just asked the editorial page to run it and it wouldn't have cost them a cent."
Jab, jab, jabjabjab. And it goes on and on...
and I can read between the lines.
But I don’t know what we were fighting for,
I’m just trying, to breakout.
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