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Siobhan Guiney
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Move America Forward Co-Chair Melanie Morgan is appearing at the Marin Republican Women, Federated on Friday 5/20.

Marin Republican Women, Federated Invites you to spend an evening with KSFO’s Melanie Morgan

Four Points Sheraton Hotel
San Rafael
Friday, May 20, 2005
Social Hour: 6:00-7:00pm
Followed by dinner

Tickets: 75.00 which includes dinner and a $30.00 donation to Move America Forward

Make your reservations on line at: http://www.maringop.org

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Howard Kaloogian
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 12, 2005
CONTACT:  Siobhan Guiney - (916) 441-6197 or (916) 290-7223

Move America Forward Prepares for Fight on Senate Floor

(SACRAMENTO) – The organization strongly backing the nomination of John Bolton to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Move America Forward (website: www.MoveAmericaForward.org), the vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to send Bolton’s nomination to the floor of the Senate for an up or down vote.

“John Bolton is the perfect choice to represent the United States at the UN because he will fight the corruption and anti-Americanism that permeates the United Nations,” said Howard Kaloogian, Co-Chairman, Move America Forward.

“When you combine the Bolton nomination vote with President Bush’s remarks in Europe this week about our mistake in Yalta for not standing up to tyranny and allowing all of Eastern Europe to fall into the grasp of a communist dictatorship, it makes this a triumphant week for freedom and democracy across the globe.  Most importantly, it is an important step in protecting American security.

“We worked very hard to mobilize everyday Americans to voice their support for Bolton because we knew Bolton’s opponents would resort to the nastiest form of partisan politics and dirty tricks in an effort to block Bolton,” said Howard Kaloogian,

Move America Forward has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in television and radio ads to shed light on Bolton’s qualifications so U.S. Senators would support Bolton’s nomination.  A key component was radio advertisements in Ohio to generate compel Senator George Voinovich to give John Bolton the opportunity to receive an up or down vote on the full Senate floor., Voinovich had earlier succumbed to Democrat Senators’ hysteria and forced a postponement of today’s vote.

“While we are disappointed that Senator Voinovich fails to see the value in a strong pro-American advocate at the United Nations, at least he had enough sense to vote the nomination to the Senate floor.  We obviously still have work to do with Senator Voinovich, but we are grateful that he agreed to move this important nomination forward,” said Melanie Morgan, Co-Chairman, Move America Forward.

Move America Forward has also called upon its 200,000 members to contact their Senator via phone and email to convey their support for Bolton.

“Now that this nomination is moving on to the full Senate, we call on all Senators - Republicans and Democrats alike - to support Bolton.  Unfortunately, we expect John Bolton to face even more inexcusable assaults upon his good name and character.  We’re going to be ready to stand up for John Bolton.  And we’ll also be telling the American people which Senators are doing the bidding of those despots and dictators that find safe haven in the UN by fighting to defeat Bolton’s nomination,” said Kaloogian.

Move America Forward will be selecting key Senators to target with both paid advertising and grassroots phone and email campaigns to influence those Senators whose votes will be crucial in confirming John Bolton to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the UN on the Senate floor.

During the discussion of whether each Senator would vote for or against Bolton’s nomination, some Senators engaged in a shameful exercise of trashing Bolton’s character and qualifications.

The attitude of some of these Senators disturbed Move America Forward’s leadership.

“It shouldn’t be too hard to figure out which side of the fence you fall on when it comes down to supporting John Bolton,” said Melanie Morgan, Co-Chair of Move America Forward.

“Bolton’s exemplary record has earned him the strong support of great leaders like President George W. Bush, Margaret Thatcher and Jeanne Kirkpatrick.  The other side of Bolton opponents includes Fidel Castro, Senator John Kerry and an admitted plagiarist who headed up her local chapter of MOB – Mothers Opposing Bush.  It shouldn’t be hard to figure out whose side you’re on.

“Shame on those confused and weak-kneed Senators like George Voinovich for being blind-sided by the partisan witch hunt that was launched by Bolton’s Democrat opponents.  This is not the time to disparage John Bolton, who will represent America’s best interests.  The time would be better spent criticizing the anti-American attitudes of the UN and their continual policies of coddling the worlds worst dictators, despots and tyrants,” Morgan concluded.

Posted By:
Jed Babbin
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This is going to be a really big week for the UN on Capitol Hill. On Thursday, John Bolton’s nomination to be UN ambassador will come up (sigh, again) in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  If it’s voted out to the floor, it will pass quickly.  To see just why we need a tough guy—or nobody at all—in the UN job, check out my column in today’s New York Post.

If that weren’t enough for one week, Congress has to deal with Paul Volcker’s absurd request to halt its own investigations into the Oil-for-Food-for-Bribes-for-Weapons scam.  I suggest they tell Mr. Volcker—in diplomatic but firm terms—to get lost.  Check out the column in today’s American Spectator.

The problems in the UN are tough ones, and dealing with them will be a disagreeable task.  If we can’t get a tough guy like John Bolton into that post, we probably should just leave it vacant.  Maybe we should send some low-ranking bureaucrat to be our representative (without ambassadorial rank).  He could sit there reading sci-fi novels, only raising his head to veto whatever nonsense was the business of the day.  Think about that.  It mightn’t be a bad way to go.

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Jed Babbin
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Ladies and Gents; I’ll be on both Fox and Friends on Sunday at about 0915 and on O’Reilly on Monday nite about 2015.  Natch, the subject is the Turtle Bay crime family.  Hope you can catch it.

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Melanie Morgan
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 4, 2005
CONTACT:  Siobhan Guiney - (916) 441-6197 or (916) 290-7223

(SACRAMENTO) – The organization strongly backing the nomination of John Bolton to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Move America Forward (website: www.MoveAmericaForward.org), is targeting John Bolton’s critics and the UN itself in a new television ad campaign.

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The newest ad, “Bolton-Feingold,” will air on major broadcast network television stations in the state of Wisconsin and encourages Wisconsin residents to contact Senator Russ Feingold and voice their support for Bolton.

Feingold initially said he was neutral on the Bolton nomination, and then changed his position, saying he was now inclined to vote against Bolton after the Senate Democrat leadership made a major effort to defeat Bolton by pressuring Senate Republicans to withdraw their support from Bolton’s nomination.

“Some of the most liberal Senators, including Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, have tried to turn Bolton’s confirmation into politics-as-usual by playing dirty,” said Melanie Morgan, Co-Chair of Move America Forward.

“We decided that if Bolton critics were going to put the heat on Senators like Lincoln Chafee and George Voinovich, then its time for Bolton supporters to make their voices heard to such wavering votes as Democrat Senator Russ Feingold,” Morgan explained.

The newest ad also refocuses attention from the supposed downfall of Bolton’s strong personality traits to the credibility issues surrounding Bolton’s critics.

The ad highlights two Bolton critics, Melody Townsel and Carl Ford.

“People in glass houses shouldn’t throw bricks and it’s time that those seeking to smear John Bolton’s reputation face the same scrutiny themselves,” said Morgan.

The Move America Forward commercial notes that Townsel is an activist liberal Democrat who founded the Dallas chapter of “MOB” – Mothers Opposing Bush. 

“It’s not surprising that an anti-Bush activist would testify against John Bolton.  All the Senators speaking out against John Bolton have been anti-Bush activists themselves.  I think it’s time that the American people be told the truth – those who oppose John Bolton simply wish to advance their anti-Bush agenda, even if it puts America in harms way,” Morgan said.

Perhaps most significantly, Townsel is an admitted plagiarist who was forced from her editorial job at the Abilene Christian University newspaper, The Optimist.

The Optimist says that Townsel was forced to resign after she confessed to plagiarizing columns “word-for-word from the Dallas Morning News” during the autumn of 1984. 

Townsel then moved on to the University of Texas, Arlington’s “The Shorthorn” newspaper where she was again forced out after accusations of plagiarism surfaced over a September 6, 1985 column on third-world hunger.  Some critics said the piece was plagiarized from a Newsweek piece written a year earlier.  Townsel, however, claims she was not guilty of plagiarism in this instance.

It was Townsel’s wild accusations against Bolton that were read by Senator Joe Biden at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that prompted Senator George Voinovich to at least temporarily withdraw his support from Bolton’s nomination.

“This woman is a cheater and liar who cannot be trusted.  It’s absurd that the nomination of John Bolton was blocked by the accusations of an anti-Bush activist who’s been busted for plagiarism,” said Melanie Morgan.

Also featured in the spot is Carl Ford.  Mr. Ford testified against Bolton’s nomination, describing himself as a “conservative Republican.” However, Federal Elections Commission records show that Ford has a long history of giving money to the campaigns of liberal Democrats including Senator John Kerry.

CARL FORD’S CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDE:

$500 to Democrat Senator John Kerry [11/9/1999]
$1,000 to Democrat Congressman Charles Rangel [8/12/2004]
$250 to Democrat Congresswoman Jane Harman [3/7/2000]
$500 to Democrat Senator Daniel Inouye [2/18/2004]
$1,000 to Democrat Congresswoman Jane Harman [12/8/2003]

“I don’t know a single conservative Republican who gives campaign cash to liberal Democrats like Charles Rangel and John Kerry.  Giving money to these kind of far left politicians, but then proclaiming yourself to be a conservative Republican fan of George Bush and Dick Cheney suggests a penchant for political opportunism that raises questions about Ford’s motivations for smearing Bolton,” said Morgan.

The new television spot doesn’t just focus on the questions surrounding Bolton’s critics, but also refocuses attention on the problems facing the United Nation’s itself.

“Those who most strongly oppose John Bolton are the biggest apologists for the United Nations, and this should tell us what the Bolton confirmation battle is all about.  The people who told us we needed a ‘global test’ to determine America’s foreign policy can’t stand the idea that we’d have a strong pro-American voice at the United Nations,” said Move America Forward Co-Chair, Howard Kaloogian.

“We’ve got a message for those Senators who want to play political games and who might sacrifice John Bolton’s nomination in an effort to somehow embarrass President Bush – there’s a price to be paid for putting politics over America’s national security.

“If you weaken America’s stand at the United Nations we’ll make sure your constituents are kept fully aware and we won’t relent,” Kaloogian concluded.