Subject: [big campaign] Progressive Future Launches New "American Tune" Ad
From: "Adam Lioz" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 10:20:38 -0700
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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
                                CONTACT INFORMATION:*

November 2, 2008
                             Brad Martin: 406.750.3457 (cell)

*Three Days Before Election, New "American Tune" Ad Launch*

*Focuses on Middle Class America's Economic Struggles*

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Denver, CO –   With just days left before the election, Progressive Future
launched on national news outlets an ad focused on the recent economic
challenges facing middle America.  The ad weds images of ordinary Americans
struggling through troubled times to singer Paul Simon's empathetic lyrics
of "American Tune":  "I don't know a soul who's not been battered/I don't
have a friend who feels at ease/I don't know a dream that's not been
shattered/or driven to its knees."  The ad concludes with an image of
Senator McCain, his arm draped around President Bush, as viewers hear the
lyrics, "Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on/I can't help
it/I wonder what's gone wrong."

"This ad zeroes in on the challenges we're facing as a country and the
choice we have on Tuesday," said Brad Martin, Progressive Future Political
Director.  "From record foreclosures, to high unemployment, to millions
without healthcare, this country needs to move in a different direction."

Martin cited recent statistics that document the economic ordeals
highlighted in the ad.  According to RealtyTrac(R) numbers from October 2008,
home foreclosures have increased 21 percent from September 2007; one in
every 475 U.S. housing units received a foreclosure filing in September
2008. The Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment numbers stayed at over six
percent, or nearly 10 million, unemployed in September.  The National
Coalition on Health Care reports 47 million Americans are without healthcare
insurance.

"This song was written over thirty years ago, when people were hurting
because of a different set of problems.  Well, we're hurting again today,"
added Martin.  "It's time to make a change."

Progressive Future is running the ad on national network programs on CNN and
MSNBC this weekend. Viewers can also access the ad at
http://www.progressivefuture.org/american-tune

The production is the second pro-Obama ad sponsored by Progressive Future.
In the first ad, released on Wednesday, the group makes the case for Obama
using footage of Ronald Reagan from his one and only debate against Jimmy
Carter, where Reagan asked if Americans were "better off" than they were
four years ago.  The ad can be seen at www.betteroff08.com.

In addition to sponsoring the "American Tune" and the "Better Off" ads,
Progressive Future is conducting a grassroots program to elect Barack Obama.
The group has organized efforts to persuade undecided voters through
face-to-face contacts at the door in critical battleground states. In the
final 96 hours of the election, the group is mobilizing its members and
activists to conduct a get-out-the-vote drive.

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Progressive Future promotes progressive values through grassroots action.
Its mission is to build and mobilize grassroots support, both online and in
neighborhoods throughout America, for progressive change. This fall,
Progressive Future is running several field programs to engage citizens in
the upcoming election.  To learn more, visit www.ProgressiveFuture.org.

      Paid for by Progressive Future at
www.ProgressiveFuture.org<http://www.progressivefuture.org/>
.  Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

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