Subject: IMPORTANT- FYI Talking points for FFA
From: "Amy Dacey" <[email-masked]>
To: "John Stocks" <[email-masked]>, "John Podesta" <[email-masked]>, "Robert McKay" <[email-masked]>, "Anna Burger" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Elias, Marc (Perkins Coie)" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:18:20 -0500

Please refer to the following legally vetted and approved talking points in
reference to FFA donations and activity.

Katy will be working with all of your press people directly and giving them
the same information.

In reference to the Form 9 (filed with the FEC by CDA).  This marks the
recent add as non political and an electioneering communication.  We were
not made aware of this until we had the FEC filing.  FFA is named as the
only contributor and reflects an amount that was never a direct grant to CDA
(we have given 2 seperate grants for 1 million each)

Also- it has not been noticed but on the Form 9 they have listed Bill
Zimmerman as doing the creative for the ad- this is the same individual who
created the Petraeus ad by Move on.

*Talking Points*

A1: FFA supports a variety of progressive groups through unrestricted gifts.
We report all of those gifts. We do not direct the content or the activities
of those groups.

A2: The Board does not review any ad copy, does not see polling, and does
not make any decisions for these groups. We did not know about this ad prior
to hearing about it along with the rest of the world.

A3: If you want to know more about the genesis of the ad or the reasons,
you'll have to call CDA itself.

A4: Again, we support a variety of progressive groups... (Repeat answers
A1).

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

The Lawyers (FFA, CDA, CAP) will be on a call later today to discuss all of
this,.

-- 
Amy K. Dacey
Executive Director
Fund for America
202-730-7727