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Television
November 5, 2006
- Campaign tv ad - What is the Maine Press REALLY saying about Olympia
Snowe?
October 17, 2006 - Campaign tv ad - Time for Snowe to Go: View Ad
See our campaign television ad,
which makes it very clear that Jean is the candidate who wants to
get us out of Iraq. The ad features a statement by WWII vet Dick Bernard
of South Portland, and a clip from Jean's powerful convention speech.
It was filmed by Martha Spiess and produced by Kane-Lewis Productions.
 October
9, 2006 - Dennis Kucinich supports Jean Hay Bright for Senate:
Real Media Windows
Radio
These ads have been running on Nassau Broadcasting's Air America Radio (WLVP 870 AM), in the Portland, Maine area. If you are in that broadcast area, listen in. If not, click on one of the links below to hear each ad.
Text of each ad can be found below
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright, Democratic
running for U.S. Senate.
I have always opposed the war in Iraq but I have always supported
our troops and our veterans. Olympia Snowe supports the war in
Iraq, but she does no support our troops. She voted with her Republican
counterparts to deny full medical care for our returning troops.
And she voted against bankruptcy protection for families of our
good military men and women serving overseas. We need to stop
this war now. And we need to start fully funding the benefits
and medical care our returning troops and veterans so rightly
deserve. They upheld their end of the bargain, the government
must uphold its end. As a military wife during the Vietnam war,
this hits close to home.
ANNOUNCER: Authorized and paid for by Jean Hay Bright,
U.S. Senate, David Bright, Treasurer. To become a part of this
progressive campaign, log on to www.JeanHayBright.US.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright, I'm running for U.S. Senate,
and I approved this message.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright, Democratic
running for U.S. Senate.
My Republican opponent, Olympia Snowe, voted for Medicare Part
B, even though she knew it banned negotiation of drug prices.
She voted for Medicare Part B even though she knew the doughnut
hole would hurt many low income seniors. Now she supports allowing
Americans to re-import drugs from Canada, but if our government
had been able to negotiate prices in the first place we would
not need to re-import drugs from Canada, and we likely would not
need the doughnut hole because drug prices would be so much lower,
most Americans would never reach that limit. It is a bit like
the arsonist who set the fire and then wants credit for helping
to put it out.
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U.S. Senate, David Bright, Treasurer. On the web at JeanHayBright.US.
JEAN: Olympia Snowe has been in office for twenty-eight
years, four years longer then Margaret Chase Smith. Isn't it time
to elect someone who will fight to get it right the first time?
I'm Jean Hay Bright, I'm running for U.S. Senate, and I approved
this message.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright, Democratic
running for U.S. Senate.
We need a national policy of conservation and energy self-sufficiency
through renewable resources. I'm talking solar, wind, tidal, hydro,
geothermal, and things like bio-diesel, ethanol, and other fuels
made from annual crops and trees. I'm talking cleaner air. I'm
talking jobs — good paying, quality jobs — designing,
building, installing and maintaining this new energy infrastructure.
I'm also talking national security and changes in our foreign
policy. We get this done and our so-called leaders won't feel
the need to invade other countries and steal their oil resources
to keep our society going.
ANNOUNCER: Authorized and paid for by Jean Hay Bright,
U.S. Senate, David Bright, Treasurer. To become a part of this
progressive campaign, log on to www.JeanHayBright.US.
JEAN: My name is Jean Hay Bright, I'm running for U.S.
Senate, and I approved this message.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright, Democratic
running for U.S. Senate, and I approved this message.
My Republican opponent claims she stands up for the rights of
women but she voted to confirm Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme
Court even though she knew Judge Alito has a plan to dismantle
Roe v. Wade. Olympia Snowe was the last senator to vote. Judge
Alito was already safely confirmed. Snowe could have kept all
the women's groups in her camp by symbolically voting against
Judge Alito's confirmation. By voting to confirm, Olympia Snowe
told us very clearly where she stood on choice. Now we know what
kind of America Olympia Snowe wants women to live in.
When it comes to pro-choice, there's only one choice in this election.
ANNOUNCER: Authorized and paid for by Jean Hay Bright,
U.S. Senate, David Bright, Treasurer. To become a part of this
progressive campaign, log on to www.JeanHayBright.US.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright and I approved this message.
On November 7th, vote for the America you want to live in.
JEAN: Olympia Snowe voted to start and
keep this war going. Now in an election year conversion, she says
'staying the course' is neither an option nor a plan. I say re-electing
Snowe is neither an option nor a plan. Twenty-eight years in Congress
is enough. I'm Jean Hay Bright, I'm running for U.S. Senate and
I approved this message. It's time for Snowe to go.
JEAN: The Iraq War has been a disaster,
no matter how you count. I'm Jean Hay Bright, Democrat for U.S.
Senate, and I say we need to get out, now. Not just our troops,
but outfits like Halliburton. We need to make Iraq off-limits
to all American corporations. We also stop building permanent
military bases in Iraq. We just stop, and go home. They can drink
any Starbucks coffee we leave behind.
To maximize stability, we coordinate our pull-out with the Iraqi
government, its allies in the region, the UN and European countries.
The oil fields and all the associated infrastructure gets turned
back to the Iraqi government. If we want their oil, we buy it
from them.
We will be paying for this Bush-made disaster for many decades.
But with us out of the way, the reconstruction and healing can
begin.
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to contributions from people like you. To become a part of this
progressive campaign, log on to JeanHayBright.US.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright and I approved this message.
Let's work together, and let's all vote for the America we want
to live in.
JEAN: My name is Jean Hay Bright. I'm
a writer, organic farmer, and a Democrat running for U.S. Senate.
Taking back Olympia Snowe's seat is the only way Maine Democrats
have this year to change the agenda in the U.S. Senate. How Maine
Democrats vote in the June primary, who they pick to face off
against Olympia Snowe, will make a difference in what happens
next in this country.
Do you want a senator proud of where she comes from? One with
a long history of working in and for Maine? A senator with backbone?
One who speaks out for what she believes in? And what you believe
in? I think you do.
Compare my writing, speeches and activism the past quarter-century
with Olympia Snowe's abysmal voting record, and you will see that,
as Olympia Snowe's first woman opponent, I provide a clear choice
in this race.
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to contributions from people like you. To become a part of this
progressive campaign, log on to JeanHayBright.US.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright, and I'm asking for your vote.
It's not just a vote for me, it's a vote for the America we all
want to live in.
JEAN: Have you noticed? Republicans passed
a Medicare drug plan so bad that some who voted for it are now
talking about throwing it out and starting over. Republicans repeatedly
pass health care benefits for Veterans, and then repeatedly under-fund
those programs, leaving veterans unprotected.
Republican reliance on private insurance plans have forced our
largest corporations to lay off thousands of workers because they
can no longer afford to manufacture goods in America.
I'm Jean Hay Bright, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate.
Health care in this country is broken. And we're all going broke
along with it. Let's fix it.
When America adopts a national health care program, covering all
Americans, we won't have to argue about who gets drug benefits,
or Veteran's benefits, or employee benefits. That's because we
will all be on the same plan.
ANNOUNCER: Paid for by Jean Hay Bright U.S. Senate, thanks
to contributions from people like you. To become a part of this
progressive campaign, log on to JeanHayBright.US.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright, and I'm asking for your vote.
It's not just a vote for me, it's a vote for the America we all
want to live in.
JEAN: My name is Jean Hay Bright, and
I'm a Democrat running for U.S. Senate.
True national security is NOT confiscating pen knives and knitting
needles, or tying up traffic at the border.
True national security is a fair tax code, a sustainable economy,
and a manufacturing base restored to its former luster. It's a
skilled and educated work force, a safe work place, a decent day's
pay for an honest day's work. It's a commitment to renewable energy,
conservation, alternative fuels, and a foreign policy based on
peace, not exploitation. It's growing safe and healthy food, understanding
and protecting the environment, caring about clean air and clean
water.
My campaign for U.S. Senate is about these values. I'm asking
all Democrats who share these values to vote for me in the June
13 primary.
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to contributions from people like you. To become a part of this
progressive campaign, log on to JeanHayBright.US.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright, and I'm asking for your vote.
It's not just a vote for me, it's a vote for the America we all
want to live in.
JEAN: Imagine a strong, outspoken pro-choice,
pro-labor woman Democrat representing Maine in the U.S. Senate.
Imagine that woman Democratic Senator voting to stop the war in
Iraq. And voting to start national single-payer health care.
My name is Jean Hay Bright, and I am running for U.S. Senate.
I win the Democratic primary in June, and Olympia Snowe will face
her first woman opponent in her entire 28 years in Congress.
And the choice in November, between Olympia Snowe and me, will
not be a race between a pro-choice liberal and a pro-choice moderate.
With her votes for Judge Alito and the Republican agenda, Olympia
Snowe has proven she is neither pro-choice nor moderate. Olympia
Snowe has become a Bush-enabler.
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to contributions from people like you. To become a part of this
progressive campaign, log on to JeanHayBright.US.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright and I approved this message.
Let's work together, and letís all vote for the America we want
to live in.
JEAN: In political circles, it's known
as the "inside/outside strategy." Marches, petition drives, rallies,
sit-ins are "outside" strategies -- designed to change the minds,
and the votes, of incumbent politicians who don't agree with our
way of thinking. Working to replace those politicians with people
who do share our views, and our vision for America, is the "inside"
part of that strategy.
My name is Jean Hay Bright, and I'm running for U.S. Senate against
Olympia Snowe.
Activist politics connects people, empowers people to stand up
for what they believe. And that is good. But from my perspective,
that empowerment is a means to an end.
The bottom line for me is getting our people in positions of power,
so we control the agenda, so our side casts the deciding votes,
and we take back our America.
ANNOUNCER: Paid for by Jean Hay Bright U.S. Senate, thanks
to contributions from people like you. To become a part of this
progressive campaign, log on to JeanHayBright.US.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright. Let's all work, march, speak
out -- and vote -- for the America we want to live in.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright, Democratic
candidate for U.S. Senate. I am furious at yet another scandal
in Washington, this one the Bush administration's warrant-less
wiretapping of American citizens. And I am not alone. The New
York Times March 9 editorial said:
"Faced with a president who is almost certainly breaking
the law, the Senate sets up a panel to watch him do it, and calls
that control."
That New York Times editorial pointed to Maine Senator Olympia Snowe's
complicity in the situation, calling it, quote, "disappointing."
In a March 12 editorial, the Los Angeles Times also nailed Olympia
Snowe for her sponsorship of that proposal, and for voting with
her fellow Republicans in rejecting an investigation into the President's
actions. Clearly, Olympia Snowe is part of the problem. It's time
for a change.
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to contributions from people like you. To become a part of this
progressive campaign, log on to JeanHayBright.US.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright. Let's work together, and let's
all vote for the America we want to live in.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright, Democratic
candidate for U.S. Senate. For 30 years in Maine, I've made my
living as a writer and as an organic farmer, first in Blue Hill
and now in Dixmont. Organic farmers are environmentalists. We
work WITH nature instead of against it, to grow healthy food in
a sustainable environment.
Not only does George Bush think he can ignore the laws of this
great land of ours, but he thinks that he can ignore the Laws
of Nature.
Global warming is real. Hurricanes are more devastating. Asthma
and diabetes are now epidemic. Yet the Kyoto Climate Change treaty
is unsigned, GMO food is unlabeled, car mileage and pollution
standards are irresponsibly low, and drilling in ANWR is still
on the table.
If you like the idea of having an organic farmer as your next
U.S. Senator, join our campaign and help send me to Washington.
I'm Jean Hay Bright and I approved this message.
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become a part of this progressive campaign, log on to JeanHayBright.US.
JEAN: And to keep these ads on the air, please help with
a campaign contribution. Let's all work together for the America
we want to live in.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright, Democratic
candidate for U.S. Senate.
As a reporter and Bureau Chief for the Bangor Daily News in the
70s and 80s, I watched local and state office holders constantly
wrestle with the delicate balance between essential community
services and a fair tax structure.
I see none of that balance in the Bush Administration or the Republicans
in Congress. The illegal war in Iraq is driving this country into
bankruptcy. Medicare, Medicaid, student loans, food stamps, home
heating assistance are under constant threat.
But the wealthy keep getting those tax breaks.
Just recently, the choice in the Senate was billions in tax breaks
on UNEARNED income, or better medical care for veterans. Senator
Olympia Snowe had the gall to vote AGAINST better medical care
for our veterans.
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become a part of this progressive campaign, log on to JeanHayBright.US.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright and I approved this message.
To keep these ads on the air, please help with a campaign contribution.
Let's all work together for the America we want to live in.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright, Democratic
candidate for U.S. Senate.
We need to start looking out for working families. It's long past
time we had national single-payer health care. The minimum wage
should be a living wage. OSHA standards should be tightened, and
enforced. Pensions and Social Security must be protected. We need
to get out of NAFTA and CAFTA, and put Americans back to work.
Last fall Senator Olympia Snowe voted against raising the federal
minimum wage above $5.15 an hour. Olympia Snowe favors repeal
of the estate tax, and wants more tax cuts for the wealthy. Olympia
Snowe voted for the draconian Bankruptcy Bill, even though half
of all bankruptcies can be traced to medical emergencies.
Olympia Snowe is not a moderate.
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JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright and I approved this message.
If YOU approve of it, please help with your time and a campaign
contribution. Let's work together, and let's all vote for the
America we want to live in.
JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright, Democratic
candidate for U.S. Senate.
The invasion of Iraq was illegal and unprovoked. More than 2,000
of our good military men and women and at least 30,000 Iraqis
have died. We are an occupying army in a country that wants us
gone. Our bombs have destroyed Iraq, and the torture, the secret
prisons, the corruption scandals have destroyed America's reputation
as a moral country.
Senator Olympia Snowe voted for the Iraq War Resolution, and for
every war funding bill since. She voted for the Patriot Act. She
voted, twice, last fall to deny habeas corpus rights to our Guantanamo
Bay detainees.
Olympia Snowe is not a moderate.
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to contributions from people like you. To become a part of this
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JEAN: I'm Jean Hay Bright and I approved this message.
If YOU approve of it, please help with your time and a campaign
contribution. Let's work together, and let's all vote for the
America we want to live in.
This ad on Air America in the Portland area
aired the week before the Alito confirmation vote, which came
on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006. Senator Susan Collins announced her
support for Judge Alito Thursday afternoon, Jan. 26, 2006. Senator
Olympia Snowe, at the very last moment, voted to confirm Judge
Alito.
I'm Jean Hay Bright, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. As
a long-time pro-choice activist, I'm concerned about Judge Alito's
public animosity toward Roe v. Wade, and his dismissive attitude
toward women. I'm alarmed that Judge Alito believes the President
has the authority to alter or disregard any law he chooses.
Our Constitution establishes a balance of power between the three
branches of government. Judge Alito on the Supreme Court presents
a clear and present danger to that balance. A President already
grasping at power unheard of in our nation's history, and a complicit
Supreme Court stacked in the President's favor, does not bode
well for the continuation of freedom and democracy in America.
Maine's two Senators refused to say where they stood until Alito's
confirmation became publicly assured. Now their votes are simply
irrelevant. Even if they ultimately vote the right way, I, for
one, will not be applauding a decision made too late to make a
difference.
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