Move America Forward

<div id="mw-content-text" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en"><p><b>=</b></p><p><b>barker:</b></p><p><b>....</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6;">Yet an examination of its fundraising appeals, tax records and other documents shows that</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6;"> </span><a href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">Move America Forward</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6;">has repeatedly misled donors and inflated its charitable accomplishments, while funneling millions of dollars in revenue to the men behind the group and their political consulting firms. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">In several instances, the charity has taken images and stories from other groups and from veterans themselves without permission to use in fundraising appeals.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">Last year, Move America Forward even solicited funds by claiming a partnership with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the largest hospital for wounded service members in the country. No such partnership existed, Defense Department officials say.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">The charity’s funds and other assets also appear to have been used to subsidize three conservative political action committees, records show.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">Charity watchdogs have long criticized Move America Forward for spending too much on administrative fees and having little outside oversight. For instance, it earned <a href="http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12342#.U99jHYBdVC4" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">zero stars</a> out of a potential four from the rating organization Charity Navigator.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">But experts on campaign finance and taxation say Move America Forward’s practices may trigger more than bad ratings. Its activities could violate tax rules, which prohibit charities from engaging in partisan politics or overly benefiting the people who run them.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">“They’re playing audit roulette,” said Marcus Owens, a lawyer who once ran the division on tax-exempt organizations in the Internal Revenue Service. Owens said Move America Forward reminded him of the Coalition for Freedom, a charity linked to then-Senator Jesse Helms that lost its tax-exempt status with the IRS largely because of <a href="http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopico96.pdf" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">its political activities</a> in the mid-1980s. “They’re betting the IRS won’t find them, or won’t find them in time.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">The driving force behind Move America Forward is Sal Russo, 67, the longtime political consultant who is listed on the 10-year-old charity’s tax returns as chief strategist.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">Russo is better known for helping to form the Our Country Deserves Better PAC, also known as the <a href="http://www.teapartyexpress.org/" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">Tea Party Express</a>, one of the largest Tea Party groups in the country.  Consultants from his Sacramento-based firm, Russo, Marsh and Associates, also set up two other PACs, the <a href="http://www.mafpac.org/" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">Move America Forward Freedom PAC</a>and the <a href="http://www.conservativecampaign.org/" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">Conservative Campaign Committee</a>, to aid conservative causes and candidates.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">Russo and his associates have previously drawn attention for lavishing funds raised through the committees on themselves, using this money on <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43866.html" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">an Alaskan cruise</a> and fancy hotels as well as paying themselves <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/inside-game-creating-pacs-and-then-spending-their-money" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">huge consulting fees</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">Russo didn’t respond to questions from ProPublica. Danny Gonzalez, a spokesman for Move America Forward, did not answer questions either, instead providing a four-paragraph defense of the charity. “We are proud of the fact that we always appropriate our donor’s (sic) funds ethically and in the spirit of our mission to support the troops,” he said, adding that Move America Forward was currently preparing 2,000 boxes of care packages for shipping.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">It’s not clear who currently oversees Move America Forward’s day-to-day operations. The former executive director, Shawn Callahan, left in 2012 and does not seem to have been replaced. Callahan also didn’t respond to questions, although last year, he defended the group to ProPublica in an email and said Move America Forward had been audited recently by the IRS.  (The IRS does not comment on individual taxpayers.)...</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">Move America Forward raises much of its money with its annual fundraiser, called Troopathon, held this year in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and broadcast live on the Internet. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">Over the years, Troopathons have featured live and taped appearances by conservative stars from entertainment, media and politics, including actor Gary Sinise, rock idol <a target="blank" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3035710/posts" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">Gene Simmons</a> of KISS, <a target="blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0rgeyEFo0E" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">Sarah Palin</a>, <a target="blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8A4ka8zJcU" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">Rick Perry</a>, <a target="blank" href="http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2008/06/24/rush_to_appear_on_move_america_forward_telethon" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">Rush Limbaugh</a>, and <a target="blank" href="http://www.troopathon.org/category/press-releases" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">Sean Hannity</a>. The charity counts all the money raised in the month of the broadcast as part of <a target="blank" href="http://www.troopathon.org/" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">Troopathon</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">...</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">One solicitation emailed on April 2, 2013, included a note from “Lacey,” Move America Forward’s contact in Afghanistan. “An update that I received the 60 [packages] you sent off on March 25 & 26th<span style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" />,” Lacey wrote. “We got them yesterday and already got them on our chinook today out [to] some dustoff guys who have been eating MREs for a month now.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">The note promised to send more pictures “like before,” and included a photograph of a Chinook helicopter unloading supplies.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">But ProPublica traced the photograph back to a stock photo company called<a target="blank" href="http://www.stocktrekimages.com/results.asp?image=STK100632M&aa=1&aspscreenwidth=1623" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">StockTrek Images</a>. It was actually taken on Sept. 22, 2004, when soldiers were unloading supplies in Afghanistan for a combat resupply mission.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">ProPublica traced other photographs employed in fundraising pleas by Move America Forward to media outlets such as Agence France Press, Reuters and the San Antonio Express-News, to photos posted by service members on Flickr, to random photos pinned on Pinterest. Move America Forward even used the photograph of a soldier hugging a woman found on Pinterest for a Valentine’s Day pitch, digitally removing the soldier’s name, Boyer, from his cap....oreos</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">...<span style="font-size: 1.1875em; line-height: 1.6;">Charities like Move America Forward, which accept tax-deductible donations, are not allowed to engage in partisan politics like other nonprofits, such as trade associations and social-welfare groups. Charities are also not allowed to pay excessive fees or wages to staffers or consultants, according to federal tax rules.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">But an examination of Move America Forward’s tax returns shows that it is deeply intertwined with Russo’s political enterprises and businesses, paying millions of dollars to him and his consulting firm.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">According to its five most recent tax returns, Move America Forward paid out more than $2.3 million to Russo or Russo, Marsh and Associates for services including “program management and advertising.” That’s about 30 percent of the charity’s overall expenditures over that time.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">“It was just so shady,” said Kelly S. Eustis, a former consultant for the Tea Party Express, also known as Our Country Deserves Better. “With PACs, I know it’s dirty money--it’s politics. But this is a charity that’s supposed to be helping the troops.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">Some of that money might have passed through Russo’s firm, paying for TV ads that the charity has claimed to run praising the troops. No major broadcaster in a top 10 TV market has reported an ad buy by Move America Forward since the Federal Communications Commission required such records be put online in 2012, however. Gonzalez, the Move America Forward spokesman, did not respond to a question asking whether the charity had run any TV ads on network affiliates in major markets since 2007.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">Move America Forward also routes charitable donations through companies started in part by Russo and Callahan, the charity’s former executive director.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">In May, one button on the charity’s website sent donors to the website of a company that processes credit card donations called <a target="blank" href="https://secure.donationsafe.com/maf/" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">DonationSafe</a>, founded by Callahan. Move Forward America doesn’t reveal how much it pays DonationSafe to process donations, but the company has received substantial fees for similar work for Russo-affiliated PACs. The Conservative Campaign Committee, then known as the Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama, paid DonationSafe almost $267,000 for credit card processing in the 2012 election cycle, when the PAC brought in $3.9 million.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">Callahan, who has also worked for Russo, Marsh, and consulted for the Tea Party Express, did not reply to ProPublica questions about processing work related to Move America Forward.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">Another donation button on Move America Forward’s website allows donors to send money for <a href="http://carepackages.moveamericaforward.org/" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">individual care packages</a> or packages for an entire battalion. When a ProPublica reporter donated $24.99 to send a single package in May, her credit card bill showed the money went to a limited liability company called The Campaign Store. So did another donation made to the Troopathon event.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">Russo is the president of The Campaign Store, which described its business as “retail political products” in a 2007 filing with the California Secretary of State. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">In its 2004 application for tax-exempt status, filed under penalty of perjury, Move America Forward told the IRS that it would not directly or indirectly share facilities, equipment, mailing lists or other assets with any political organization.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1875em; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">Yet Move America Forward shares its Sacramento office suite with at least two of<a href="http://www.teapartyexpress.org/contribute" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">the</a> <a href="http://patriotsforamerica.ning.com/group/patriotsforamericaohio/forum/topics/mandel-v-brown-it-s-conservative-or-the-obama-liberal-ohio?commentId=2734278%3AComment%3A398415&xg_source=activity&groupId=2734278%3AGroup%3A11161" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">three</a> PACs set up by Russo, Marsh, as well as <a href="http://www.thecampaignstore.com/store/default.asp?parentid=528" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">The Campaign Store</a>, DonationSafe and <a href="http://frontlinestrat.com/news.php" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">Frontline Strategies</a>, a political consultant firm where <a href="http://frontlinestrat.com/shawn-callahan.php" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(108, 137, 157); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; display: inline;">Callahan</a>is a partner....pro publ</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><font face="Georgia, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 19.200000762939453px; line-height: 24.31999969482422px;"><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/05/exclusive-pro-troop-charity-pays-off-tea-party-cronies-instead.html">http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/05/exclusive-pro-troop-charity-pays-off-tea-party-cronies-instead.html</a></span></font></p><p><b></b></p><p><b>Benen</b></p><h1 class="is-title-pane panel-pane pane-node-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; margin-top: 0rem; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-75Bold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 3.28571rem; margin-bottom: 0.28571rem; letter-spacing: -0.03em;"><font size="4">Conservative military charity faces serious allegation<span style="font-weight: normal;">s</span></font></h1><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Any time a charity is accused of fraud, it’s alarming, but especially during a war, there’s something even more outrageous about dubious charities that claim to be helping veterans and active-duty military personnel.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> </span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Last year, for example, Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) lieutenant governor, Jennifer Carroll, was forced to abruptly resign over her connections to something called Allied Veterans of the World. The Florida-based non-profit was <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/13/3283274/lt-gov-jennifer-carroll-resigns.html" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;">accused of</a> trying to “defraud the public and governmental agencies by misrepresenting how much of its proceeds were donated to charities affiliated with Veterans Administration.”</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> </span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">This year, a Tea Party <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/our-country-deserves-better-pac-launches-%E2%80%9C-campaign-defeat-barack-obama%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;">affiliated</a> group called Move America Forward, is facing allegations every bit as serious. <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/05/exclusive-pro-troop-charity-pays-off-tea-party-cronies-instead.html" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;">Kim Barker’s piece</a> in <em style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The Daily Beast</em> raises serious questions the charity will have to answer quickly.</span></div><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-56Italic, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Move America Forward calls itself the nation’s “largest grassroots pro-troop organization,” and has recruited a bevy of Republican luminaries, including former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney, to support its efforts.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> </span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Yet an examination of its fundraising appeals, tax records and other documents shows that Move America Forward has repeatedly misled donors and inflated its charitable accomplishments, while funneling millions of dollars in revenue to the men behind the group and their political consulting firms.</span></div></blockquote><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Barker’s report raises allegations that, if true, may point to illegalities, including the possible use the charity’s funds to subsidize conservative political action committees.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a name="break" id="break" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;" /></span></div><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-56Italic, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a name="break" id="break" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The driving force behind Move America Forward is Sal Russo, 67, the longtime political consultant who is listed on the 10-year-old charity’s tax returns as chief strategist.</span></a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a name="break" id="break" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> </span></a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a name="break" id="break" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Russo is better known for helping to form the Our Country Deserves Better PAC, also known as the Tea Party Express, one of the largest Tea Party groups in the country.  Consultants from his Sacramento-based firm, Russo, Marsh and Associates, also set up two other PACs, the Move America Forward Freedom PAC and the Conservative Campaign Committee, to aid conservative causes and candidates.</span></a></div></blockquote><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><a name="break" id="break" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">According to its tax returns, Move America Forward paid out more than $2.3 million – about 30% of the group’s overall expenditures – to Russo or his firm.</span></a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><a name="break" id="break" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> </span></a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><a name="break" id="break" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Barker talked to a former Tea Party Express consultant who said, “It was just so shady. With PACs, I know it’s dirty money – it’s politics. But this is a charity that’s supposed to be helping the troops.”</span></a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><a name="break" id="break" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> </span></a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><a name="break" id="break" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">It’s not clear who, if anyone, is handling the day-to-day management of this charity. The organization’s former executive director left in 2012 “and does not seem to have been replaced.”</span></a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><a name="break" id="break" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> </span></a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><a name="break" id="break" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The same report goes on to detail instances in which Move America Forward falsely claimed to deliver care packages to troops, used photos in fundraising and promotional materials that belonged to other organizations, and even boasted to donors about a partnership with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center that never existed.</span></a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><a name="break" id="break" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> </span></a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><a name="break" id="break" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">And yet, despite all of this, Dave Weigel </span></a><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/08/05/the_pro_troop_charity_that_happens_to_give_millions_of_dollars_to_tea_party.html" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;">notes</a> that Move America Forward benefited from testimonials from Dick Cheney, Rick Perry, Rush Limbaugh and other high-profile Republicans.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> </span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-55Roman, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.000059127807617px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Obviously, the charges raised in this investigatory piece remain in the realm of unproven allegations. But given the evidence and seriousness of the potential wrongdoing, it’s easy to imagine law enforcement taking a keen interest in Move America Forward’s records, bank accounts, and activities.</span></div><p><b>
</b></p><p><b>===</b></p><p><b>
</b></p><p><b>Move America Forward</b> (MAF), part of a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Pro-war_lobby" title="Pro-war lobby">pro-war lobby</a>, is headed by California Republican activists, talk show hosts and staff members of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Public_relations" title="Public relations">public relations</a> firm <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Russo_Marsh_%26_Rogers" title="Russo Marsh & Rogers">Russo Marsh & Rogers</a>, which has strong ties to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect">Republican Party</a>. PR professional <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sal_Russo" title="Sal Russo">Sal Russo</a> is the chief strategist <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/MAF/AboutUs">[1]</a> for MAF. It is a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Conservative&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative (page does not exist)">conservative</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/501c3" title="501c3" class="mw-redirect">501c3</a> </span>not-for-profit organization formed in early 2004 by<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_Kaloogian" title="Howard Kaloogian">Howard Kaloogian</a> and "acclaimed radio and television personality" <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Melanie_Morgan" title="Melanie Morgan">Melanie Morgan</a></span>

(formerly of KSFO 560 AM -- San Francisco). As a non-profit

organization it is not required to reveal its funders to the public. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/Page/photo_gallery___monday_morning">[2]</a>.

Melanie Morgan is MAF chairman and a columnist for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/WorldNetDaily" title="WorldNetDaily">WorldNetDaily</a>, and author of the book <i>America Mourning</i>.

She gained national notoriety in the summer of 2006 when she suggested

that Bill Keller, an editor of the New York Times, be killed in a

"gaschamber" for alleged "treason" after the Times' reporting on US

government spying on Americans. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200606300004">[3]</a>

Melanie Morgan has an email address associated with the Russo Marsh & Rogers PR firm: Melanie AT RMRWest.Net.

According to its website, MAF "is a non-partisan, not-for-profit

organization committed to supporting America's efforts to defeat <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a> and supporting the brave men and women of our Armed Forces." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/MAF/AboutUs">[4]</a>

MAF<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> identifies their domestic opponents as "self-loathing liberal

journalists and 'Blame America First' politicians"</span> (June 29, 2005 email,

titled "The War at Home - in America"). In September 2007, MAF claimed

to have "raised an estimated $2 million," and to have "about 1 million

members and financial supporters," according to <i>The Indianapolis Star</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070913/LOCAL18/709130460">[5]</a></p>

<h2>Contents</h2>

<ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#Political_action_committees"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Political action committees</span></a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#The_MAF_Freedom_PAC"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">The MAF Freedom PAC</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#Our_Country_Deserves_Better"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Our Country Deserves Better</span></a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#History"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#Personnel"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Personnel</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#Connections_with_Russo_Marsh_and_Rogers"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Connections with Russo Marsh and Rogers</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#Campaigns_and_actions"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Campaigns and actions</span></a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#January_2009_Protest_of_Bill_Ayers"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">January 2009 Protest of Bill Ayers</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#December_2008_trip_to_Guantanamo_Bay"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">December 2008 trip to Guantanamo Bay</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#March_14.2C_2008:National_Press_Club_event_smearing_Iraq_War_opponents"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">March 14, 2008: National Press Club event smearing Iraq War opponents</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#September_3-15.2C_2007:.22Fight_for_Victory_Tour.22"><span class="tocnumber">5.4</span> <span class="toctext">September 3-15, 2007: "Fight for Victory Tour"</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#May_2004:Rep.Pelosi_as.22Domestic_Enemy.22"><span class="tocnumber">5.5</span> <span class="toctext">May 2004: Rep. Pelosi as "Domestic Enemy"</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#June_2004:Wen_Ho_Lee_Not_Exonerated_Enough"><span class="tocnumber">5.6</span> <span class="toctext">June 2004: Wen Ho Lee Not Exonerated Enough</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#June_2004:Getting_Hot_Over.22Fahrenheit_9.2F11.22"><span class="tocnumber">5.7</span> <span class="toctext">June 2004: Getting Hot Over "Fahrenheit 9/11"</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#July-Nov.2004:Democrat-Bashing_Ad_Campaigns"><span class="tocnumber">5.8</span> <span class="toctext">July - Nov. 2004: Democrat-Bashing Ad Campaigns</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#Nov.2004-May_2005:Against_the_United_Nations.2C_for_Bolton"><span class="tocnumber">5.9</span> <span class="toctext">Nov. 2004 - May 2005: Against the United Nations, for Bolton</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#June-Aug.2005:Radio.22Truth_Tour.22_to_Iraq"><span class="tocnumber">5.10</span> <span class="toctext">June - Aug. 2005: Radio "Truth Tour" to Iraq</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#August_2005:.22You_Don.27t_Speak_for_Me.2C_Cindy.22_Caravan"><span class="tocnumber">5.11</span> <span class="toctext">August 2005: "You Don't Speak for Me, Cindy" Caravan</span></a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#Website_Registration"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Website Registration</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#California_Articles_of_Incorporation"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">California Articles of Incorporation</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#Contact_information"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Contact information</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#Articles_and_resources"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and resources</span></a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#Related_SourceWatch_articles"><span class="tocnumber">9.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch articles</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#References"><span class="tocnumber">9.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#External_resources"><span class="tocnumber">9.3</span> <span class="toctext">External resources</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#External_articles"><span class="tocnumber">9.4</span> <span class="toctext">External articles</span></a></li></ul>

</li></ul>

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Political_action_committees">Political action committees</span></h2>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="The_MAF_Freedom_PAC">The MAF Freedom PAC</span></h3>

<p>In September 2008, MAF launched its own <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committee</a>, called the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MAF_Freedom_PAC" title="MAF Freedom PAC">MAF Freedom PAC</a>. "The PAC will elect candidates to federal office who share the groups strong support for US troops and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/War_on_Terror" title="War on Terror" class="mw-redirect">War on Terror</a>,"

stated a press release from the group. "The PAC will focus on very

competitive congressional races, but will also address the presidential

race, in which Vietnam veteran <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> is touting his support for the surge strategy and Sen <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> is promoting his plan to withdraw troops from Iraq upon entering office." <sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup></p>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Our_Country_Deserves_Better">Our Country Deserves Better</span></h3>

<p>A <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committee</a> formed to oppose Democratic presidential candidate <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>, called "<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Our_Country_Deserves_Better" title="Our Country Deserves Better">Our Country Deserves Better</a>," has several officers currently or formerly leaders of MAF. These include MAF co-founder and former chair <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_Kaloogian" title="Howard Kaloogian">Howard Kaloogian</a>, who chairs the PAC; PR executive <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sal_Russo" title="Sal Russo">Sal Russo</a>, who serves as chief strategist for both MAF and the PAC; <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Russo_Marsh_%26_Rogers" title="Russo Marsh & Rogers">Russo Marsh & Rogers</a> principal <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joe_Wierzbicki" title="Joe Wierzbicki">Joe Wierzbicki</a>, who serves as grassroots coordinator for MAF and coordinates the PAC; and Marine mom <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Deborah_Johns" title="Deborah Johns">Deborah Johns</a>, who is MAF's director of military relations and the PAC's spokesperson. <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_note-1">[2]</a></sup></p>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>

<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">MAF had its beginnings in California's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_2003_Gubernatorial_recall_election" title="California 2003 Gubernatorial recall election">October 2003 gubernatorial recall election</a>, which movie star <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Arnold_Schwarzenegger" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a> won. One month after the election, the <i>Daily News</i> of Los Angeles interviewed Sacramento-based political consultant <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sal_Russo" title="Sal Russo">Sal Russo</a>.

"<font color="#ff0000">We took on the political establishment and won, and they feel

empowered,"</font> said Russo of the 120,000 recall supporters in his<font color="#ff0000"> database.

</font> "They want to be involved. . . . We'll change the name to something

like 'Move America Forward,'" and go national, he predicted</span>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2004Q3/maf.html">[6]</a></p>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Personnel">Personnel</span></h2>

<p>A November 2008 meeting of the Ygnacio Valley Republican Women in California featured <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mary_Pearson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mary Pearson (page does not exist)">Mary Pearson</a>, who is described as MAF's "Deputy Executive Director." <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_note-2">[3]</a></sup>

As of late 2008, MAF's personnel included founder <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_Kaloogian" title="Howard Kaloogian">Howard Kaloogian</a>, chair Melanie Morgan, acting executive director <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Catherine_Moy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catherine Moy (page does not exist)">Catherine Moy</a>, director of military relations <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Deborah_Johns" title="Deborah Johns">Deborah Johns</a>, Gold Star Mother <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Debbie_Lee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Debbie Lee (page does not exist)">Debbie Lee</a>, chief strategist <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sal_Russo" title="Sal Russo">Sal Russo</a> and advisory board member <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lew_Uhler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lew Uhler (page does not exist)">Lew Uhler</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_note-3">[4]</a></sup>

MAF's founding "vice chairmen are <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Conservative&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative (page does not exist)">conservative</a> radio talk show co-host <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Melanie_Morgan" title="Melanie Morgan">Melanie Morgan</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Tax_Limitation_Committee" title="National Tax Limitation Committee">National Tax Limitation Committee</a> founder <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lewis_K.Uhler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lewis K. Uhler (page does not exist)">Lew Uhler</a>," reported <i>PR Week</i> in mid-2004. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0615moore.htm">[7]</a> The organization later identified Morgan and former Republican California State Assembly member <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_Kaloogian" title="Howard Kaloogian">Howard Kaloogian</a> as its co-chairs, with Uhler as an advisory board member. Lt. Col. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_B.%22Buzz%22_Patterson" title="Robert B. " buzz="Buzz" patterson="Patterson">Robert B. "Buzz" Patterson</a> was an early board member. MAF's former executive director is <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siobhan_Guiney&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siobhan Guiney (page does not exist)">Siobhan Guiney</a>, who previous to MAF worked as a California Assembly Republican staffer. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2004Q3/maf.html">[8]</a> <img src="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/images/uploads/blogimages/MelanieMorganHeadshot2006medium.JPG" alt="MelanieMorganHeadshot2006medium.JPG" /> <img src="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/images/uploads/HowardKaloogian.jpg" alt="HowardKaloogian.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/images/uploads/LewUhler.jpg" alt="LewUhler.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/images/uploads/SalRusso.jpg" alt="SalRusso.jpg" />

In an August 2005 email to supporters, MAF announced that Kaloogian<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">

"has decided to step away from day-to-day involvement with Move America

Forward (a 501c3 non-profit) in order to prevent any appearance of a

conflict of interest." That's because, after being "approached by

conservatives," Kaloogian decided to run for Congress for the seat then

held by Congressman <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Duke_Cunningham" title="Duke Cunningham" class="mw-redirect">Duke Cunningham</a>,

</span> who pleaded guilty to graft and resigned from Congress (in light of the

controversy surrounding some of Cunningham's real estate deals).

Kaloogian lost in the Republican primary held in 2006. <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_note-4">[5]</a></sup>

<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Dixon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Dixon (page does not exist)">Robert Dixon</a> was identified as MAF's executive director in a May 2007 Politico story. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/4009.html">[9]</a> In September 2007 emails to supporters RM+R' account executive <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joe_Wierzbicki" title="Joe Wierzbicki">Joe Wierzbicki</a> describes himself as MAF's "Grassroots Coordinator."

<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Dixon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Dixon (page does not exist)">Robert Dixon</a>

is another controversial addition to a long line of controversial

people involved with Move America Forward. Dixon’s earliest

identification as Executive Director came in Dec. 2005 in a Wall Street

Journal article <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113572887635032543-MBBcaDkXJAQBlIrm5UujD1fj5qw_20061227.html?mod=rss_free">[10]</a>

in which it implied he’s using Move America Forward to gain footing to

run for political office. He is again accused of the same thing in a

Sacramento Bee article <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=11594&printsafe=1">[11]</a>

Sept. 2006. Mr. Dixon was again mentioned in a Dec. 2006 Associated

Press article<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> in which he arranged a trip for Gold Star Parents to visit

the war torn country of Iraq and actively hid his plans from the

Department of Defense.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16356220/">[12]</a> </span><img src="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/images/uploads/blogimages/RobertDixonActExecDirector.JPG" alt="RobertDixonActExecDirector.JPG" /></p>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Connections_with_Russo_Marsh_and_Rogers">Connections with Russo Marsh and Rogers</span></h2>

<p>MAF strategist Sal Russo is also the founder and principal at the Republican-leaning public relations / public affairs firm <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Russo_Marsh_and_Rogers" title="Russo Marsh and Rogers" class="mw-redirect">Russo Marsh and Rogers</a> (RM&R) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.rmrweb.com/Principals.asp">[13]</a> - although the firm is not listed in his MAF bio. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/MAF/AboutUs#12">[14]</a>

MAF and RM&R have been closely linked since MAF's inception. The

MAF website address was initially registered to RM&R (see below). <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/moveamericaforward.html">[15]</a>

MAF and RM&R offices are located in the same building, and calls to

the<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> two organizations are answered by the same receptionist,</span> according

to several reports. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/000202.html">[16]</a>

In an interview with journalist <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bill_Berkowitz" title="Bill Berkowitz">Bill Berkowitz</a>, RM&R account executive <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joe_Wierzbicki" title="Joe Wierzbicki">Joe Wierzbicki</a>

said, "There is nothing secret about our relationship with Move America

Forward," adding that Russo "helped set it in motion." Wierzbicki said

RM&R does "all of [MAF's] public relations stuff, press releases,

and radio and television ads that have been aired to date," and MAF

"also uses <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_Lorenz" title="Douglas Lorenz">Douglas Lorenz</a>, the webmaster at RM&R, as their webmaster." (MAF's website makes no mention of Lorenz's involvement.)

For all this work, "RM&R doesn't charge Move America Forward any

consulting fees and doesn't receive any retainer from the organization."

MAF does "pay for the advertising placements from money they receive

from small donors," according to Wierzbicki. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mediatransparency.org/story.php?storyID=78">[17]</a></p>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Campaigns_and_actions">Campaigns and actions</span></h2>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="January_2009_Protest_of_Bill_Ayers">January 2009 Protest of Bill Ayers</span></h3>

<p>In January 2009 MAF targeted professor <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bill_Ayers" title="Bill Ayers">Bill Ayers</a> for public protests because of his involvement in anti-Vietnam war activism in the 1960s and 1970s. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics/ci_11560049?nclick_check=1">[18]</a>

After protesting an Ayers talk at Saint Mary's College of California,

a student criticized MAF for "treat[ing] us like ignorant young

children who needed protection. ... There is nothing wrong with the

protesting, but it was the group's patronizing attitude to 'protect' the

students, their desire to keep students out of the talk, that was the

real problem," wrote student Bryant West. <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_note-5">[6]</a></sup></p>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="December_2008_trip_to_Guantanamo_Bay">December 2008 trip to <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Guantanamo Bay</span></span></h3>

<p>MAF's Melanie Morgan, Debbie Lee, Catherine Moy, Danny Gonzalez and Ryan Gill traveled to the U.S. detention center at <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Guantanamo_Bay" title="Guantanamo Bay" class="mw-redirect">Guantanamo Bay</a>,

Cuba in December 2008, "to honor soldiers serving away from their loved

ones this holiday season." After their return, the group harshly

criticized President-elect <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>'s

stated plan to close the detention center. Morgan claimed that closing

the center would "endanger American lives." She, and other members of

the delegation, also complained that "Those prisoners are shown too much

respect." <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_note-6">[7]</a></sup></p>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="March_14.2C_2008:_National_Press_Club_event_smearing_Iraq_War_opponents">March 14, 2008: National Press Club event smearing Iraq War opponents</span></h3>

<p>MAF held a news conference Friday, March 14, in Washington, DC, on the first day of testimony in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Winter_Soldier:_Iraq_and_Afghanistan" title="Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan">Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan</a> investigation. MAF will unveil a report <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/DailyFile/behind_the_scenes_anti_war_activists_exposed/">[19]</a>

and "national television ad campaign" attempting to link opposition to

the war with violence and violent attacks on recruiting centers.

Speakers will include <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Melanie_Morgan" title="Melanie Morgan">Melanie Morgan</a>, Congressman <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Carter" title="John Carter">John Carter</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kristinn_Taylor" title="Kristinn Taylor">Kristinn Taylor</a> of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Free_Republic" title="Free Republic">Free Republic</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Gathering_of_Eagles" title="Gathering of Eagles">Gathering of Eagles</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_note-7">[8]</a></sup> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Gathering_of_Eagles" title="Gathering of Eagles">Gathering of Eagles</a> is also holding events to protest the Winter Soldier hearings. Right wing pundit <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Michelle_Malkin" title="Michelle Malkin">Michelle Malkin</a> has also been commenting on and criticizing the <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Winter Soldier</span>: Iraq and Afghanistan hearings. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/14/winter-soldier-ii-the-curtain-opens-plus-more-on-the-anti-recruiter-war/">[20]</a></p>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="September_3-15.2C_2007:_.22Fight_for_Victory_Tour.22">September 3-15, 2007: "Fight for Victory Tour"</span></h3>

<p>Move America Forward will conduct its "national, cross-country<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_note-8">[9]</a></sup> 'Fight for Victory Tour'"<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_note-9">[10]</a></sup>

September 3-15, 2007, ending in Washington, D.C., where MAF will "have a

rally with a collection of pro-troop groups" that includes <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Vets_for_Freedom" title="Vets for Freedom">Vets for Freedom</a> (VFF), <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Gathering_of_Eagles" title="Gathering of Eagles">Gathering of Eagles</a> (GOE), <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Military_Order_of_the_Purple_Heart&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Military Order of the Purple Heart (page does not exist)">Military Order of the Purple Heart</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_note-10">[11]</a></sup>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Free_Republic" title="Free Republic">Free Republic</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Protest_Warrior" title="Protest Warrior">Protest Warrior</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_note-11">[12]</a></sup>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Eagles_UP%21" title="Eagles UP!" class="mw-redirect">Eagles UP!</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_note-12">[13]</a></sup>, and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_for_Vigilant_Freedom" title="Center for Vigilant Freedom" class="mw-redirect">Center for Vigilant Freedom</a> (formerly known as The 910 Group).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_note-13">[14]</a></sup>.

Also see <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/September_15_Coalition" title="September 15 Coalition">September 15 Coalition</a>.</p>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="May_2004:Rep.Pelosi_as_.22Domestic_Enemy.22">May 2004: Rep. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Pelosi as "Domestic Enemy"</span></span></h3>

<p>Following U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>'s (Democrat from Northern California) calling <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_Walker_Bush" title="George Walker Bush">President Bush</a> an "incompetent leader," because of his handling of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War" class="mw-redirect">Iraq War</a>,

MAF launched its first action. On May 26, 2004, MAF declared Pelosi

"one of the worst examples of a 'Domestic Enemy' . . . certainly up

there with the ranks of Senator <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy" class="mw-redirect">Ted Kennedy</a> and America-bashing filmmaker, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Michael_Moore" title="Michael Moore">Michael Moore</a>."

MAF urged people on its email list to contact Rep. Pelosi's office,

to "demand an apology," and to contact Pelosi campaign contributors <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=E%26J_Gallo_Winery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E&J Gallo Winery (page does not exist)">E&J Gallo Winery</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wells_Fargo" title="Wells Fargo">Wells Fargo</a> Bank, to tell them "to stop supporting 'Bash America' politicians like Pelosi or else be willing to lose our business." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2004Q3/maf.html">[21]</a></p>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="June_2004:_Wen_Ho_Lee_Not_Exonerated_Enough">June 2004: Wen Ho Lee Not Exonerated Enough</span></h3>

<p>In June 2004, the California state legislature's Asian Pacific

Islander Caucus, whose members are all Democrats, planned to honor <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wen_Ho_Lee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wen Ho Lee (page does not exist)">Wen Ho Lee</a>

during a brief presentation on the Assembly floor. Dr. Lee is a

Chinese-American scientist who was accused in 1999 of stealing U.S.

nuclear secrets, amid much media hype, but was later exonerated. (The

federal judge in the case and the <i>New York Times</i> both later apologized for what Dr. Lee went through.)

On June 4, 2004, MAF called the Caucus "left-leaning politicians

[who] cannot find any words of praise for our brave troops fighting the

War on Terrorism," but who "honor former accused spy Wen Ho Lee."

Kaloogian questioned whether "Asian caucus members might be violating

their oaths of office to defend against domestic enemies by honoring

Lee." Russo told the <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>, "People are innocent until proven guilty, but just because something was not proven, that's no reason to celebrate." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/06/09/BAG3M7321N1.DTL&type=printable">[22]</a>

To avoid an "awkward situation" for Dr. Lee, the Caucus changed the

event to a private dinner. Nearly 100 of California's Asian community

leaders called MAF "racist, right-wing zealots" for their vitriolic

statements. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2004Q3/maf.html">[23]</a></p>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="June_2004:Getting_Hot_Over.22Fahrenheit_9.2F11.22">June 2004: Getting Hot Over "Fahrenheit 9/11"</span></h3>

<p>MAF garnered substantial media attention with its campaign <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/MichaelMoore/">[24]</a> to dissuade cinemas from showing <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Michael_Moore" title="Michael Moore">Michael Moore</a>'s <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Fahrenheit_9/11_%28movie_2004%29" title="Fahrenheit 9/11 (movie 2004)" class="mw-redirect">Fahrenheit 9/11 (movie 2004)</a>.

Its website published names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of

what it said were cinema company executives, and urged its members to

ask them not to show Fahrenheit 9/11, saying: "...it is important for us

to speak up loudly and tell the industry executives that we don't want

this misleading and grotesque movie being shown at our local cinema. We

need these executives to be overwhelmed with letters, phone calls and

FAXes… in addition to emails. Sending an email alone is not enough -

since in some cases an aide can easily click DELETE."

According to <i>Salon.com</i> writer <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Gorenfeld&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Gorenfeld (page does not exist)">John Gorenfeld</a>,

the actual impact of the anti-Moore campaign was small. "No theaters

have canceled showings of 'Fahrenheit' at this point," he wrote on June

23, 2004. "And the MAF group doesn't seem to have had the most useful

intelligence in its campaign. A lowly theater payroll employee

inexplicably listed on MAF's e-mail list of 'leading movie executives'

is confused about how he became a central front in the War on Moore (he

did not wish to be identified). As he sat in his office Friday, messages

pinged into his in box. Dryly, he read aloud his favorites: 'I will

never see a movie again' ... 'I will not support a business that aids a

piece of crap sub-human like Moore in spreading his anti-american

bullshit ...'" In addition, after the grass-roots liberal group <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MoveOn" title="MoveOn">MoveOn</a>

launched a counteroffensive, letters of support for the film

outnumbered negative letters (according to an unscientific survey of

five theater owners) at roughly 3-to-1. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/06/23/fahrenhype/index.html">[25]</a>

Paradoxically, MAF's campaign may have helped the movie get more screenings. Rick King, a spokesman for Kansas City-based <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=AMC_Theaters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AMC Theaters (page does not exist)">AMC Theaters</a>, told the <i>San Jose Mercury News</i>,

"We're hearing from both sides of the political spectrum... Awareness

of the film is very high. Our conclusion is that we should show the

film, and let individuals decide if they want to see it or not." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/entertainment/special_packages/summer_movies/more_summer_movies/8992708.htm">[26]</a></p>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="July-Nov.2004:Democrat-Bashing_Ad_Campaigns">July - Nov. 2004: Democrat-Bashing Ad Campaigns</span></h3>

<p>Leading up to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Democratic_National_Committee" title="Democratic National Committee">Democratic National Committee</a>'s

convention in Boston in July 2004, MAF called the event "nothing more

than a 'Blame America First' pep rally." Party leaders and convention

speakers Senator <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton" class="mw-redirect">Hillary Clinton</a>, former Vice-President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore" class="mw-redirect">Al Gore</a>, Senator <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy" class="mw-redirect">Ted Kennedy</a> and Reverend <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Al_Sharpton" title="Al Sharpton">Al Sharpton</a>

"have used some of the most irresponsible language in seeking to

advance their liberal political goals by trying to divide our nation and

erode support for our military and the war effort," MAF wrote in an

email to members.

MAF (with the help of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Russo_Marsh_and_Rogers" title="Russo Marsh and Rogers" class="mw-redirect">Russo Marsh and Rogers</a>)

produced television ads to run during the convention, dismissing the

party as the "Blame America crowd" and implying that they didn't "stand

behind our troops, as they help move America forward from the threats of

terrorism." After frantic fundraising from their email list, MAF

reported on July 23rd that 30-second versions of these ads aired on <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/CNN" title="CNN" class="mw-redirect">CNN</a> (nationally), <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a> (in Boston) and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/FOX_News" title="FOX News" class="mw-redirect">FOX News</a> (in Boston and Washington DC). <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2004Q3/maf.html">[27]</a>

The group ran similar "pro-troop/pro-America television ads," as an

August 28 email from MAF's Melanie Morgan described them, during the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_National_Convention" title="Republican National Convention">Republican National Convention</a> in New York City. The goal of these ads was to ensure that the "'Bash America' lobby" - including <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MoveOn" title="MoveOn">MoveOn</a> and liberal <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/527_committee" title="527 committee" class="mw-redirect">527 groups</a> - would not "dominate the airwaves" during the convention.

A November 10th MAF email celebrating <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_Walker_Bush" title="George Walker Bush">George Bush</a>'s

electoral win stated, "Americans both rejected the defeatist mantra of

the 'Blame America First' crowd and also made it clear that we would not

bow to the threats of terrorism." The same message offered T-shirts for

sale that featured a red and blue electoral map and read, "Democracy

Beats Terrorism."</p>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Nov.2004-May_2005:Against_the_United_Nations.2C_for_Bolton">Nov. 2004 - May 2005: Against the United Nations, for Bolton</span></h3>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="June-Aug.2005:Radio_.22Truth_Tour.22_to_Iraq">June - Aug. 2005: Radio "Truth Tour" to Iraq</span></h3>

<p>On June 29, an MAF email from Melanie Morgan announced, "From July

7th to July 17th,<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> I will join with Move America Forward Co-Chair, Howard

Kaloogian, in leading a delegation of radio talk show hosts to Iraq to

report the truth from our troops -</span> the truth that the liberal news media

isn't reporting." A few weeks later, <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i> reported that the PR firm <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Russo_Marsh_and_Rogers" title="Russo Marsh and Rogers" class="mw-redirect">Russo Marsh and Rogers</a>, which is closely associated with MAF, was hired by the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kurdistan_Regional_Government&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kurdistan Regional Government (page does not exist)">Kurdistan Regional Government</a> to "get 'free media' to promote the interests of the Kurds in the post-Saddam Hussein Iraq." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0705kurds.htm">[28]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.prwatch.org/node/3821">[29]</a>

This event - which MAF called "The Truth Tour: Live from Baghdad" - was <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">cosponsored by the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Department_of_Defense" title="U.S. Department of Defense">U.S. Department of Defense</a>'s office of Central Command, "part of a new initiative by the DoD's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Office_of_Media_Outreach" title="Office of Media Outreach">Office of Media Outreach</a>."</span>

The week prior to the tour, MAF sent an email reading, "We're

determined to speak to as many soldiers and Marines as possible who are

serving in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" title="Operation Iraqi Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a>

and allow them to report to you on how they see the mission going...

and what successes they are achieving that you might not have heard

about from certain biased journalists in the news media" (July 7, 2005

email, titled, "Off to Iraq... Wish Us Safe Passage!").

The trip began "with a Friday, July 8, 'Thank You BBQ' at <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Central_Command" title="U.S. Central Command">Central Command</a> in Tampa, Florida," reported <i>Billboard Radio Monitor</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://billboardradiomonitor.com/radiomonitor/news/format/talk/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000973197">[30]</a> The <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>

wrote of the tour, "Funded in part by the hosts, and in some cases by

their stations, the tour is part morale-booster -- Morgan is bringing

coffee and cookies for the troops -- and part infotainment." According

to the <i>Chronicle</i>, the tour would only be in Iraq two days, at Camp Victory in Baghdad, followed by three days at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/07/07/MNGEADK4EU1.DTL">[31]</a> The itinerary posted on a separate website devoted to the tour, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://voicesofsoldiers.com/">VoicesOfSoldiers.com</a>," has schedules for tour participants broadcasting from Iraq on July 11, 12 and 13, and from Kuwait on July 14. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://voicesofsoldiers.com/">[32]</a></p>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="August_2005:_.22You_Don.27t_Speak_for_Me.2C_Cindy.22_Caravan">August 2005: "You Don't Speak for Me, Cindy" Caravan</span></h3>

<p>On August 16, MAF announced in an email that, the following week,

they would be "leading a caravan to Crawford, Texas - to present an

alternative voice to that of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cindy_Sheehan" title="Cindy Sheehan">Cindy Sheehan</a>, who has become the heroine of the 'Blame America First' crowd. ... We cannot allow <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MoveOn" title="MoveOn">MoveOn.org</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Michael_Moore" title="Michael Moore">Michael Moore</a>

and Cindy Sheehan communicate a false sense of weakness to the

terrorists overseas" (August 16, 2005 email, titled, "You Don't Speak

for Me, Cindy"). The caravan traveled from August 22 to the 27, stopping

in more than 15 cities and towns, including Vacaville (Sheehan's

hometown), Sacramento and San Diego in California; Phoenix, Arizona;

Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Dallas, Waco, and Crawford in Texas.

The MAF caravan featured a counter to Cindy Sheehan, Marine Mom, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Deborah_Johns" title="Deborah Johns">Deborah Johns</a>,

who the group described as "a positive alternative to the likes of

Cindy Sheehan who seem determined to undermine American resolve to win

the war against terrorism" (August 18, 2005 email, titled, "MUST SEE

VIDEO: Pro-Troop Caravan"). MAF noted that Johns beloged to an

organization called <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Northern_California_Marine_Moms&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northern California Marine Moms (page does not exist)">Northern California Marine Moms</a> and that her son, William, "is a Marine who has served in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" title="Operation Iraqi Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a>." Johns told the <i>Boston Globe</i>,

"If the building of bridges and roads and schools and power plants was

portrayed in the media, it would make a huge difference. We need to

stand by our men and women so they can keep their morale up." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/08/23/pr_blitz_counters_antiwar_protest/">[33]</a>

Writing in the <i>Boston Globe</i>, Nina J. Easton and Susan Milligan

noted that, as "a conservative group called Move America Forward

launched a multicity bus and car caravan under the banner 'You Don't

Speak for Me, Cindy'," the White House was also doing damage control.

The MAF caravan took off from San Francisco the same day that President

Bush addressed the annual convention of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars" title="Veterans of Foreign Wars">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a> in Salt Lake City. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/08/23/pr_blitz_counters_antiwar_protest/">[34]</a></p>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Website_Registration">Website Registration</span></h2>

<p>The Move America Forward website is available at two internet addresses, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/">www.moveamericaforward.org</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.moveamericaforward.com/">www.moveamericaforward.com</a>. The .com address was first registered using this information: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/russo.html">[35]</a></p>

<dl><dd><b>Registrant</b>:</dd><dd>Russo Marsh & Rogers</dd><dd>770 L Street, #950</dd><dd>Sacramento, CA 95814</dd><dd>US</dd><dd>Domain name: MOVEAMERICAFORWARD.COM</dd><dd>Administrative Contact:</dd><dd>Lorenz, Douglas dlorenz@rmrwest.com</dd><dd>770 L Street, #950</dd><dd>Sacramento, CA 95814</dd><dd>US</dd><dd>916-441-3734 Fax: 916-441-6057</dd><dd>Technical Contact:</dd><dd>Lorenz, Douglas dlorenz@rmrwest.com</dd><dd>770 L Street, #950</dd><dd>Sacramento, CA 95814</dd><dd>US</dd><dd>916-441-3734 Fax: 916-441-6057</dd><dd>Registrar of Record: easyDNS Technologies, Inc.</dd><dd>Record last updated on 18-Nov-2003.</dd><dd>Record expires on 18-Nov-2004.</dd><dd>Record created on 18-Nov-2003.</dd></dl>

<p>After the above registration was exposed and discussed on the

Internet, on 12 June 2004, the .com registration was changed to the

following information, which makes no mention of RM+R and uses a mailbox

address:</p>

<dl><dd><b>Registrant</b>:</dd><dd>Move America Forward</dd><dd>P.O. Box 1863</dd><dd>Sacramento, CA 95812</dd><dd>US</dd><dd>Domain name: MOVEAMERICAFORWARD.COM</dd><dd>Administrative Contact:</dd><dd><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Kaloogian,</span> Howard howard@moveamericaforward.org</dd><dd>P.O. Box 1863</dd><dd>Sacramento, CA 95812</dd><dd>US</dd><dd>916-441-6197 Fax: 916-441-6057</dd><dd>Technical Contact:</dd><dd><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_Kaloogian" title="Howard Kaloogian">Kaloogian, Howard</a> howard@moveamericaforward.org</dd><dd>P.O. Box 1863</dd><dd>Sacramento, CA 95812</dd><dd>US</dd><dd>916-441-6197 Fax: 916-441-6057</dd><dd>Registrar of Record: easyDNS Technologies, Inc.</dd><dd>Record last updated on 13-Jun-2004.</dd><dd>Record expires on 18-Nov-2004.</dd><dd>Record created on 18-Nov-2003.</dd></dl>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="California_Articles_of_Incorporation">California Articles of Incorporation</span></h2>

<p>The journalist Jackson Thoreau <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://thomasmc.com/0703jt.htm">[36]</a> has obtained <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.SourceWatch.org/upload/b/b1/Maf_articles_of_incorporation.pdf">MAF's articles of incorporation</a> with the California Secretary of State. They show that MAF was registered by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siobhan_Guiney&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siobhan Guiney (page does not exist)">Siobhan Guiney</a>

as a non-stock, non-profit body on the 2nd June 2004. The registration

address was that of Russo Marsh and Rogers. Note that the address given

on the website is, however, a postal box in Sacramento. Also note that

Russo Marsh and Rogers <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">clearly had been intending to set up MAF for a

long time before June 2004, since its internet address was registered in

November 2003.</span></p>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_information">Contact information</span></h2>

<p>Move America Forward

P.O. Box 1497

Sacramento, CA 95812

Phone: (916) 441-6197

Email: info AT MoveAmericaForward.org

Website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org">http://www.moveamericaforward.org</a>

<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/MAF/AboutUs">About MAF</a></p>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Articles_and_resources">Articles and resources</span></h2>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Related_SourceWatch_articles">Related SourceWatch articles</span></h3>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_Lorenz" title="Douglas Lorenz">Douglas Lorenz</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Eric_Egland" title="Eric Egland">Eric Egland</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Fahrenheit_9/11%28movie_2004%29" title="Fahrenheit 9/11 (movie 2004)" class="mw-redirect">Fahrenheit 9/11 (movie 2004)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Freedom%27s_Watch" title="Freedom's Watch">Freedom's Watch</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Gathering_of_Eagles" title="Gathering of Eagles">Gathering of Eagles</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kristinn_Taylor" title="Kristinn Taylor">Kristinn Taylor</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kurdistan-_The_Other_Iraq" title="Kurdistan - The Other Iraq">Kurdistan - The Other Iraq</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MAF_Freedom_PAC" title="MAF Freedom PAC">MAF Freedom PAC</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Russo_Marsh_and_Rogers" title="Russo Marsh and Rogers" class="mw-redirect">Russo Marsh and Rogers</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sal_Russo" title="Sal Russo">Sal Russo</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Vets_for_Freedom" title="Vets for Freedom">Vets for Freedom</a></li></ul>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h3>

<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_ref-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Press release, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maffreedompac.com/index.php/mafpac/pr">New PAC Will Elect Candidates to Support Troops, Strengthen National Security</a>," MAF Freedom PAC, September 5, 2008.</span></li><li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_ref-1">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ourcountrydeservesbetter.com/whoweare/index.html">Who we are</a>," Our Country Deserves Better PAC website, accessed September 2008.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_ref-2">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Lisa Vorderbrueggen, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics/ci_10960252?nclick_check=1">Political notes: Troop activist to speak</a>," <i>Contra Costa Times</i> (California), November 11, 2008.</span></li><li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_ref-3">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/MAF/AboutUs">About us</a>," Move America Forward website, accessed October 2008.</span></li><li id="cite_note-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_ref-4">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">William Finn Bennett, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/04/18/news/top_stories/41606200928.txt">50th: Kaloogian out, Roach decision unknown</a>", <i>North County Times</i>, April 17, 2006.</span></li><li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_ref-5">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Bryant West, op/ed: "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.www.smccollegian.com/media/storage/paper841/news/2009/02/18/Opinion/Protestors.Out.Of.Line-3632631.shtml">Protestors out of line</a>," <i>The Collegian</i>, newspaper of Saint Mary's College of California, February 18, 2009.</span></li><li id="cite_note-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_ref-6">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Catherine Moy, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://newsblaze.com/story/20081223142557zzzz.nb/topstory.html">Alert!

Firsthand Account of Gitmo Detention Centers: Tour of Gitmo Detention

Center Reveals Movie Nights and Overstuffed Couches, NOT Torture</a>," News Blaze, December 23,2008.</span></li><li id="cite_note-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_ref-7">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Press release, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-13-2008/0004773338&EDATE=">New Report Finds Increase in Attacks Against Military Recruiters in America</a>," Move America Forward via PR Newswire, March 13, 2008.</span></li><li id="cite_note-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_ref-8">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/DailyFile/itinerary_for_fight_for_victory_tour/">"Itinerary for 'Fight for Victory Tour',"</a> Move America Forward, July 15, 2007.</span></li><li id="cite_note-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_ref-9">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/MAF/FullNewsItem/pro_troop_supporters_announce_major_september_push/">"Pro-Troop Supporters Announce Major September Push,"</a> Move America Forward, July 15, 2007.</span></li><li id="cite_note-10"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_ref-10">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.purpleheart.org/">Military Order of the Purple Heart</a> website; Tom Poulter, National Commander.</span></li><li id="cite_note-11"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_ref-11">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Marty Droney, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://abolitionofman.com/2007/07/24/our-boys-want-to-win-continued/">"Our Boys Want to Win... Continued,"</a> <i>AbolitionOfMan.com</i>, July 24, 2007.</span></li><li id="cite_note-12"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_ref-12">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Col. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Harry_G._Riley" title="Harry G. Riley">Harry G. Riley</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eaglesup.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=4&Itemid=32">Colonel's Corner: "Eagles Landing: A call to stand for freedom, September 15, 2007, Washington, D.C.,"</a> <i>Eagles Up!</i>, July 24, 2007.</span></li><li id="cite_note-13"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward#cite_ref-13">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">DKShideler, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vigilantfreedom.org/910blog/2007/07/24/help-wantedstate-bloggers-for-pro-surge-push/">"Help Wanted:State Bloggers for Pro-Surge Push,"</a> <i><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_for_Vigilant_Freedom" title="Center for Vigilant Freedom" class="mw-redirect">Center for Vigilant Freedom</a></i> Blog (The 910 Group Blog), July 24, 2007.</span></li></ol>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="External_resources">External resources</span></h3>

<ul><li>"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/maf.php">Move America Forward</a>," Right Web Profiles (Silver City, NM: International Relations Center, April 2005).</li><li>"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/russo.html">Who Pays the Bills for 'MoveAmericaForward.org'?</a>," <i>WhatReallyHappened.com</i> - reported MAF's original website registration information.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rlc.org/">Republican Liberty Caucus</a> - RM&R employee and MAF webmaster Douglas Lorenz is an Advisory Board Director of this organization.</li></ul>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="External_articles">External articles</span></h3>

<p>See <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Move_America_Forward:_External_articles" title="Move America Forward: External articles">Move America Forward: External articles</a></p>

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