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==Catapulting the propaganda==
VFF's Missouri chairman, [[Brendan Brandan Mueller]], has reportedly called on [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Sen. [[Claire McCaskill]] "to return $16,000 she received from [[MoveOn.org|Moveon.org]] during her election campaign in 2006," according to the September 13, 2007, ''The Source'' Blog.<ref>[http://thesource.typepad.com/thesource/2007/09/give-more-back-.html "Give More Back, Claire,"] ''The Source'' Blog, September 13, 2007.</ref> McCaskill was also asked to "denounce" the MoveOn.org ad "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?" published in the ''New York Times'' September 10, 2007, the first day of [[troop surge in Iraq: The Petraeus Report: Testimony|testimony]] on the progress of the [[troop surge in Iraq|surge]] and [[war in Iraq]] by Lt.Gen. [[David Petraeus]] before Congress,<ref>[http://pol.moveon.org/petraeus.html "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?"] MoveOn.org, accessed September 13, 2007.</ref><ref>Nick Juliano, [http://rawstory.com//news/2007/Republicans_focus_on_attacking_MoveOn.org_Gen._0910.html "Republicans focus on attacking MoveOn.org 'Gen. Betray Us' ad during 'surge' hearing,"] ''The Raw Story'', September 10, 2007.</ref> calling the ad "a disgrace". Mueller "went on to say she [McCaskill] should 'take the lead on this issue and return the money that she has taken from the organization that has libeled an American patriot who has served his country selflessly for many years.'"
It should be noted that, on September 9, 2007, the day before MoveOn.org's controversial ad was published, it was VFF's executive director [[Pete Hegseth]] who accused MoveOn.org in the article "MoveOn.org Calls Petraeus a Traitor" published in the [[right-wing]] publication ''[[The Weekly Standard]]'' of calling Lt.Gen. Petraeus a "traitor".<ref>Pete Hegseth, [http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/091rhesh.asp "MoveOn.org Calls Petraeus a Traitor. Do Democrats in Congress agree?"] ''The Weekly Standard'', September 9, 2007.</ref>

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