FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 12, 2004 		Contact: Max Pulsinelli
Shirley & Banister Public Affairs
703-739-5920 / 800-536-5920
mpulsinelli@sbpublicaffaiirs.com

CONTROVERSIAL BUSH PHOTO PROMPTS
GRASSFIRE.ORG TO MOBILIZE SUPPORTERS

Alert Urges 500,000 to Call Lehigh University to Protest President Bush Photo

WASHINGTON, DC — Grassfire.org, an online conservative grassroots political advocacy organization, is contacting a half million of its supporters to urge them to place phone calls to the Lehigh University administration in protest of the photograph prominently displayed in the university’s political science department. The photo, part of a collection of photos by Larry Fink entitled “The Forbidden Pictures,” depicts a President Bush look-alike publicly groping the breast of a young woman dressed in nothing but a silk negligee and sheer thigh-high stockings.

Today, Grassfire.org called on Lehigh University officials to remove the politically charged art hanging in a common area of a university building. “Apparently, officials at Lehigh have no plans to remove the picture," said Steve Elliott, president of Grassfire.org. “Perhaps thousands of phone calls will help them reconsider their position.”

The artist, Larry Fink, describes the photograph as a symbol of how the Bush Administration and its policies have treated the rest of the world – the woman in the picture supposedly a symbol representing the world.

“This behavior is one of the most egregious I have ever witnessed by an institution. It is a clear demonstration of the irresponsibility and rebellion that our children are being force-fed by radical liberals using anti-American tactics to destroy President Bush. I expect Lehigh University will be flooded with phone calls, and quite frankly, they should be.”

With more than 1.5 million supporters, Grassfire.org is one of the nation’s leading online conservative advocacy organizations. Currently, Grassfire.org is working to rally supporters of President Bush and political issues including the Pledge of Allegiance and others.

For more information about Grassfire.org, or to schedule an interview with Grassfire President Steve Elliott, contact Max Pulsinelli at 703-739-5920 or email pulsinelli@sbpublicaffairs.com.