TV Stations Relent, Will Air Anti-Bush Tax Cut Ad

The ad is a dramatization of a real fund-raising event last month in Eugene, Ore.

About 50 parents sold their blood plasma to help pay the salary of an elementary school math teacher who faced being laid off because of budget cuts.

The ad shows two adults giving blood and others waiting.

"You can always count on Americans in a crisis, but this blood is not for troops in Iraq," the narrator says.

"George Bush's tax cuts for the rich have meant less money for education, and now he wants to cut $9 billion more," the spot says. It closes with a slogan accusing Bush of "Putting Rich People First."

An online political-activist group, MoveOn.org, is sponsoring the ad, paying $104,000 in selected markets to muster opposition to federal tax cuts at a time of deficit spending.