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MoveOn.org's latest nationwide campaign effort will incorporate two rallies in Kentucky this week, with Wednesday events planned at a gas station in Louisville and a Lexington park. 

The rallies are part of MoveOn.org's "Day of Action for an Oil-Free President" push, which seeks to connect presumptive Republican presidential nominee and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) with oil company interests.

"Big Oil has a new candidate for president: their friend John McCain," reads an annoucement of the campaign on MoveOn.org's political action website. "With 21 oil lobbyists running his campaign, John McCain won't solve our energy crisis."

Supporters of MoveOn.org's cause will gather near a Chevron gas station at 1244 E. Broadway in Louisville at 5:30 pm on Wednesday and Triangle Park in Lexington at 5pm on the same day.

Protesters at Thursday's MoveOn.org rally in Louisville

A lunch-hour demonstration in downtown Louisville drew about two dozen protesters together in front of the building housing the district office of Senator Mitch McConnell. The rally was organized by policy advocacy group MoveOn.org as part of its campaign to highlight what they claim are links between the war in Iraq and the current economic downturn.

This year, McConnell is expected to be a favored target for left-leaning policy advocacy groups such as MoveOn.org - a targeting perhaps foreshadowed by Thursday's demonstration.

During the rally, protesters frequently referenced McConnell, and a brief chant of "Mitch McConnell, bring them home. Mitch McConnell, end this war" arose from the handful of protesters.

Public policy advocacy group MoveOn.org will rally supporters outside of Senator Mitch McConnell's Louisville office on Thursday as part of the group's campaign to connect the current economic downturn to the war in Iraq.

Amid the hype surrounding Army General David Petraeus' testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee today, two Kentucky Republicans offered their support to the oft-maligned Commanding General of troops in Iraq.

On Monday, in anticipation of the testimony, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell's campaign posted a virtual "thank you" card to Petraeus on its blog.

The message from the speakers at Friday’s Legacy Dinner in Louisville to the assembled College Republican crowd was simple: we’ve got a fight coming.