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[BeyGon]

Mr. Hopenchange is miffed about new ads about him and Weatherman Bill Ayers:


Obama team fails to convince stations to kill ad in spite of threats, harassment and false claims


Washington, DC - August 26, 2008 - The Barack Obama campaign has resorted to a campaign of intimidation and legal threats to convince television stations and the federal government to force off the air an ad by the American Issues Project detailing the link between Sen. Obama and remorseless domestic terrorist William Ayers.

The Obama campaign has been contacting stations running American Issues Project’s ad in an unsuccessful attempt to compel them to pull the spot. The Obama campaign also sent a letter yesterday to the Department of Justice asking the government to investigate American Issues Project, its officers, board of directors, and donors. With no success on either front, the campaign has begun running its own ad in response. Notably, this ad fails to dispute a single fact in the American Issues Project’s initial ad.

“The Obama campaign knows it can’t argue the facts of the link between Obama and Ayers, so it is instead resorting to a desperate campaign of intimidation and legal threats,” said Ed Martin, American Issues Project’s president. “The scary question this raises is if Barack Obama demonstrates this little regard for free speech from his opponents during the campaign, what could the American people expect from him as a president?”

“The tremendous amount of time, money and effort the campaign is expending to run its own ads on the Ayers controversy and dispatch its hired guns all over the country - during the Democratic convention - speaks to the fear they must have that this issue is resonating with American voters.”

American Issues Project sent a letter today to the Department of Justice responding to the Obama campaign’s claims. Key points from the letter:

AIP is organized as a qualified nonprofit corporation as that term is defined in the regulations of the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) 11 C.F.R. §114.10. As such, AIP enjoys the protections of the provisions of the Supreme Court’s decision more than twenty years ago in FEC v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc., 589 F. Supp. 646 (D. Mass. 1984), aff’d, 769 F.2d 13 (1st Cir. 1985), aff’d, 479 U.S. 238 (1986)…

AIP complies with each and every one of the provisions outlined by the Supreme Court in the MCFL case, as well as the regulations of the FEC promulgated subsequently…

Counsel for the Obama Campaign is undoubtedly fully knowledgeable of the reporting and compliance responsibilities of qualified nonprofit corporations, such as NARAL-Pro Choice America (“NARAL”), an organization that, ironically, also claims protection as an entity described in Massachusetts Citizens for Life v. FEC…

AIP functions in exactly the same manner as NARAL and any other qualified nonprofit corporation. NARAL has made substantial independent expenditures in opposition to Sen. McCain’s presidential candidacy during the 2008 election cycle and continuing through the present time. Yet, no objection to those expenditures has been raised by the Obama campaign…

Surely we have not come to a point where the government and its agencies are used to protect presidential candidates from citizens’ speech, essentially destroying the very purpose, meaning and historical essence of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The full text of the letter is available at: http://www.americanissuesproject.org/

The American Issues Project’s ad began airing Thursday, August 21, and will continue through the Democratic Convention. An electronic version of the ad and full documentation of all statements made are available at American Issues Project’s website: www.americanissuesproject.org.

About American Issues Project

American Issues Project is a 501(c)4 organization representing a coalition of conservative activists committed to raising important issues that deserve deeper examination given their impact on policy and politics. In accordance with federal law, American Issues Project only solicits and accepts contributions from individuals and not from any business corporation. For more information, visit: www.americanissuesproject.org.

[Rick Lee]

Gee, that's too bad.

[Mule]

What nerve to point out his Ayers connections!

[island911]

That just doesn't seem fair, for Obama and his puppet masters. I mean, they have worked hard to gain the trust of the sheople. They have brought the sheople big moving, self-serving ideas like "hope" and "change." ...How dare anyone look behind the curtain of Barry O and his buddies!



sniff

[island911]

ONE STAR!? is that the only defense you lib's have here?


Really?





actually, I can see why. - Obama is A joke! call him Mr. Dash... as in dashed hope.

[Scuba Steve]

Bump'd to 4-star.

[island911]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

.... ad began airing Thursday, August 21, and will continue through the Democratic Convention. An electronic version of the ad and full documentation of all statements made are available at American Issues Project’s website: www.americanissuesproject.org.
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that's a well done video.

I can see why the Barry O boys want it burried.

[sammyg2]

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! I am the great, and powerful, ..... obama.

[pa911]

[island911]

There is this..

WASHINGTON, Aug 25, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- New Obama ad fails to dispute a single fact about relationship with domestic terrorist, William Ayers.

The Obama campaign has launched a new ad that fails to dispute a single fact in the American Issues Project's initial ad questioning Barack Obama's relationship with admitted domestic terrorist, William Ayers.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/obama

[island911]

Wow, I'm surprised no Lib's have stepped up with the knee-jerk catch-all of GW saying something stupid. --oh, right, even that would pale compared to this story.

[BeyGon]

Originally Posted by island911

Wow, I'm surprised no Lib's have stepped up with the knee-jerk catch-all of GW saying something stupid. --oh, right, even that would pale compared to this story.

Dipso must be out skateboarding with is teenage friends. Just hasn't got to it yet.

[dhoward]

Bush hates Oz.