Obama Aggressively Moves Against Smear Ad
25 August 2008 6:19 pm by Taylor Marsh
BY TAYLOR MARSH
Reporting from Denver
It’s already airing in Roanoke, Va. on WFXR. Via
Ben Smith:
Barack Obama’s campaign has
written the Department of Justice demanding a criminal investigation of
the “American Issues Project.”Sen. Barack Obama has launched an all-out effort to block a Republican billionaire’s
efforts to tie him to domestic and foreign terrorists in a wave of negative
television ads.Obama’s campaign has written the Department of Justice demanding a
criminal investigation of the “American Issues Project,” the vehicle
through which Dallas investor Harold Simmons is financing the advertisements.
The Obama campaign — and tens of thousands of supporters — also
is pressuring television networks and affiliates to reject the ads. The effort
has met with some success: CNN and Fox News are not airing the attacks….
Sinclair Broadcast Group is one media outlet worth focusing your attention.
We knew this was coming. Obama jumped on it. Let’s hope, with your help, we can keep these ads from airing.
Somebody should ask McCain what he thinks about this ad. Someone should get an answer. It’s wrong.
