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Right Wing Group Running Ad In Michigan Starring Reverend Wright
TPM Election Central —
The Freedom's Defense Fund, a right wing group with ties to Obama slime-ographer Jerome Corsi, is up in Michigan with this ad attacking Obama and starring Jeremiah Wright and his "God damn America" rant:
It's unclear how long the spot has been running, and how big the buy is, but The New York Times reports this morning that the spot is running in Macomb County, Michigan, a stronghold of white, unionized auto workers -- the latest in a wave of very targeted advertising by outside groups that appear to have been set up for the sole purpose of sliming Obama in one way or another.
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BMW Direct Re-Surfaces With Ties to Anti-Obama Ads
TPMMuckraker —
Remember BMW Direct, that sketchy direct mail company that raised money for down ballot candidates, but kept most of it in "fees"?
Well, they're back.
This morning, the New York Times ran a story mentioning BMW Direct, whose COO is also chairman of the Freedom's Defense Fund -- a PAC which has been running ads with "racial overtones" in a pivotal swing county in Michigan.
Well here at TPMmuckraker, we've been talking about BMW Direct and its office-and- employee-sharing PAC since early July:
BMW Direct, a direct-mail fundraising firm, has been raising money for groups called Freedom's Defense Fund ...
New Wright Ad Attacks Obama in Battlegrounds
Political Radar —
Previous | Main New Wright Ad Attacks Obama in Battlegrounds October 27, 2008 3:53 PM ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: A Republican political action committee on Monday is launching a new TV ad campaign in three battleground states featuring Sen. Barack Obama alongside the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, in the latest salvo from a GOP-aligned group to use clips of Obama’s controversial former pastor. The ad, from the National Republican Trust PAC, features now-famous video of Wright declaring “God damn America,” and the “US of KKKA.” “For 20 years Barack Obama followed a preacher of hate and said nothing as Wright raged against our country,” the ad says . ...
