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Obama's first attack ad


Sen. Barack Obama's campaign has released what it says will be a Web ad that slams Sen. Hillary Clinton for taking money from Washington lobbyists and includes a clip of her defending lobbyists at the Yearly Kos convention last summer.


The campaigns like to call these contrast ads, but it's arguably the first negative ad that didn't arrive in voter mailboxes. It even features a similar locked chainlink fence from the NAFTA mailer that Clinton got so flummoxed about back in Ohio.






The campaign bills the 1 minute, 1 second ad as for the Web, even though it's labeled "TV ad" under an "On the air" page of the Obama Web site. Obama spokesman Bill Burton told me it is a Web ad only.


Here's the campaign release:


"Guide" shows Obama as the only candidate who will take on the special interests, while Clinton accepts most lobbyist money of any candidate

PHILADELPHIA, PA — U.S. Senator Barack Obama's Presidential campaign today unveiled a new web ad that shows a "three step guide" to understanding the influence of Washington lobbyists. In the style of an old PSA, "Guide" shows the three steps of influence for Washington lobbyists. Step one — "Lobbyists donate to politicians" — shows that Senator Hillary Clinton has taken more money from lobbyists than any other candidate — Republican or Democrat. Step two — "Politicians defend lobbyists" — reminds viewers that Clinton has said, "You know a lot of those lobbyists, whether you like it or not, represent real Americans." Step three — "Americans pay the price" — shows gasoline approaching $4 per gallon, skyrocketing insurance and drug prices, and trade deals and bankruptcy laws that betray working families.

The ad finishes with the summary line: "We can't end the Washington game … until we change the players."

Senator Hillary Clinton has taken over $800,000 from lobbyists, more money than any other candidate — Republican or Democrat:

* Over $130,000 from energy lobbyists
* Over $130,000 from drug company lobbyists
* Over $125,000 from health care and insurance lobbyists


Barack Obama is the only candidate in the race who doesn't take money from special interest PACs or Washington lobbyists and has passed legislation to reduce their power in Washington.



Christina Bellantoni, national political reporter, The Washington Times

Comments (10)

the lobbyists are to Clinton as the photographers are to Britney Spears, someone to fetch, worship, and undermine.

Obama's first attack ad? oh please.

Where are Obama's previous tax returns?


This is not an attack add, this is the truth. Hillary Clinton is duty, and nasty. Radi Rhodes was right for calling her what she called her. We can't afford Mc Cain but Hillary is just as bad.

From: BLACKS4BARACK.org

Hillary/Media's 'bitter' tactic against Obama desperately PITIFUL !

Here we go again ! When the campaign started in 2007 Obama was said to have not been 'black enough' as per the media as they touted Hillary's 82% support from Black Americans. The Clinton camp scrounged and dug as deeply as they could to find some kind....ANY kind of smut they could use against Obama, even searching as far back as his kindergarten writings. Couldn't find a thing. Then as Americans of all races learned more about the real Clintons, while learning more about the great qualities and capabilities of Obama, the inevitable was no more. So the Clintons (and the media) decided if they couldn't find anything negative on Obama, why not search through video tapes of Obama's preacher. Yea ! That's the ticket. So they scrounged and searched through years and years of video taped sermons and found a few somewhat harsh statements from the preacher....looped them all together....played them on the news 1 or 2 million times, in hopes that they could paint Obama as this anti-American-black militant type person....exactly what he is not (maybe they forgot he's also half white). But, polls showed their masterminded plot to be ineffective. Now what ? Ahhhhh. Obama makes a statement discussing how many Americans are fed up with government failures and are 'bitter'. The Clintons....McCain....the media....ALL decide....here's something we can jump on top of.....Obama called Americans 'bitter' ! So he's an elitist out of touch with real America!


This is the weakest attempt so far. How in the world can they try to claim that a little black boy who's father left at age 2....raised by a single white mother...so broke at times that she was on food stamps....a boy who grew up and went to college through grants and scholarships....riding to school daily in a ragedy jalopy.....just recently paying off his student loans thanks to proceeds from a book he wrote....(entitled 'The Audacity of HOPE') who's entire life has been devoted to helping the disadvantaged....the poor....sick....the struggling....THIS IS AN ELITIST ?


Hillary, McCain and the entire media should be ashamed of themselves for this weak, pitiful attempt to literally make-up truth. They should be concentrating on REAL facts such as the 109 million the Clintons have made during the last few years...or the 300 mill McCain's wife is worth.....or what about Hillary's secret religion known as 'The Family' which CNN didn't ask a single question about in the so-called religious forum...or what about her election fraud case going on right now in California? Did we mention McCain's wife's stealing of drugs and her rehab stint ? There's so much more....it's pitiful !


The fact is.....Obama is about as elitist as Hillary ducked sniper fire in Bosnia....Stay focused people. They are all (Hillary, McCain and the media) getting more and more desperate everyday. That's a real good sign !

Greg Jones

Nothing that Senator Obama could say about Hillary Clinton could ever reveal the true inertia of the woman. Her motivation is singular and entirely self-serving. Her need for power is no different that the need of any drug addict, she must possess it to survive. It will be of great interest to see what lies ahead for the Clintons after her defeat. With all she has exposed of her true inner being during this campaign those who "thought" they knew her before will now know her for sure. Could this be the end of the Clinton charade? We should all be so blessed.

He attacks Clinton over lobbyists. At least she didn't buy her house from one. One word: Rezko!

Iraqi born Rezko is Obama's friend of 17 years and a well known mob figure.

Rezko served on Obama's U.S. Senate campaign finance committee and raised more than $14 million, according to Federal Election Commission records, helping send Obama to Washington in 2004.

The Chicago Sun Times reports state senator Barack Obama wrote letters to city and state officials supporting his political patron Tony Rezko's successful bid to get more than $14M from taxpayers to build apartments.

Obama told the Chicago Tribune that, in all the years he's known Rezko, "I've never done any favors for him.''

How does Obama get away with this? Where is the media on this unbelievable topic?

OUT OF HER OWN MOUTH NASTY AS EVER PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING GET OVER IT SHE CANT WIN NOMINATION

HOW OBAMA HAS USED GEORGE BUSH/KARL ROVE TACTICS TO OBTAIN OVER $62,000,000 FOR HIS CAMPAIGN, SO FAR!:
The Washington Post -- April 11,2008 -- Obama gets plenty of money from big donors too: "Sen. Barack Obama credits his presidential campaign with creating a 'parallel public financing system' built on a wave of modest donations from homemakers and high school teachers. ... But those with wealth and power also have played a critical role in creating Obama's record-breaking fundraising machine, and their generosity has earned them a prominent voice in shaping his campaign. Seventy-nine 'bundlers,' five of them billionaires, have tapped their personal networks to raise at least $200,000 each. ... Donors who have given more than $200 account for about half of Obama's total haul, which stands at nearly $240 million. ... The bundler list also sheds light on those who might seek to influence an Obama White House. They have helped the campaign recruit more than 27,000 donors to write checks for $2,300, the maximum allowed. Donors who have given more than $200 account for about half of Obama's total haul, which stands at nearly $240 million. The use of bundlers was perfected by George W. Bush, who in 2000 and 2004 set some fundraising records that Obama has shattered.

cobre: I know it's pointless, but you realize he didn't buy a house from Rezko ... right? Of course you don't ... you still believe there are WMDs stashed in Iraq.

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