Special Interests Spent $11 Million On Solyndra Attack Ads Since April — But They Didnt work

[ErikJ]

HAHAHA - toooo bad Issa and Kochs!

Exclusive: Special Interest Groups Spent Nearly $11 Million On Solyndra Attack Ads Since April — But They Didn’t Work
By Stephen Lacey posted from Climate Progress on Oct 10, 2012 at 6:32 pm

When the solar manufacturing company Solyndra went bankrupt last September after receiving a $527 million loan guarantee, it sparked a politically-motivated Congressional investigation into the White House’s handling of the program — an “investigation” that critics admitted would “stop on election day.”

After acquiring 300,000 documents, holding a dozen hearings and official meetings, issuing two subpenas, and spending more than a million dollars on the investigation, members of Congress failed to present any evidence of political wrongdoing.
Congressional critics have “not shown the loan was granted as a result of political favoritism, despite repeated campaign-trail claims,” reported The Hill.

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According to a ThinkProgress analysis of independent advertisements from Kantar Media’s CMAG system, outside conservative groups spent $10.78 million on presidential campaign ads between April 1 and October 1 of this year specifically attacking the Solyndra loan or mentioning Solyndra as part of a broader attack on clean energy stimulus spending.

The ads were purchased by the American Energy Alliance, the American Future Fund, the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity, Karl Rove’s Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, and Let Freedom Ring.
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Despite the millions of dollars spent on Solyndra-related television spots over the last five months, polls show that a majority of American voters still don’t know about the company or are indifferent.

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/10/10/987251/exclusive-special-interest-groups-spent-nearly-11-million-on-solyndra-attack-ads-since-april/

[Zalatix]

1. It didn't work because the American People realize Solyndra was actually taken down by CHINA.

China undercut our entire industry with a flood of cheap solar panels. Including Solyndra.

And now China is doing the same thing to Germany's entire solar market.

It's called dumping.

[rgbecker]

2. Then there were the Romney lies at the debate on top of that.

http://factcheck.org/2012/10/romneys-clean-energy-whoppers/

http://factcheck.org/2012/06/romneys-solar-flareout/

[Whovian]

3. If they really cared about this country they could have spent that on research

into green energy and have made a true difference.