Group to run Mich. ad tying Detroit mayor to Obama

[JonLP24]

Source: mlive.com

LANSING, Mich. -- An ad tying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to disgraced Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is set to run on cable news channels in Macomb County.

Freedom's Defense Fund, a Washigton-based group that funds Republican candidates' campaigns, says it will spend about $25,000 to air the ads over the next 10 days.

Executive director Todd Zirkle said Friday that it's fair to run the ad, which shows Obama praising Kilpatrick before speaking to the Detroit Economic Club in May 2007. At the time, Kilpatrick was not facing any charges in a text messaging scandal that led to his resignation Thursday in a plea deal involving 10 felony charges.

"I think he (Obama) is running on his judgment, and we think it's pretty poor in this instance," Zirkle said in a phone interview. Kilpatrick "was well known to be ethically challenged for years."



Read more: http://www.mlive.com/elections/index.ssf/2008/09/group_to_run_mich_ad_tying_det.html

[grannie4peace]

1. obama's people need to know about this

[rzemanfl]

2. This is as weak as saying Palin visited Ireland because her

plane refueled there.

[JonLP24]

3. Ireland is beautiful

I remember our flight and we stopped at the airport in Ireland to refuel. It is truly beautiful over there.

[stillcool]

4. Keating Five!

voting with Bush more than 90% of the time, war forever..there's your judgment. Ooops..no black man..never mind!

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

5. if anyone is interested, here is a page that lists donors for Freedoms DF

http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgave.php?cmte=C00401786&cycle=2008

[lamp_shade]

6. YAWN!!!

[Demeter]

7. They Are Welcome to Try

but I doubt that even in redneck country they would get any traction.

[Faygo Kid]

8. As someone born in Detroit who grew up in Macomb County, this is ALL ABOUT RACE.

Obama is (gasp) an African-American!

Ohmigod! Hide your lovely women in Warren!

It's all about race with these clowns. Get used to it. They have got NOTHING otherwise.

[NWHarkness]

9. Pure racism

But, we aren't supposed to say that, are we?

[msongs]

10. Republicans want to win and they know how to do it - being nice is for losers lol nt

[CitizenPatriot]

11. I'm writing a letter to the TV stations

and local papers there.

this is ABSURD.

DESPERATE.

[Snotcicles]

12. That is Candice Miller country, she is Tom Delays right hand MAN. nt

[MoToR]

20. I remember when

My county, Macomb county, was Minority Whip David Bonior's county. Oh how Macomb county has fallen on hard times. Macomb county, the most populous county in the country without a 4 year college.

[Snotcicles]

24. David is one of my political favorites, labor has no better friend. I wanted him as Governor.

I think Miller and Land are cooking something up, though I have no proof.

[neuvocat]

13. Just the white man keeping the black man down.

No matter what it takes.

[Elidor]

14. Weaksauce

There are better angles to hit Obama on. Some guy he said something nice about is a weasel? Oh, wow, we're doomed.

Meanwhile, John McCain is wrong about Iraq, wrong about the economy, wrong about Choice, wrong about energy, and has shown repeatedly that he's a political wind-sock.

Glad to see them throwing their money away.

[depakid]

15. Here it comes...

[MichiganVote]

16. Well I live here and I can tell you its a waste of time and money. We ALL know

who Kwame is and what he has done. No one here is going to tag any part of it with Obama cuz' they can't.

[Pete2069]

17. How many democrats are tired of these lies and BS

Tell Obama's campaign to attack McCain and Pulin.  What in the
H... is the matter with them.   Are they that short of
political funds  or the news media will not run their ad..
Or ,,,are they to d... spineless to attack McCain for his lies
, BS , misstatements and propaganda.

Kerry waited to d... long and it make the race close enough
for Bush's election corporations to steal it.

That is another thing.   Why is it when it is proven that an
elections is stolen by someone that we can not kick them out
of the office they illegally are setting in with their thief.

Something is very strange and wrong that is going on.... I do
not believe that our government is on the up and up about who
is really running our government.   There is some strange
reason why the democrats are not fighting to kick Bush ,
Cheney with their corruption out of office ,, in the beginning
of 2007.

Either our democrats need a course in what the constitution
states and their jobs are or they are starting to love their
power and control so much ,, they would rather give into this
administration crimes for the benefit of keeping their seats.

[Curtland1015]

18. Really, if this is the worst "dirt" they can find on Obama...

Then we don't have much to worry about.

[EFerrari]

19. Abramoff and his rent boy, Ralph Reed, mfers. Go for it. n/t

[kwolf68]

21. This is a non issue

National politicians will typically make these type of speeches. Obama is not in cahoots with this guy, doesn't endorse him, and likely would support whatever justice is taking place.

They are looking for a "Swift Boating" of Obama and while this is a nice try, it doesn't come close to derailing BO.

[bertman]

22. As depakid says, "Here it comes." You people are gonna get ulcers if you let this kind of crap

get you all riled up. 'Cause the negative ad campaign ain't even got goin' good yet!

Racism? No. Definitely not. Just a negative political ad.

Would anybody call pro-Obama ads racist if they showed that John McAnus had said nice things about Jack Abramoff in a political speech?

Let's save the racism charges for the real deal; otherwise, we begin to sound like the boy who cried "wolf".

[Hugabear]

23. Why doesn't the GOP just run this ad: "N.....s: can't trust them"

You know they'd love to.

[Robb]

25. No kidding. /nt