***** VIRAL Alert *****

[L. Coyote]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvXcY-u7MJM

Make this go VIRAL. RATE, comment, subscribe, etc.

If you do not yet have a YouTube account, now is WHEN to do it!

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Views: 492
Ratings: 39
Comments: 7
Favorited: 2 times

Honors for this video (0)

[L. Coyote]

1. Narrative of the AD:

VOICEOVER: "On the campaign trail, John McCain claims that he fought to expose Jack Abramoff and his corrupt cronies..."

MCCAIN: "And I led the investigation."

VOICEOVER: "It was a scandal that rocked the country, linking all the way to the Bush White House and Republicans in Congress, sending two former Republican Congressmen to prison.

"But, now, desperate to raise campaign cash to run more negative attack ads, John McCain is cozying up to Jack Abramoff's cronies.

"Ralph Reed, a key business partner of Jack Abramoff helped the convicted former Republican lobbyist launder 2 million dollars through a front group to finance a gambling campaign.

"Now, Ralph Reed has signed up to raise money for John McCain. Reed has even been appointed to McCain's Victory 2008 Team.

"Ralph Reed's murky connections to Jack Abramoff run so deep, it cost him a race for Lt. Governor in Georgia.

"While most people now see Ralph Reed as a tainted man raising tainted money, John McCain sees him as a source of campaign cash.

"John McCain -- more of the same old politics."

[eleny]

3. Thanks!

[eleny]

2. What is it about?

[L. Coyote]

4. The Democratic video take on John McCain and Ralph Reed

The Democratic video take on John McCain and Ralph Reed
August 15, 2008, 12:01 AM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2008/08/15/the_democratic_video_take_on_j.html


Surely you didn’t think that Democrats would let this go.

This morning, the Democratic National Committee will release a video highlighting Monday’s Atlanta fund-raiser for Republican presidential candidate John McCain — and Ralph Reed’s role in gathering up some of the cash.

“But, now, desperate to raise campaign cash to run more negative attack ads, John McCain is cozying up to Jack Abramoff’s cronies,” says the narrator. “Ralph Reed, a key business partner of Jack Abramoff, helped the convicted former Republican lobbyist launder $2 million through a front group to finance a gambling campaign.”

In June 2006, the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, chaired by McCain, concluded that casino-owning Indian tribes, at Abramoff’s direction, filtered more than $5 million through a series of corporations to satisfy what they said were Reed’s political concerns that he would be linked to the cash.

Actually, the money for Reed went not to gambling campaigns, but to Christian-oriented, anti-gambling campaigns — meant to frustrate competitors trying to establish gambling concerns. ...................

[L. Coyote]

5. Melanie Sloan on John McCain and Ralph Reed: “You just have to wonder who’s the bigger hypocrite.”

Melanie Sloan on John McCain and Ralph Reed: “You just have to wonder who’s the bigger hypocrite.”
http://citizensforethics.org/node/33690


13 Aug 2008 // As we reported Monday, Jack Abramoff's ally, Ralph Reed, is hosting a fundraiser for presidential candidate John McCain next week. We stand by our suggestion that John McCain should review the 66 pages of correspondence between Mr. Reed and convicted felon, Jack Abramoff, which were obtained by his committee. Those emails between Reed and Abramoff are posted at governmentdocs.org.

In addition, we think McCain should cancel the fundraiser:

Republican presidential candidate John McCain so far is ignoring calls from several watchdog groups to cancel ...........

[L. Coyote]

6. Abramoff and Kark Rove Linked to Prosecution of Ex-Alabama Governor and Campaign Finances

Deja DU: Abramoff and Kark Rove Linked to Prosecution of Ex-Alabama Governor and Campaign Finances
Jun-01-07 - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1023111

[L. Coyote]

7. Climbing FAST!!

Views: 4,844
Ratings: 52
Comments: 13
Favorited: 7 times

AND, posted on my Facebook.

Honors for this video (1)
#85 - Top Rated (Today) - News & Politics

[ContinentalOp]

8. Did you make this ad?

[L. Coyote]

9. NO. Still climbing = Views: 8,523

Views: 8,523
Ratings: 74
Responses: 1
Comments: 24
Favorited: 10 times

Honors for this video (1)
#48 - Top Rated (Today) - News & Politics

Sites linking to this video (5)

254 - http://www.democraticunderground.com/
128 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

[SemiCharmedQuark]

10. Good idea

:thumbsup:

Consider it done.

[gateley]

11. Done - thanks for the alert and for all the links! Damning video! nt

[AllentownJake]

12. Is that CJ Craig doing the narration?

[L. Coyote]

13. Sounds like it. If so, good choice on a subliminal level.

[HughMoran]

14. 10k+ and it says all you need to know to boot...

:D

[populistdriven]

15. are you DIGGing it ?

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Tainted_4?OTC-kff

[intheflow]

16. Over 10,000 views and 97 recs now.

:evilgrin: