Desparation: Nat'l Republican Trust vs. Obama: 'License'

[Bubbha Jo]

This new third-party ad, whose sponsors said it began airing in Ohio tonight, goes after Obama on what Mark Penn once told the Clintons would be a devastating political issue: Obama's support for states' right to issue drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.

The issue has scarcely surfaced as Obama faced the relatively pro-immigrant McCain and tussled over Hispanic voters, but the National Republican Trust PAC is airing it in the most cutting, over-the-top, way available: It accuses Obama of supporting the policies that issued drivers licenses to the 9/11 terrorists.

Obama last year supported Eliot Spitzer's tiered license plan, which was billed as having tough security safeguards, but which nonetheless spurred a popular backlash.

The ad begins with an image of Mohammad Atta's drivers license; it's replaced by a similar image in which Obama's face fills the same area occupied first by Atta's, then by the burning World Trade Center.

More plus video:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Natl_Republican_Trust_vs_Obama_License.html?showall

This is beyond belief. To use the 911 attacks in such a manner is way past lame.