Hackett Supporters Please Help

[Columbus]

I just noticed an ad on Dailykos which has a picture of Paul Hackett and Sherrod Brown and purports to be for ActBlue. The ad is asking for donations for the Ohio General Election. When you click on the ad it goes to a Sherrod Brown donation script.

This is simply deceptive and if the Charities Fraud Bureau were open this late on a Saturday night I would file a complaint.

Does anyone have contact information by phone with ActBlue or an account with Dailykos to alert people to this deception?

I sincerely hope this is a glitch not a premeditated deceptive practice.

[Adelante]

1. No

The link goes to a general election fund for Ohio. It's here on DU, too, and probably all liberal Dem sites.

[Columbus]

3. not on kos

the link on kos goes to a sherrod brown team site, picture of Brown, grow ohio information.

[Adelante]

6. This is where it goes

on DemBloggers and DU.

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/372

I'll check Kos now.

[farmbo]

2. Nope...it's a job application form, not a donation solicitation...chill!

Remember...Sherrod's on our side too.

[Columbus]

4. It's a deceptive consumer practice

It's that simple. A deceptive consumer practice.

[Adelante]

7. It's a glitch on Kos

That job application was what was behind the most recent Brown ad.

[dsc]

5. It is for the Ohio General election fund

which will feature one of those two men running for Senate.

[Adelante]

8. The OP is right about Kos

It has Brown's job application from the old ad instead of the GE fund from the new ad.

http://www.sherrodbrown.com/win

Different from what is on DU and DemBloggers.

It's a glitch.

[dsc]

9. That was a glitch.

[Columbus]

11. Agreed, a glitch

I am just tired of election glitches. Messages were sent and apparently they were successful. The link is now goes to ActBlue not Brown.

[Columbus]

14. I spoke to soon, maybe not such a glitch

There is a furious argument on dailykos regarding this issue.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/23/13416/187

I think the fact there is no disclosure that the ad is from a candidate committee needs to be rectified.

I thought that ActBlue paid for the ad replacing the Sherrod Brown ad ran its course. I was wrong.

Apparently the ads are being paid for by Sherrod Brown's campaign without disclosing that fact. Disclosure of paid ads by a campaign are the basis of all campaign finance theory and law.

I believe this is a campaign finance violation. I could be wrong and appreciate expert input.

Also, is the Brown campaign mining information from anyone who links to the ActBlue page but does not contribute?

[Cocoa]

10. the ActBlue site links to Hackett's site but not to Brown's

but I don't think it's a plot between Hackett and ActBlue, I think they just haven't added Brown yet.

http://www.actblue.com/directory/federal/senate

[BuckeyePounder]

12. Dirty tricks and Blog payola

thats all this is.
http://www.buckeyesenateblog.com/2005/10/lefty_blog_payo_1.html

http://www.buckeyesenateblog.com/2005/10/what_kinda_of_p.html

http://www.buckeyesenateblog.com/2005/10/more_people_foo.html

Brown should pull this deceptive ad immediately.

[Columbus]

16. The stink increases n/t

[ohio_liberal]

17. Indeed

n/t

[brentspeak]

13. What's really annoying about the ad is

that they placed a photo of a smiling Hackett so as to suggest Hackett is looking at Brown and approving of him. If anything, Hackett is super-pi$$ed at Brown right now, and with very good reason.

[Algorem]

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