Conservative Group to Air Anti-Obama Ads (Rove operative; replay of the flip flopper meme)

[Pirate Smile]

Conservative Group to Air Anti-Obama Ads
By Michael Luo

An independent conservative group that worked on behalf of President Bush in 2004 is planning to begin broadcasting nationally next week a commercial that attacks Senator Barack Obama as a flip-flopper.

The non-profit advocacy group, Let Freedom Ring, is planning to spend several hundred thousand dollars to broadcast the commercial over several days beginning Tuesday, according to Colin Hanna, president of the organization.

The group has already obtained clearance to broadcast the advertisement on CNN and MSNBC and is seeking approval from several networks to make a national advertising purchase, Mr. Hanna said. But it is unclear how many spots the group could purchase, or how much impact it could have, by going the unorthodox route of a national buy.
The group’s efforts follows on the heels of another television advertising campaign by the group, Vets for Freedom, attacking Mr. Obama. The veterans group’s commercials were the first major outside effort boosting Senator John McCain.

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One intriguing detail about Let Freedom Ring is that Tim Goeglein, a former White House political operative who worked closely with Karl Rove as a liaison to social and religious conservatives, is a consultant helping the group. Mr. Goeglein quit his White House post in March after admitting he had repeatedly plagiarized from other writers in occasional guest columns he did for his hometown newspaper.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/conservative-group-to-air-anti-obama-ads/

[bluestateguy]

1. Breathe another sign of relief that Obama didn't take the public money

Better to take a little heat for foregoing the public money than to tie his hands as he's mercilessly smeared by these 527's with unlimited money.

[depakid]

2. Ironically, that's likely to be something they hammer him with....

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Watch as they "buy" a small run and "get"

unlimited national airplay free from every major news outlet. Spend several hundred thousand, get millions worth of airplay from the corporate media.