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Freedom's Defense Fund
"Great Leader" |
Obama (video
clip): I want to first of all
acknowledge your great mayor [SFX]
Kwame Kilpatrick [SFX].
And he is a leader not just here in Detroit, not just in Michigan, but
all across the country people look to him. We know that he is
going to be doing astounding things for many years to come. So
I'm grateful to call him a friend and a colleague and I'm looking
forward to [SFX] a
lengthy collaboration. [SFX]. Male Announcer: Freedom's Defense Fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. |
| Notes: A series of ads. The first one featured Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Subsequent ads showed Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers and Raila Odinga [press releases] |
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Rev. Wright ad |
[Music]
Male
Announcer: Meet Jeremiah
Wright, Barack Obama's pastor. He performed Obama's wedding and
baptized his kids. But what does Rev. Wright have to say about
America? Wright (video clip): Not God Bless America, God D*** America. That's in the Bible, for killing innocent people. God D*** for treating her?us citizens as less than human. God D**** America... Male Announcer: Freedom's Defense Fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. |
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Tony Rezko ad |
[Music,
Camera and Flash SFX] Male Announcer:
Meet Tony Rezko, one of Barack Obama's top donors. He's raised a
quarter million dollars for Barack Obama. But that's not
all. Rezko was convicted of bribery, money laundering, and twelve
counts of mail and wire fraud. He faces life in prison. You should know who Barack Obama's friends are. Freedom's Defense Fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. |
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Bill Ayers ad |
[Music,
Typing SFX] Male Announcer:
Meet Bill Ayers, founder of a radical terrorist organization.
Ayers was responsible for bombings in New York City, at the Pentagon,
and in the United States Capitol. Ayers is a friend and ally of
Barack Obama. He even launched Barack Obama's state senate
campaign from his own home. You should know who Barack Obama's friends are. Freedom's Defense Fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. |
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Raila Odinga ad |
[Music,
Scanner SFX, Siren and Crowd SFX] Male Announcer:
Meet Raila Odinga, the communist leader of Kenya. Since taking
power he's spread fundamental Islamic law throughout the country and
the Christian majority is under attack while American reporters are
forced to leave. In 2006 Barack Obama campaigned for Raila Odinga
on a taxpayer-funded trip. You should know who Barack Obama's friends are. Freedom's Defense Fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. |
| Notes:
Here what Obama's FighttheSmears website says about Ayers: The Truth about Barack Obama and
William Ayers
Smear groups and now a desperate McCain campaign are trying to connect Barack to William Ayers using age-old guilt by association techniques. Here’s the truth: the smear associating Barack to Ayers is “phony,” “tenuous,” – even “exaggerated at best if not outright false.” William Ayers is a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, with whom Barack served on the board of an education-reform organization in the mid-1990’s. According to the Associated Press, they are not close: “No evidence shows they were “pals” or even close when they worked on community boards years ago …” Smear groups and the McCain campaign are trying to connect Obama to acts Ayers committed 40 years ago – when Barack was just eight years old. Here’s what the New York Times reported on the connection: But the two men do not appear to have been close. Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the radical views and actions of Mr. Ayers, whom he has called “somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8.”
Fight back with the truth: make sure anyone who has seen this smear also sees this page. And, FactCheck.org rebuts the claim that Obama campaigned for Raila Odinga, a claim drawn from Jerome Corsi's book "The Obama Nation." "During a visit to Kenya in 2006, Obama and his wife, Michelle, arranged to take an AIDS test to publicly demonstrate the test's safety. While there, Obama spoke to the assembled crowd. Raila Odinga, one of the two candidates running for president, was on the stage when Obama spoke. Corsi concludes that the event constituted an endorsement of Odinga." |