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Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): we all figured that out a long time ago

07 Monday May 2012

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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2012, attack ads, Claire McCaskill, Karl Rove, missouri, Senate, Twitter

Via Twitter:

Claire McCaskill ‏ @clairecmc

A few months ago saw Rove in STL airport.Then millions of secret $ attack ads.Today,McConnell on my STL flight to DC. Ok guys,I get it.

2:42 PM – 7 May 12

That’s why you always got to dance with them what brung you.

Welcome home, Claire.

American Crossroads GPS attacks Robin Carnahan (D) on the air

21 Saturday Aug 2010

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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American Crossroads GPS, attack ads, Karl Rove, missouri, Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt

These ads have been airing in the Kansas City market this morning with a frequency more like late October than late August. And the donors?

Rove-linked group uses secret donors to fund attacks

…American Crossroads GPS, on the other hand, is incorporated under Section 501(c)4, which requires it to spend the bulk of its cash focusing on issues, but frees it from having to disclose the names of its donors. In fact, it won’t be required to publicly report any of its finances until at least May 2011…

Male announcer: The message is clear. Seventy-one percent of Missouri voters don’t want government mandated health care. We want to make our own health care decisions.

Female announcer: But Robin Carnahan disagrees, while seventy-one percent of us voted no Carnahan sided with lobbyists, big unions, and Washington insiders to force Obamacare on us.

Male announcer: Missouri’s Lieutenant Governor is suing the federal government so we can keep our health care.

Female announcer: Tell Carnahan to get in touch with Missourians and support the health care challenge.

[Paid for by Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies]

Grassroots? Yeah, right. Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie are really grassrootsie (via our friends at Fired Up).

The ad is in need of a tiny bit of editing:

“…We want to make our own health care decisions…” Correction: republicans want insurance companies to deny benefits, continue rescission, and increase premiums while reducing benefits.

“…Carnahan sided with lobbyists, big unions, and Washington insiders to force Obamacare on us…” Correction: Roy Blunt (r-lobbyists) sided with lobbyists and Washington insiders to block access to health care for those who desperately need it.

“…Missouri’s Lieutenant Governor is suing the federal government so we can keep our health care…” Correction: Missouri’s Lieutenant Governor is suing the federal government so he can posture in the hopes that he can position himself for a run for higher office in 2012.

There, that’s much more accurate.

Robocalls against Sam Page (D), part 4

22 Wednesday Oct 2008

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attack ads, Citizens Taking Charge, Lt. Governor, missouri, Peter Kinder, robocalls, Sam Page

The enablers of Peter Kinder (r – “mr. personality”), the incumbent in the Lieutenant Governor race, are certainly relentless when it comes to producing robocalls attacking Sam Page (D).

We’ve previously covered the robocalls and other attacks:

Robocalls against Sam Page (D)

Robocalls against Sam Page (D), parts 2 and 3

Fake Democrat mail targetting Sam Page (D)

Here’s another:

Sam Page has a secret. He’s accepted a large contribution from a Canadian company, breaking a Federal law in the process. In fact, Sam Page admitted it came from a Canadian address. Now, after having been caught Sam Page has all kinds of excuses. The bottom line? Sam Page doesn’t want you to know that he broke the law. Sam Page’s choices are risky for Missouri. On November 4th say “No” to Sam Page. Paid for by Citizens Taking Charge, Patrick Wilson, treasurer.

Typical old school style republican campaign tactics. I figure their “…was found to have voted with Vito Marcantonio” robocall will be out any day now.  

Swiftboat lies aren't "ideas", Ed.

19 Friday Sep 2008

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AIP, attack ads, Ed Martin, missouri

An article in the Thursday Post-Dispatch titled “‘Soft money’ takes new shape” says that because the FEC cracked down after 2004 on the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and even on a couple of liberal political advocacy groups, such independent groups have morphed into new variations. One such new group, the conservative American Issues Project, shows that the change isn’t for the better:

The AIP was set up earlier this year as a nonprofit, “social welfare” organization that is subject to even less disclosure than the Swift Boat-style groups.

Ed Martin, looking for a new gig since he had to skedaddle out of the governor’s office over the e-mail scandal, eagerly boarded this new Swift Boat vessel.

[H]e noted that Democratic soft money groups have traditionally had an edge on their GOP counterparts, so this was a chance to even out a “lopsided debate.”

“The liberal-leaning groups have made very clear … that they’re going to spend tens of millions of dollars on advocacy for their issues and to influence the discussion in the fall,” Martin said, citing campaigns by the Service Employees International Union and Planned Parenthood, among others. “So our goal is to be pushing into the public discourse some conservative ideas.”

Oh, you mean conservative “ideas” like linking Obama to William Ayers, a one time member of the Weather Underground”? That kind of “idea“? Because that was AIP’s debut on the political ad scene. One question about that ad, Ed: where’s the idea in that idea? I don’t call a groundless ad hominem attack an idea.

Far as I can tell, though, when liberal advocacy groups air attack ads, they actually do feature factual information about relevant issues. The United Food and Commercial Workers, for example, has its Wake Up Wal-Mart campaign, which informs us that Wal-Mart makes $21,000 profit a minute and expects to fare even better than that in a sour economy. Yet McCain has proposed $1.5 billion in tax breaks for Wal-Mart. That ad comes several light years closer to being an idea.

MoveOn’s been pushing its philosophy as well. It is airing a radio ad against Roy Blunt that lists how much money Blunt and McCain have taken from Big Oil and then mentions how they voted to give Big Oil tax breaks. The ad complains about the Republican “failed energy policy written by Big Oil” and urges Blunt to “jump out of the pocket of Big Oil.”

(By the way, attacking Roy Blunt is just an excuse in Southwest Missouri to go after McCain. Blunt’s Democratic challenger William Tharon Chandler had, as of June 30th, raised no money and spent no money. Whatever. The ad still has actual ideas in it.)

MoveOn’s active on TV too:

Announcer: “When John McCain says . . .” John McCain: “My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends.” . . . Announcer: “You know who he’s talking about? The 177 lobbyists who have ties to his campaign. More than a dozen lobbied for oil companies. McCain got more than $2 million from energy companies. And he didn’t support the measures we need to get cleaner, cheaper fuel. So when it comes to gas prices, John McCain won’t be taking care of you, he’ll be taking care of . . .” John McCain: “My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends.” Announcer: “MoveOn.org Political Action is responsible for the content of this advertising.”

The idea there is that it’s dishonest to call yourself a maverick when your campaign is stuffed with lobbyists and your voting record shows you voting against the interests of ordinary Americans in favor of those lobbyists.

I’ve yet to see mere character assassination coming from the Democrats. No, that’s the Republican stock-in-trade. Democrats have to scramble to defend themselves against Swiftboat lies; they don’t initiate the same sort of scummy tricks from their side. And the wonder is that much of the voting public hasn’t noticed that difference.

So don’t talk to us about conservative “ideas“, Ed. You’re just putting lipstick on Swiftboaters.

Photo of Ed Martin courtesy of Fired Up!

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