Independent ads target Obama on taxes, abortion

[Nambe]

Source: NYT - AP

Ads assailing Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on taxes and abortion are coming out in key states and on national cable networks -- aired by independent groups largely financed by two wealthy donors.

The abortion ad, a $350,000 spot that will appear during the next week in Ohio and New Mexico, aims to cast Obama as out of the mainstream, even among abortion rights advocates. Aired by BornAliveTruth.org, it singles out his efforts while in the Illinois Senate to defeat the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. Obama and abortion rights forces in Illinois have said the bill would have undermined the landmark Supreme Court case on abortion, Roe v. Wade.

The tax ad is the work of North Carolina-based RightChange.com, which plans to spend about $1.5 million in the next two weeks on national cable networks including Fox News Channel, CNN and CNN Headline News, said spokesman Tim Pittman. ...

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[Trajan]

1. Who are the two donors ???

[FVZA_Colonel]

2. I know the BAIPA issue is gold for the morons those ads would appeal to,

but how can it still be so common when it's so easily debunked by looking back at what was actually said, and what actually happened?

[d_b]

3. hey, we can play that game too.

[AndyTiedye]

4. We ARE

Watch and DONATE!

https://democracyforamerica.com/contribution_pages/66

https://secure.defenders.org/site/Donation2?idb=0&df_id...

[Democat]

5. To be expected - Obama just needs to attack McCain even more!

Forget defense, stay on the offense and destroy McCain and Palin!

[truthisfreedom]

6. "get your laws off my body!"

[LiberalFighter]

7. Would be nice to do an attack ad on those "independent" ads.

Naming all the organizations and possibly listing the main people responsible.