Koch front group AFP to unleash $6 million pre-SOTU ad campaign against Obama, starting Monday

[highplainsdem]

From Jake Tapper's Political Punch blog at ABC:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/seeking-to-muddy-waters-on-layoffs-conservative-group-unleashing-6-million-ad-campaign-against-president-obama-and-solyndra/

Seeking to Muddy Waters on Layoffs, Conservative Group Unleashing $6 Million Ad Campaign Against President Obama and Solyndra


Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group that promotes lower taxes and fewer regulations for businesses, is unleashing a $6 million ad campaign against President Obama leading up to the State of the Union on January 24, ABC News has learned.

The ad contains claims that are not tethered to facts. It seeks to capitalize on one of the more uncomfortable spectacles of the Obama administration – a major loan that went through, to a company tied to financial supporters of the president, despite repeated warnings that it was not a good use of taxpayer dollars.

The campaign will be the first multimillion-dollar TV ad buy of 2012 attacking President Obama, in what will no doubt prove a long year full of nasty political attacks.

The campaign will focus $5 million in TV ads that will start running Monday afternoon on network and cable outlets in battleground states Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. The group thought about running the ads in Florida, but decided against it since the Sunshine State’s airwaves are saturated with ads about the January 31 GOP primary. An additional $1 million-plus will buy ads on social media websites.

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Emphasis added.

Tapper points out that the ad campaign "seems an attempt to muddy the waters amidst the charges against GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney and his tenure at Bain Capital."

AFP's head Koch brothers puppet, Tim Phillips, says they're doing this before the State of the Union because they "anticipate that the president is going to launch back into this class warfare/envy assault."

Tapper reminds his readers that AFP won't disclose its donor lists, though it's widely known to be funded by the Kochs. Last year Phillips defended this secrecy by saying it wouldn't be "fair game" if their donors were known because then the president could "attack" those individuals instead of just the organization. Tapper also quotes Charles Koch's June 2011 statement that referred to President Obama as Saddam Hussein and said the 2012 campaign would be the Mother of All Wars. The Kochs are ready to unleash another multimillion dollar assault in their class warfare against the poor and middle class, but their AFP spokesperson is whining that it won't be "fair game" if they're held more directly accountable for their dishonest ads.

[DCBob]

1. Its starting already.

This will be an long ugly campaign with massive amounts of money spent on both sides. Not looking forward to it.

[Scurrilous]

2. Thanks.

[FarLeftFist]

3. What can they possibly say bad about Obama?! 22 straight months of job growth, HC bill passed, and

OBAMA GOT OSAMA! Not to mention it hasn't even been 3 yrs yet and here is a small 8 page list of accomplishments: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/rulings/promise-kept/

There's alot more I'm sure other DUers can provide.

[highplainsdem]

4. Kicking, since the ads have started. Link to new topic about them:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002178327