Group behind new Obama attack ad has Republican Party ties

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:21pm EDT
By Mark Hosenball and Alexander Cohen

WASHINGTON Aug 17 (Reuters) - A group of former U.S. spies and commandos that launched a media campaign this week criticizing President Barack Obama's national security record has extensive links to the Republican Party, public records indicate.

Records filed with federal and state authorities, and material posted on the Internet, show that key players in the campaign by the Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund include individuals with current or former affiliations with national and local Republican Party organizations. These include the group's treasurer, lawyer and TV producers.

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When OPSEC first announced its media campaign earlier this week, one of its representatives, Chad Kolton, who worked as a spokesman for the Director of National Intelligence during George W. Bush's presidency, insisted the group's message was non-political.

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Braden, the OPSEC legal advisor, confirmed in an interview that during the 1980s he worked as chief counsel for the Republican National Committee, the party's central organization. He said that since leaving that job he has represented numerous Republican-related political causes, though he has also represented non-Republican clients.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/17/usa-campaign-leaks-idUSL2E8JGMGO20120817

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keep reading....non-partisan my ass.

[progressivebydesign]

1. Bless you Reuters. I've been impressed with the actual journalism in this election...

.. tho not perfect nor complete, I'm grateful when WE all can google these guys and know the truth AND the journalists do the same.

As for those scuzzballs... unbelievable.

[maddezmom]

5. like someone said in GD about Soledad...I think a few peeps have been watching

"The News Room" and have come to their senses.

[elbloggoZY27]

2. Read the Constitution

The GOP will try anything to attack the President.


This is really ugly political garbage.

[SoapBox]

3. Oh man...saw the spokes guy on Hardball today...

Mr. Scum, had a REALLY, REALLY hard time trying to say exactly what they don't like about the President.

Other than that, they just hate him.

Micheal Smerconish and Jon Soltz (VoteVets.org) were really good about calling out this clown and his bullshit from this new "Swift Boat" ad group.

BUT, nothing fazed him. The guy and the group are Haters. Plain and Simple. There is no reasoning with them and they will lie, Lie, LIE just like the rest of the Thugs, Bullies and Baggers. Period. I'll just lay odds that they have close ties with that creepy Faith Keepers bunch.

To the folks that are actually military and in this group...disgraceful and dishonorable.

[Iliyah]

4. You ain't seen nothing yet, severely and seriously!

The same person who promoted this video besides being a birther also believes that in fact Pres O's father is NOT Obama Sr. but another black man who had ties with the communist party in Hawaii. Therefore, Pres O's mother had an relationship with the communist black man and therefore, Pres O was really born in America and his father was actually an communist American citizen.

Meanwhile, Rev. Huckster claims in a commercial that Obamacare was spawned by the devil himself and the health-care will end America as we know it.

Another Tea nut claims that Pres O was married to a gay dude when Pres O was about 8 years old.

Any questions??????

[Kingofalldems]

6. GOP has not changed since Watergate

Lie, cheat and connive.

[McCamy Taylor]

7. Hope they keep reminding America who killed Bin Laden