Revised anti-DeLay ad airs today on 2 Houston stations

[Judi Lynn]

Jan. 22, 2006, 1:22AM
Revised anti-DeLay ad airs today on 2 Houston stations
Spokeswoman for Republican says the TV spots were made by a Democratic group

By RUTH RENDON
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

A controversial ad linking Rep. Tom DeLay to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff will hit the airwaves in Houston today after local television stations had declined to show an earlier ad.

The revised ad calling for DeLay to resign his congressional post is set to air on KPRC-NBC (Channel 2) and KRIV-FOX (Channel 26), according to Campaign for America's Future, one of two liberal public interest groups that joined forces last week to run the ad.

D'Artagnan Bebel, vice president and general manager of KRIV, said Saturday that his station will air the revamped ad, but representatives for KPRC could not be reached to confirm the station would show the ad.

"I've accepted the revised spot," Bebel said Saturday.
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Jan. 22, 2006, 12:56AM
Text of new anti-DeLay ad


Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

A 30-second ad by the the Campaign for America's Future and the Public Campaign Action Fund released a new television ad about Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land.

The "Out of Sight" ad reads:

ANNOUNCER (in a voice over): Here's the ad Tom Delay does not want you to see. And what does Tom Delay not want you to know?

ONSCREEN: Received at least $57,000 in political contributions from Abramoff, his lobbying associates or his tribal clients between 2001 and 2004. - Associated Press, 01/05/06 floats out of black screen towards viewer.

ANNOUNCER: That he received tens of thousands in campaign contributions from indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates.

ONSCREEN: He visited cliff-top Caribbean resorts, golf courses designed by PGA champions and four-star restaurants _ all courtesy of donors who bankrolled his political money empire.- Associated Press, 12/20/05 floats out of black screen towards viewer.

ANNOUNCER: That he took trips all over the world at his donors' expense.

ONSCREEN: Russians contributed $1 million to the group in 1998 specifically to influence Delay's vote on legislation. - Washington Post, 12/28/05 black screen.

ANNOUNCER: That a group related to Delay received $1 million dollars from Russian tycoons to allegedly influence his vote.

ONSCREEN: "TOM DELAY" fades into black screen. "TIME TO RESIGN FROM CONGRESS" fades in.

ANNOUNCER: That's what Tom Delay doesn't want you to know. Is there more?

ONSCREEN: TOM DELAY, TIME TO RESIGN, A MESSAGE FROM PUBLIC CAMPAIGN ACTION FUND AND CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE

ANNOUNCER: It's time for Delay to resign.

Source: The Campaign for America's Future and the Public Campaign Action Fund
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[ShockediSay]

1. I would not be too surprised if these "licensees of the public airwaves"

find some reason not to act in the public interest by airing this viewpoint.

[struggle4progress]

4. Second go-round

At least one Houston TV station to air ads critical of DeLay

HOUSTON At least one Houston television station that rejected an anti-Tom Delay ad says it now plans to run a slightly sanitized version.

The new ad says the Texas Republican "received" campaign money from disgraced super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff (AY'-bruh-mahf). The original said he "pocketed" the money.

The original ad, paid for by two liberal groups, was supposed to start running on Houston stations last week. The DeLay campaign sent letters asking them not to run the ad, saying it was misleading. The new version says "Here's the ad Tom DeLay does not want you to see." ...

http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4393927&nav=Bsmh

[rodeodance]

2. ""TOM DELAY" fades into black screen."---manybe there will be a

black hole for him to fade into?

[acmavm]

3. Can you imagine the rage running through DeLay? This is a guy who

once told a waiter (who told him that it was against a law of the Federal Government for him to be smoking a cigar in a restaurant) that he WAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

Sometimes the Gods, or fate, or the stars, or whatever come through and the paybacks are soooooo fitting.

[KAZ]

6. I'd love to have 5 minutes in a room alone...

with Delay and his "rage". Please.

[Catherine Vincent]

5. This really ticks me off that these stations are bowing to

Delay's threats of airing the ads. That just goes to show you conservatives run the media. Remember the tons of ads against the Clinton's? At least in Texas, I remember republican campaign ads and all they had to do was show a picture of the Clinton's and that was the que to the clinton-hating masses out there that they are a so called good upstanding republican.