Millions of voters in U.S. states crucial to this fall's presidential election received DVD copies

[babsbunny]

of a controversial documentary film as advertising inserts in their morning newspapers over the past week, with more expected to be sent out over the upcoming weekend.

http://ipsnews.net/print.asp?idnews=43940

POLITICS-US:
Anti-Islam Film Targets "Swing State" Voters

Ali Gharib

WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (IPS) - Millions of voters in U.S. states crucial to this fall's presidential election received DVD copies of a controversial documentary film as advertising inserts in their morning newspapers over the past week, with more expected to be sent out over the upcoming weekend.
The 2006 film, "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West", which has been accused by critics of encouraging Islamophobia, was reportedly delivered, or slated for delivery this weekend, into tens of millions of households in states such as Ohio, Michigan, Florida, Colorado, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Missouri and other "swing states" that don't vote consistently for either party and usually decide elections.

Republicans and their candidate, Sen. John McCain, have made the battling the threat posed by radical Islamists a central platform of their campaign, while presenting their Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama, as being weak on the issue. Obama has also fought off persistent "smear" campaigns, particularly among Jewish voters, that he is a closet Muslim.

Gregory Ross, the spokesman for the Clarion group, which produced and is distributing the DVD, told the Harrisburg Patriot-News that the movie was being delivered to 28 million homes throughout the month of September and that the intention was not to sway voters to either candidate.

[PermanentRevolution]

1. Not just newspapers - I got it in the mail yesterday

[gizmo1979]

2. Milwaukee Journal

2 weeks ago.

[phantom power]

3. No, no, I'm sure this is a purely non-partisan public service...

:eyes:

[Aloha Spirit]

4. FEC Probe requested... report from MarketWatch today....

Here's the link:

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/cair-asks-fec-probe-anti-muslim/story.aspx?guid=%7B7948034F-EC85-4DD6-BB41-235B7E716F44%7D&dist=hppr

..."There is at least one report of a person who received the DVD also getting an automated phone call asking that person to watch the film and then "keep it in mind when you go to the voting booth."

"American voters deserve to know whether they are the targets of a multi-million-dollar campaign funded and directed by a foreign group seeking to whip up anti-Muslim hysteria as a way to influence the outcome of our presidential election," said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad."

[randr]

5. Just as I opened this post

my wife handed my mail to me including a copy of this DVD.
Here are the principles:
Exec. Producer--Peter Mier
Producer--Raphael Shore
Conceived by--Peter Mier
Production Manager--Brett Halperin
Written by--Wayne Kopping, Raphael Shore, Brett Halperin
Directed/Edited--Wayne Kopping
Music--Bareman
Sic em DU

[Bucky]

8. "Brett Halperin" eh? You don't suppose....

Could he be any relation to Mark Halperin?

[El Supremo]

6. I got it in the Denver Post last week.

After looking at the description I tossed it. Damn hate mongers.

[monmouth]

7. I said yesterday, I got mine, gave it to the repug receptionist and

told her to throw the crap out for me. She said "but it's important." I said, "no, it's crap."...

[nc4bo]

9. omg November can't get here fast enough. I hope there's some law being violated here

and it blows up right in the face of McCain and his asshat crew of focktards.

[jab105]

10. I just got this in the mail yesterday!

crazy crazy stuff!