RNC: AFL-CIO's Old School Attacks ($53 Million Effort To Oppose Sen. John McCain)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/rnc-afl-cios-old-school-attacks,355100.shtml

WASHINGTON, April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, The AFL-CIO Plans To Hold A Press Conference Announcing Plans To Spend $53 Million On A Campaign To Oppose Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) Presidential Campaign:

The AFL-CIO Will Announce Plans For A $53 Million Effort "To Paint McCain As Anti-Worker." "The AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor union organization, will announce plans Wednesday for a $53 million effort to elect a Democrat to the White House. The AFL-CIO will rely on one of the oldest strategies in the political playbook: Define your opponent before your opponent defines himself. The labor organization will launch its 'McCain Revealed' campaign to paint McCain as anti-worker and to tie him to the economic policies of President Bush." (Brody Mullins, "AFL-CIO Targets McCain With $53 Million Campaign," The Wall Street Journal's "Washington Wire" Blog, blogs.wsj.com, 3/11/08)

Both Obama And Sen. Clinton Have Criticized Special Interest Spending In The Past:

Obama's Campaign Attempted To Turn Independent Expenditures Into A Campaign Issue, Claiming "This Kind Of Politics Needs To End." "No outside groups have distributed mailers or run advertisements on Obama's behalf in New Hampshire, and Obama has attempted to turn that distance into a campaign issue. 'The case has never been clearer - this kind of politics needs to end,' Obama campaign manager David Plouffe wrote in a recent fundraising e-mail." (Sarah Liebowitz, "Edwards, Clinton Bankrolled From Afar," Concord Monitor, 1/4/08)

Obama: "ou can't say yesterday, you don't believe in 'em, and today, you are having three-quarters of a million dollars being spent for you. You can't just talk the talk." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At A Campaign Event, Oskaloosa, IA, 12/22/07)

When Asked About Eliminating 527 Organizations, Sen. Clinton Claimed She Would "Have No Problem With Eliminating Any Group That Is Misusing Their Financial Position To Spread Inaccurate Falsehoods." CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "Do you agree with the President? He'd like to see all of these so-called 527 advocacy groups that are putting out all these attack ads, attack ads against John Kerry, the Swift Boat ads, attack ads against the President, would you like to see those 527 organizations removed?" Sen. Clinton: "You know, I have no problem with eliminating any group that is misusing their financial position to spread inaccurate falsehoods." (CNN's "Late Edition," 8/29/04)

FULL story at link.

[rocktivity]

1. Is this the same RNC who spent millions claiming that the AARP

had a homosexual agenda?

:crazy:
rocknation