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Billionaire Harold Simmons funded ad linking Obama, ex-Weatherman Ayers
LA Times ^ | August 23 | Dan Morain

Posted on 08/23/2008 6:38:44 AM PDT by PghBaldy

Texas billionaire Harold Simmons, who helped pay for the devastating attacks on the military record of Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry in 2004, has paid for a television ad that assails Barack Obama over his ties to a founder of a violent radical group.

Simmons, who is also a major fundraiser for John McCain, donated $2.87 million that a newly formed nonprofit group, the American Issues Project, has used for the ad, a report filed Friday with the Federal Election Commission shows.

The 60-second ad opens with Obama giving a speech, then asks how much voters know about him.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 527groups; ads; ayers; billionaires; electionads; haroldsimmons; obama
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Obama sent threatening letters to TV stations and DoJ over it. I have a copy of the letter to TV stations, but it is from No Quarters blog (a Hillary supporter) which FreeP frowns upon.
1 posted on 08/23/2008 6:38:45 AM PDT by PghBaldy
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To: PghBaldy

Thank you Mr. Simmons.


2 posted on 08/23/2008 6:40:04 AM PDT by JohnLongIsland
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To: PghBaldy

Harold Simmons is a true patriot. God bless him.


3 posted on 08/23/2008 6:41:35 AM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: PghBaldy

never any mention of the communist george soros.


4 posted on 08/23/2008 6:43:03 AM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: ken21

why? they share the same ideology.
that is why the internet , talk radio and Fox have become such a potent tool against the MSM.


5 posted on 08/23/2008 6:46:52 AM PDT by pennboricua
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To: PghBaldy

Thanks for posting, PghBaldy. Thank you Harold Simmons. Thanks to FR for putting this at the top of the discussion/news forum.

Bill POS Ayers BUMP!


6 posted on 08/23/2008 6:47:16 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: PghBaldy
It's an absolutely awesome TV ad--very devastating (and factual, which is what is driving the Hussein supporters crazy!!!

I hope it is shown early and often.

7 posted on 08/23/2008 6:48:56 AM PDT by stockstrader (CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN--a ticket with two arrogant Washington beltway senators/lawyers /s)
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To: PghBaldy

It is unbelievable that even the Democratic Party would nominate a candidate for President who is so profoundly ignorant of the people who he associates with and what they stand for.


8 posted on 08/23/2008 6:50:32 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: PghBaldy

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/aiplettertostations.pdf


9 posted on 08/23/2008 6:53:08 AM PDT by bahblahbah
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To: stockstrader

I saw it. It definitely leaves a mark.


10 posted on 08/23/2008 6:55:01 AM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: PghBaldy

they have their billionaires and we have ours.

I say ours is better!


11 posted on 08/23/2008 6:56:33 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: PghBaldy

Thank you Mr. Simmons. God Bless you.


12 posted on 08/23/2008 6:56:54 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: pennboricua

“that is why the internet , talk radio and Fox have become such a potent tool against the MSM”

but Fox refused to run the AYers ad ... trying to have it both ways.


13 posted on 08/23/2008 6:58:23 AM PDT by EDINVA
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“It is unbelievable that even the Democratic Party would nominate a candidate for President who is so profoundly ignorant of the people who he associates with and what they stand for.”

He is not ignorant of who they are and what they stand for. He is just cocky and arrogant enough to think it does not matter.


14 posted on 08/23/2008 6:59:15 AM PDT by mkcc30 (Save a Whale.....Kill a Terrorist!)
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To: PghBaldy

We got Simmons, moonats got Soros, let the games begin.

Although I must admit we do have an unfair advantage......its called FACTS!

Looks like the Ayers link is the cream of the crop of sore spots for Obamayers. I don’t blame them for being upset, its a powerful ad and will help to crush bambi. Too bad for them its ALL absolutely provable truth.


15 posted on 08/23/2008 7:02:53 AM PDT by HerrBlucher (Obama Bin Biden.........thank you Lord, thank you thank you thank you.)
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To: PghBaldy

True to form, the LA Times paints the threat as Mr. Simmons, who is a true patriot, instead of Ayres, who wishes he could have done more harm to the USA than merely killing policemen and who stomps on our flag with a grin on his aging face.
Shameful, even for our putrid press.


16 posted on 08/23/2008 7:03:01 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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A chilling attack on free speech.

The first amendment is essentially worthless thanks to campaign finance regulations and the FCC. Thank goodness especially that the FCC is around for Marxist thugs who want to suppress inconveniently free speech (regardless of its merits).

17 posted on 08/23/2008 7:08:49 AM PDT by M203M4 (True Universal Suffrage: Pets of dead illegal-immigrant felons voting Democrat (twice))
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Harold Simmons is from a very small community in rural East Texas and he has never forgotten his roots. He has donated generously to our small public school. He has provided the funds that have air-conditioned the gyms for both elementary and secondary schools as well as built the field house. He donated the money to buy the band new uniforms this year. His scholarships provide several of our graduates an opportunity to attend college or trade school each year. (We graduate 40 in a good year.) My kids play on the Harold Simmons tennis courts. He is a man of quiet grace and generosity.

The Obama ads are just another good deed from a great man.

18 posted on 08/23/2008 7:16:00 AM PDT by myprecious
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To: PghBaldy
This would make the best ever video using 0's own voice.

Here is Obama after the cameras had shut down in Chester, Virginia.

OBAMA: Everybody's watching what's going on in Beijing right now in the Olympics. Think about the amount of money that China has spent on infrastructure. Their ports, their train systems, their airports are all vastly superior to us now, which means if you're a corporation deciding where to do business, you're starting to think Beijing looks like a pretty good option.

RUSH: There he goes again running down the United States. Do you know the United States of America's economy is more than that of Germany and Japan combined, but here he is, infrastructure, they're doing it right, the communists, ladies and gentlemen, the communists are doing better than we are at infrastructure, airports, train systems, sports, and if you're an American corporation, why, it makes sense to go over there. Hey, Obama, what do you think they've been doing for the last number of years? Where do you think Nike makes its shoes that you wear playing pickup basketball? Where do you think Apple is making the iPhone? -more at Rush

19 posted on 08/23/2008 7:18:12 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: PghBaldy

Great man. Real American.


20 posted on 08/23/2008 7:19:27 AM PDT by Vision ("Test everything. Hold on to the Good." 1 Thessalonians 5:21)
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