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Historic NY

(37,451 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 10:34 AM Jun 2015

Anyone seen the Mark Rubio sleazy ad trying to sink the Iran compacts ref nukes.

I was watching one of the cable channels and it popped up once. Some searching shows its out there.

<WASHINGTON -- The “dark money” nonprofit group supporting Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) presidential campaign on Thursday launched an issue advertisement touting the senator’s opposition to a deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program.

The ad from the Conservative Solutions Project, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that is not required to disclose its donors, says the Obama administration is pursuing a “bad deal” with Iran. The video features clips of both Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denouncing the international negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. The group asks viewers to call their senators and to "join Rubio” in opposing the deal, which is supposed to be negotiated by June 30.

Conservative Solutions Project was established in 2014 with the express intent of supporting Rubio. Unlike a super PAC, it is not required by law to disclose its donors. This type of nonprofit proliferated after the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision opened the door to unlimited independent spending by corporations and unions.

By airing an ad extolling Rubio, the group is sending a signal about how the 2016 presidential race will be different from 2012: On top of the plethora of single-candidate super PACs, which all of the candidates in the 2016 race have, some candidates will deploy their own dark money groups to advertise on their behalf -- all with donors hidden in the shadows.>




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/25/marco-rubio-dark-money_n_7665332.html

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Anyone seen the Mark Rubio sleazy ad trying to sink the Iran compacts ref nukes. (Original Post) Historic NY Jun 2015 OP
I saw this POS ad on TV last night COLGATE4 Jun 2015 #1

COLGATE4

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1. I saw this POS ad on TV last night
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 10:44 AM
Jun 2015

here in the Tampa Bay area. I would call it sleazy but that is unfair to sleazy things. But you're right - this is just a taste of things to come, thanks to Citizens United. Fortunately it's in support of Rubio, who IMO has as much a chance of being elected POTUS as a snowball in hell.

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