AdWatch: Anti-Obama group raises pastor in ads
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press Writer Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press Writer 54 mins ago
TITLE: "Obama's Wrong Values"; "Obama's Awful High Tax Policies"; "Hillary Clinton Rips Barack Obama" and "Obama's Patriotism Problem."
LENGTH: Clinton and patriotism ads are 60 seconds, others are 30 seconds.
PAID FOR BY: Our Country Deserves Better PAC, a Sacramento, Calif.-based group formed to campaign against Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
AIRING: PAC claims ads are airing in Nevada, Colorado and Michigan, with a total ad buy of more than $100,000.
ANALYSIS: The ads are the work of an independent group and are not produced by Republican candidate John McCain's campaign. The exact size of the ad buy is uncertain because it has not yet been reported to federal election officials.
The group's goal is to use provocative images to "question the leadership, character and judgment of Barack Obama," according to PAC spokesman Joe Wierzbicki.
Wierzbicki said the group does not believe McCain's campaign has been strong enough in its attacks against Obama.
The images and allegations are provocative and, in some cases, unfounded. Many have been circulating in e-mails and on blogs, but have not yet been raised by McCain.
Clips from a controversial sermon delivered by Obama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright are used in two ads to charge that Obama doesn't share average Americans' values.
Another ad questions Obama's patriotism with a video clip in which he does not hold his hand to his heart during the national anthem. A third accuses Obama of sympathizing with Islamic militants. The ad does not support the statement.
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