AFP (Koch brothers front) spending over $200,000 today to attack Obama in Reagan birthday ad

[highplainsdem]

http://influencealley.nationaljournal.com/2012/02/afp-attacks-obama-in-ad-markin.php

Americans for Prosperity is using Ronald Reagan's 101st birthday to praise the late president and attack the current one.

An ad running today features clips of President Obama talking about the economy (with some ominous-sounding music) juxtaposed with clips of Reagan touting the benefits of small government, free enterprise and the American spirit (with triumphant music). Check out the ad below.

The ad is airing more than 20 times today on national cable outlets at a cost of more than $200,000.

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Video of the ad at the link. I caught it while channel surfing cable news a few minutes ago.


Editing to add a link to the topic I posted earlier today about Bill Press's latest column, on the Koch brothers driving the anti-Obama hate machine:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002273855

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201202021530--tms--bpresstt--m-a20120202feb02,0,6530159.column

As Press points out, the Kochs are the sugar daddies behind both Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks:

But it's because of their political activity that the brothers Koch have recently gained notoriety. Together, they're probably the nation's biggest political donors. Nobody else -- not George Soros, not Bill Gates, not even Sheldon Adelson -- comes close. And their influence is everywhere. They're major funders of two conservative think tanks, the Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute. They've created pseudo-scientific research centers on many college campuses, like the Mercatus Center of George Mason University. They're the sugar daddies behind two powerful political organizations, FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity -- which is currently running anti-Obama TV ads in 10 states. They were the money bags behind the tea party. They put up the funds to oppose new mining safety regulations in West Virginia, overturn tough mileage standards in California, and elect Scott Walker in Wisconsin. And, by my count, they're principal sources of funding for at least 57 conservative political action groups.

[tabatha]

1. Now isn't that a load of BS.

Kochs - lower taxes.
Reagan - increased taxes 11 times.

[11 Bravo]

2. Hell, dig the old fart up and let him speak for himself!

I guarantee you that he's every bit as sentient today as he was during the last two years of his Presidency.