Keith O exposes American Future Fund hit GOP ads as regurgitated templates with same lies

[zulchzulu]

Hopefully the video is available online, but the main point is that one Iowa political campaign ad group made essentially the SAME attack ads with anti-Pelosi messaging and eery soundtrack but replaced the candidate du target in the beginning of the ad and then spewed the same nonsense after.

American Future Fund http://americanfuturefund.com/

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It's a WordPress web site with the URL bought by GoDaddy. Otherwise, it's untraceable. Sort of...

The American Future Fund (AFF), operating out of Des Moines, is sponsoring advocacy advertisements in closely contested congressional races from New York to Louisiana to Minnesota and Colorado. It is one of the most ambitious conservative independent expenditure groups to emerge in 2008.



More: http://iowaindependent.com/4203/secrets-of-the-american-future-fund

Oh... but there's more!

American Future Fund (AFF), the shadowy conservative advocacy group that's working to undermine state laws against robo-calling, has ties to DCI Group, a Republican lobbying firm with a reputation for dirty tricks and shady clients. And a closer look at AFF suggests the group has been designed to carry out political attacks while escaping scrutiny from the press and public.

AFF paid $249,000 last year to McKenna & Associates for fundraising work, according to a copy of AFF's 990 form for 2008 that was obtained by TPMmuckraker. The Arlington, Virginia-based firm is run by Andrew McKenna, a GOP operative and former senior vice-president of DCI Group. McKenna did not immediately respond to TPMmuckraker's request for comment.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/american_future_fund/

American Future Fund. What a nice name!

:puke:

[Suich]

1. They're running a lot of ads against

Rep. Rick Larsen in WA state, the one KO showed where they just change the name.

:grr:

[Supersedeas]

2. and media outlets don't care as long as the lies are duly paid for--public airways but no public

service---profits over public service all day.