Union helps Obama with gas price ad
Barack Obama, whose campaign is already swamping Hillary Clinton on Pennsylvania airwaves, is getting some more help today from one of the most important unions supporting him.
The Service Employees International Union launched an ad that hits the hot-button issue of record gas prices and highlights Obama's energy proposals and his stand of not accepting campaign cash from federal lobbyists.
In the ad, motorists at the pump and in the cars complain about how much it is costing to fill up and about how too many politicians are in the pocket of Big Oil.
"Pennsylvania families like mine are hurting every time they fill up the tank, and voters need to know there’s one candidate in this campaign who will take on the oil and gas companies and do something about it,” SEIU member Elaine Oley, one of those in the ad, said in a statement. “Barack Obama cares about us and he will bring the change we need.”
SEIU members also plan to hand out leaflets at a Philadelphia service station this afternoon.
In a conference call with reporters today, the Clinton camp repeated a refrain that with Obama outspending Clinton, he should do well in Tuesday's primary -- and if he doesn't, that should raise more questions about his electability in November. Clinton leads by single digits in most polls.



Obama is outspending Clinton,fair enough...On the other hand,Clinton has the support of the establishment:Governors and mayors and even people like Stephanopoulos of greek ancestory owes one or two favours to the Clintons:George Robert Stephanopoulos (born February 10, 1961) is an American broadcaster and political adviser. He is currently ABC News's Chief Washington Correspondent and the host of ABC's Sunday morning news show This Week. Prior to joining ABC News, he was a senior political adviser to the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign of Bill Clinton and later became Clinton's communications director.
Yeah, pretty amazing that someone from the '92 campaign can end up as a debate moderator.
Hillary's Bosnia Lie....Insults all American Veterans and Active Military Personell and their families. Get Real.
Catholics against Lying Politicians!!!! No More Hillary, No More Lying Politicians!
It was a very sad example of yellow "journalism" and bias. Shame on ABC!
If Hillary "could" spend as much as Obama in PA she would. Perhaps it's time for another personal loan??
So, from the response The Hillary campaign gave, I'm guessing that they're not really trying? Or is it that they're not trying as hard as Obama's camp? Ofcourse he's trying hard, they both are!
Now that we know that ABC takes questions from right wing extremists rather than focusing on real issues such as torture, health care, jobs and the economy, we can add them to the list of corporate owned propaganda machines that are trying to undercut Obama because he threatens corporate interests and doesn't except bribes like the other candidates. Corporate media is a disgrace to the great tradition of journalism. Thank god Americans are starting to catch on to their lies!
Full Disclosure: A moderate Republican who will vote for McCain:
Folks, American politics is not genteel, nor has it ever been, all the way back to 1800 and Jefferson's first election. One could say that this may, someday, be seen as a big break for Obama, by prepping him for the road between now and November. From the right side of the aisle, however, may I advance the perception that, up to now, Obama has been treated gently, perhaps too much so.
The debate was pathetic and absolutely shameful. I watched the debate from Canada and I felt totally insulted. Such quack journalism doesn't take place here in Cnada in the name of politics.Corrupt journalism is #1 enemy of American politics. It si time to demand a high standard of professionalism from most American journalist and anchor .
If doctors and other professionals are doing time in jail for abuse ,unethical and negligence I think some journalist should be investigated for corrupt , misinformation, distortion and abuse of national TV for political mischeif. The ABC moderators should be sanctioned or investigated. I beleive somebody connived with the Clintons to abused the American electorate in that orchestrated shameful debate. Intelligent people should be outraged. I don't think Americans are that lousy and petty to deserve such time wasitng , energy sapping , foolish drama.
With this kind of journalism many good people will remain dicouraged from vieing for political office.Great leaders will remain in doors while the country suffers from inept and incompetent leadership.
The debate was pathetic and absolutely shameful. I watched the debate from Canada and I felt totally insulted. Such quack journalism doesn't take place here in Canada in the name of politics. Corrupt journalism is #1 enemy of American politics. It is time to demand a high standard of professionalism from most American journalist and anchor.
If doctors and other professionals are doing time in jail for abuse ,unethical and negligence I think some journalist should be investigated for corrupt , misinformation, distortion and abuse of national TV for political mischief. The ABC moderators should be sanctioned or investigated. I believe somebody connived with the Clintons to abused the American electorate in that orchestrated shameful debate. Intelligent people should be outraged. I don't think Americans are that lousy and petty to deserve such time wasting , energy sapping , foolish drama.
With this kind of journalism many good people will remain discouraged from vying for political office. Great leaders will remain in doors while the country suffers from inept and incompetent leadership.
Shame on Hillary Clinton for all the ways she is running a dishonest and underhanded campaign. MOST OF ALL shame on those in the media who push aside substantive and important election issues in favor of lowest common denominat / scandal sheet level (so-called) journalism. The Wed. ABC program agenda doesn't even qualify as a debate -- with the exception of a couple items.
SHAME ON YOU, ABC -- for posturing as a venue to supposedly educate, maybe even illuminate the knowledge and understanding of the American Public in a most troubling time in our history. Let me assure you, it has been noted all over the net that many people of all political persuasions have begun a boycott of ABC and your sponsors for trying to promote nothing but mud fights and to insight ignorance and hot button issues in the electoral process -- as long as you get views. In a nut shell, it's called prostituting yourselves -- especially so -called moderators.
I THINK THAT IF BARACK OBAMA IS GOING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND HE MAKES IT HE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE GAS PRICES.
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