Clinton spokesman Phil Singer also accused Obama of hypocrisy. “In Iowa, Sen. Obama and his campaign went out of his way to attack labor unions for independently promoting other candidates,” said Singer. “But in Nevada, he’s looking the other way as they falsely attack his opponents.”
“Sen. Obama apparently has no problem with groups running ads as long as they attack others” he said. “While that’s audacious, it’s certainly not hopeful.”
The ad was also noticed by the Edwards campaign, which Team Obama also hit over outsider ads. “When Sen. Obama says turn the page, he obviously means turn to whatever page is most convenient,” said Edwards’ deputy campaign boss Jonathan Prince. “When a different outside group starts running ads on his behalf in Nevada, there’s not a peep from him or his campaign.”
Team Obama distanced themselves from the ad. “Sen. Obama believes, and has said clearly, that campaigns should fund themselves and discourages supporters from spending outside the campaign,” said spokesman Bill Burton. But he said Team Edawards mounted a much more aggressive string of attacks in Iowa. “In that case, it was not the independent speech of individual union members, each contributing small amounts to amplify their voices. It was a special project of outside donors funding a massive 527 effort run by one of Edwards’ top political lieutenants.
He went on. “It’s not our ad — the first we learned of its contents was from press reports. If the Clinton campaign has questions, they should contact the union that sponsored the ad whose support they sought throughout the course of this campaign. But coming from a campaign that is repeatedly launching absolutely false attacks against Sen. Obama, it takes some chutzpah. The facts is their camp clearly would like to have worker’s voices silences and they need to live with that unfortunate position.”
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