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Sat 21 Jan, 2006 08:21 am
KRIV to air ad targeting DeLay
Spot linking him to Abramoff was edited after local stations rejected the first version
By SAMANTHA LEVINE
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - At least one Houston television station has agreed to air a reworked television ad linking Rep. Tom DeLay to disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff after refusing to air the first version of the commercial made by two liberal groups last week.
Fox station KRIV (Channel 26) has agreed to air the spot, though Vice President and General Manager D'Artagnan Bebel declined to explain the decision.
The Campaign for America's Future and the Public Campaign Action Fund said KPRC (Channel 2) will run the ad, but station representatives declined requests for confirmation.
The new 30-second ad contains more detailed information about the connections between the two Washington insiders, said David Donnelly, national campaigns director of the Public Campaign Action Fund in Washington.
Abramoff has pleaded guilty to corruption charges and is cooperating with a federal investigation of lawmakers and their aides. DeLay, who faces a trial in Travis County on unrelated campaign finance charges that resulted in his permanently relinquishing his House majority leader post. is up for re-election this fall.
The groups unveiled the first version of the ad Jan. 9. The stations ?- KRIV, KTRK (Channel 13), KHOU (Channel 11), and KPRC ?- sold airtime to run the spot for a week beginning on Jan. 11.
On Jan. 10, DeLay campaign lawyer Don McGahn sent a letter to the stations warning that the commercial contained several falsehoods and that airing it could land them in court.
The stations pulled the spot, which could still be seen on cable and the groups' Web sites.
Two days later, the nonpartisan group FactCheck.org, which reviews the accuracy of political ads and is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, said the ad wasn't false, just ambiguously worded.
The stations refused to budge.
The groups went back to the drawing board because "we think it's important that voters and the public in Houston see the ad itself and hear the story about what Tom DeLay has done," Donnelly said. He would not elaborate on the changes.
Peter Diaz, president and general manager of KHOU, said he will review the ad and its supporting material over the weekend and make a decision as early as Monday.
Representatives from KTRK said they had not made a decision as of Friday night.
Though he had not heard about the new version, McGahn said "the fact that they are making edits tells you everything you need to know about the prior ad."
As the article demonstrates, there are a few liberals in Texas.
Is there a season on them?
We keep mostly hid, eschewing bumper stickers and public displays.
In '04, i saw a wonderful bumper sticker:
Somewhere in Texas, a village is missing its idiot.
Yes, I see that bumper sticker occasionally. Yesterday I saw one that was a W with a slash thru it. Of course, I see plain W ones all the time.
I never saw the DeLay ad. Did you edgar?
So far, the channels I watch have not had the courage to air them. I wonder if they can be seen anywhere online?
Jan. 22, 2006, 12:56AM
Text of new anti-DeLay ad
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
A 30-second ad by the the Campaign for America's Future and the Public Campaign Action Fund released a new television ad about Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land.
The "Out of Sight" ad reads:
ANNOUNCER (in a voice over): Here's the ad Tom Delay does not want you to see. And what does Tom Delay not want you to know?
ONSCREEN: Received at least $57,000 in political contributions from Abramoff, his lobbying associates or his tribal clients between 2001 and 2004. - Associated Press, 01/05/06 floats out of black screen towards viewer.
ANNOUNCER: That he received tens of thousands in campaign contributions from indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates.
ONSCREEN: He visited cliff-top Caribbean resorts, golf courses designed by PGA champions and four-star restaurants _ all courtesy of donors who bankrolled his political money empire.- Associated Press, 12/20/05 floats out of black screen towards viewer.
ANNOUNCER: That he took trips all over the world at his donors' expense.
ONSCREEN: Russians contributed $1 million to the group in 1998 specifically to influence Delay's vote on legislation. - Washington Post, 12/28/05 black screen.
ANNOUNCER: That a group related to Delay received $1 million dollars from Russian tycoons to allegedly influence his vote.
ONSCREEN: "TOM DELAY" fades into black screen. "TIME TO RESIGN FROM CONGRESS" fades in.
ANNOUNCER: That's what Tom Delay doesn't want you to know. Is there more?
ONSCREEN: TOM DELAY, TIME TO RESIGN, A MESSAGE FROM PUBLIC CAMPAIGN ACTION FUND AND CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE
ANNOUNCER: It's time for Delay to resign.
Source: The Campaign for America's Future and the Public Campaign Action Fund
edgarblythe wrote:Jan. 22, 2006, 12:56AM
Text of new anti-DeLay ad
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
A 30-second ad by the the Campaign for America's Future and the Public Campaign Action Fund released a new television ad about Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land.
The "Out of Sight" ad reads:
ANNOUNCER (in a voice over): Here's the ad Tom Delay does not want you to see. And what does Tom Delay not want you to know?
ONSCREEN: Received at least $57,000 in political contributions from Abramoff, his lobbying associates or his tribal clients notice they can't pin down who or how much. $57,000 is chump change. That's why Hillary has been spared my wrath in this matter. I believe she has accepted similar amounts of money from the same people. between 2001 and 2004. - Associated Press, 01/05/06 floats out of black screen towards viewer.
ANNOUNCER: That he received tens of thousands in campaign contributions from indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates.
ONSCREEN: He visited cliff-top Caribbean resorts, golf courses designed by PGA champions and four-star restaurants _ all courtesy of donors who bankrolled his political money empire.- Associated Press, 12/20/05 floats out of black screen towards viewer. Who cares?
ANNOUNCER: That he took trips all over the world at his donors' expense.
ONSCREEN: Russians contributed $1 million to the group in 1998 specifically to influence Delay's vote on legislation. - Washington Post, 12/28/05 black screen.
ANNOUNCER: That a group related to Delay received $1 million dollars from Russian tycoons to allegedly influence his vote. I wonder if they were successful or if Delay just took their money and gave them the finger. it's neat how you can throw the word allegedly in and that makes everything ok. Al Gore allegedly molested his daughter until she was 17.
ONSCREEN: "TOM DELAY" fades into black screen. "TIME TO RESIGN FROM CONGRESS" fades in.
ANNOUNCER: That's what Tom Delay doesn't want you to know. Is there more?
ONSCREEN: TOM DELAY, TIME TO RESIGN, A MESSAGE FROM PUBLIC CAMPAIGN ACTION FUND AND CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE
ANNOUNCER: It's time for Delay to resign.
Source: The Campaign for America's Future and the Public Campaign Action Fund
Hate ads... How wonderfully American. I hope he answers these allegations.
Over here, the tabloids would have made mincemeat of him years ago.....
Unfortunately, they made them water the ad down before they would accept it. The original was more specific in its details.
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