Well that did not take quite as long as I thought it would. The corporations, who just recently were declared by the Supreme Court were the same as people are already infiltrating the Arkansas Democratic primary in an effort to help their girl, Blanche Lincoln, get to November.
The group in question is called Americans for Job Security. They have already released several misleading ads about Bill Halter, and the latest was nothing short of disgusting. I will not do them a favor and put the ad on my diary but they put Indian-Americans with really bad Apu accents in front of easily recognized scenes from India and thanked Halter for sending jobs to India.
Help Halterout with a contribution so that he can fight these "people" as the Supreme Court calls them.
President Obama warned us this would happen but on a more foreign basis. But it is already happening right here at home.
Bill Halter, who still trails but has a good chance of beating Lincoln, has been singled out for attack after attack by Lincoln and groups affiliated with her. Rembember when Lincoln decried outside influences deciding the race? All of a sudden it is not that big of a deal. She has allowed the Chamber of Congress run out right lies all across this state. Even though she has denounced this newest ad, she has not asked that it be taken down or that the group take the ad down.
Bill Halter's campaign has come out demanding that Americans for Job Security disclose their corporate backers. You can help him and us by filling out a quick letter demanding the same.
The statement is as follows:
A shady Republican political group called Americans for Job Security is running millions of dollars in misleading attack ads against Bill Halter. Not only are their ads false, but their latest despicable spot has been labeled "racist" by the Arkansas Times and the Indian-American community.1,2 They are trying to buy a U.S. Senate seat that belongs to Arkansans.
Americans for Job Security is a "trade association", so there's no doubt that big corporations are behind these shameful attacks. They'll do anything to stop Bill Halter from winning this race and standing up for working people.
We've seen how big corporations spends millions on special interest groups like this to lobby against health care and financial reform. It's time for them to come clean.
They are filing a complaint with the FEC and you can get involved by going to the website and filling out the form.