In August 2010, President Obama used his weekly address to denounce the flood of attack ads run by “shadowy groups with harmless sounding names.”
“The worst thing of all they don’t have to reveal who is having to pay for them,” Obama said, criticizing Republicans for “keeping the American public in the dark.”
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“We can not allow a corporate takeover of our democracy,” Obama added, vowing to fight this type of advertising. “Let’s challenge every elected official who benefits from these ads to defend this practice or join us is stopping it,” he declared.
“Millions of Americans are struggling to get by and their voices shouldn’t be drowned out by millions of dollars in secret special interest advertising,” Obama added, “Their voices should be heard.”
