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- Released by the American Issues Project, a non-profit groupAmerican Issues Project: About AIP
- Debuted in August of 2008YouTube Video: Know Enough? (Time: 1:02)
- Asks whether voters know enough about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to vote for himYouTube Video: Know Enough? (Time: 1:02)
- Introduces connections between Obama and Bill Ayers of Weather UndergroundYouTube Video: Know Enough? (Time: 1:02)
- Cost $2.8 million to produceWashington Post: Group to Spend $2.8 Million on Anti-Obama Ad (August 21, 2008)
- Financed by Harold SimmonsUPI.com: Obama Asks Justice Probe of 'Issues' Ads
- Aired in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and MichiganUPI.com: Obama Asks Justice Probe of 'Issues' Ads
- Length: 1:02YouTube Video: Know Enough? (Time: 1:02)
- American Issues Project supported their claims with a 167 page document of referencesAmerican Issues Project: Know Enough Research (5.1 MB)
- Tag line: "Beyond the speeches, how much do you really know about Barack Obama?"YouTube Video: Know Enough? (Time: 1:02)
- CNN and the Fox News Channel declined to air the adUPI.com: Obama Asks Justice Probe of 'Issues' Ads
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The non-profit organization American Issues Project released a one-minute video advertisement titled "Know Enough?" in August of 2008. The video questions if voters know enough information about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to make an educated decision to elect him.YouTube Video: Know Enough? (Time: 1:02)
About the Video
The advertisement alerts viewers to an alleged friendship between Barack Obama and Bill Ayers of Weather Underground. Ayers and Weather Underground claimed responsibility for 12 bombings in the 1970s, including attacks on the U.S. Capitol Building and the Pentagon. The video claims Obama referred to Ayers as "respectable" and "mainstream." It proceeds to question why Obama would be friends with someone who bombed the U.S. Capitol and was proud of it and asks viewers "Do you know enough to elect Barack Obama?"YouTube Video: Know Enough? (Time: 1:02)Response from Obama Campaign
After attempts to convince individual television stations not to air the advertisement, the Obama campaign requested that the U.S. Department of Justice open a criminal inquiry into the American Issues Project. The campaign claimed it was "a knowing and willful attempt to violate the strictures of federal election law." The American Issues Project responded to the claims by suggested Obama was trying to "circumvent the First Amendment."UPI.com: Obama Asks Justice Probe of 'Issues' Ads-
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