• Writer Stanley Kurtz has published several articles attacking Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama.NRO: Stanley Kurtz Archive When word spread that Kurtz would be appearing on Milt Rosenberg's radio show on WGN Radio 720 in Chicago, Illinois, Obama's campaign urged Obama supporters to complain to the station.ChicagoTribune.com: Obama's E-mail About WGN-AM When Kurtz appeared on Rosenberg's radio program on August 27, 2008, the station received an "unprecedented" volume of calls from Obama supporters.The Swamp: Obama Campaign Confronts WGN Radio

• Fast Facts

  1. Contributing editor for the National ReviewNRO: Stanley Kurtz Archive
  2. Studied and taught at Harvard UniversityHudson Institute: Stanley Kurtz
  3. Critical of Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack ObamaNRO: Stanley Kurtz Archive
  4. Appeared on Milt Rosenberg's radio show on WGN Radio 720 on August 27, 2008The Swamp: Obama Campaign Confronts WGN Radio
  5. Obama campaign urged supporters to complain to the radio stationChicagoTribune.com: Obama's E-mail About WGN-AM
  6. Radio appearance prompted a high call volume to the stationThe Swamp: Obama Campaign Confronts WGN Radio
  7. Described as a "right-wing hatchet man" by the Obama campaignChicagoTribune.com: Obama's E-mail About WGN-AM

• Obama's E-Mail

  Following the announcement that Kurtz would be a guest on Milt Rosenberg's radio program, the Obama campaign sent an e-mail to its supporters urging people to call WGN Radio 720. The e-mail described Kurtz as a "right-wing hatchet man" with "baseless, fear-mongering terrorist smears."ChicagoTribune.com: Obama's E-mail About WGN-AM

• Kurtz's Criticism of Obama

  Stanley Kurtz has been critical of Barack Obama and his alleged connections with radical groups across the United States. Kurtz cited a connection between Obama and Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers.*NRO: Chicago Annenberg Challenge Shutdown? (August 18, 2008) Ayers and other "Weathermen" took responsibility for 12 attacks, including on the Pentagon, in the 1970s. The Obama-Ayers connection has further been examined by the American Issues Project in a television advertisement titled "Know Enough."YouTube Video: Know Enough? (Time: 1:02)

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