New Ads: "Deal" and "Investigator"UPDATE: Campaign Money Watch is now up with its second ad in two weeks focusing on Bob Schaffer. The new spot, "Deal," spotlights an oil contract that Schaffer, while working for Denver-based Aspect Energy, helped negotiate in Iraqi Kurdistan even though the U.S. State Department, according to a Rocky Mountain News report, said it could be “problematic for Iraq and its attempts to establish a national oil policy.” The ad also notes that Schaffer’s ties to the oil industry extend back to his time in Congress. While in office, he voted to give Big Oil $13 billion in tax breaks. Meanwhile, he has been on the receiving end of $224,000 in campaign contributions from the industry.
On October 6, 2008, Campaign Money Watch launched the following ad in Colorado to highlight U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer's (R-CO) ties to jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the money he's taken from Northern Mariana Islands sweatshop owners Abramoff's firm once represented.
Campaign Money Watch also sent a letter to Schaffer's campaign on October 7, 2008, requesting evidence for his claim that he shut down a Marianas sweatshop. Read the letter here. Background Document: "Factcheck: Bob Schaffer's Claim To Have 'Shut Down' A Marianas Sweatshop" (PDF) Campaign Money Watch had previously aired an ad in the Colorado Springs market that also highlighted Schaffer's Marianas trip and ties to Abramoff:
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