Producer: OnMessage, Inc.
Debut Date: 09/16/2008
Ad Buy: not disclosed
Cost: not disclosed
Summary: Kennedy alleges Landrieu swapped political favors for campaign donations with a lobbying firm.
Running Time: 00:30
Script of "Fundraiser" (TV)
KENNEDY [v/o]: I'm John Kennedy. I approve this message.
ANNOUNCER [v/o]: Mary Landrieu says she knows how to work the system in Washington. And she's right.
October. A lobbying interest holds a fundraiser for Mary Landrieu.
Eighteen days later, Mary Landrieu slips an earmark into law, giving the same lobby 1 million taxpayer dollars, then 2 million.
(Text on screen: The Washington Post. 12/20/07. CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, 1/25/08)
Earmarks for the lobbyists, $80,000 to Landrieu's campaign.
(Text on screen: The Baron Rouge (LA) Advocate, 1/12/08. The Washington Post, 12/20/07)
Mary Landrieu: She traded our tax dollars for her campaign's financial gain.
That's Washington. That's Mary Landrieu.
(Text on screen: Paid for by John Kennedy for U.S. Senate, Inc. and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.)
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