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Who's behind those offensive ads?
October 20, 2006  |  
 
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I want to piggyback on Lindsay's post about those vile race-baiting ads that accuse the Dems' of having a single-minded focus on killing as many black babies as possible, especially when, you know, "you make a little mistake with one of your 'hos.'"

The ads are being sponsored by America's PAC. Its primary funder is one J. Patrick Rooney, a retired businessman and "a strong proponent of school choice scholarship programs." According to Sourcewatch, Rooney was the driving force behind a prominent black conservative group, People of Color United, which ran ads on African-American radio stations bashing Kerry in 2004.

Rooney is proud of his leadership position in the all-black church he attends, telling the Washington post "They finally elected me over other black people to their church board."

Here's Rooney:

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J. Patrick Rooney: "They finally elected me over other black people."

I've written previously* about the fact that many -- not all, but most -- black conservative groups are in fact backed by White Republican operatives. These include such upstanding members of the African-American community as …

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David Almasi, Director of Project 21 and a former propagandist for Reagan's "Dirty wars" in Latin America…

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Amy Ridenour, Almasi's boss, former co-chair of the College Republicans and a board member for Black America's PAC …

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Jack Abramoff, who used to sit on the board of Project 21's parent organization, the National Center for Public Policy Research (a non-profit through which he laundered illicit lobbying cash) …

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Paul Weyrich sits on the board of the African American Republican Leadership Council …

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As does Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform

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And the Reverend Lou Sheldon …

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And Gary Bauer of the Family Research Council. Bauer is joined by my favorite black conservative, noted civil rights activist Sean Hannity.

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And if you think that looks like the cast of some cheesy 80s movie about Crips and Bloods duking it out on the mean streets of South Central, you should see the funders behind these groups.

*Regular readers may recall that the article resulted in my getting my ass kicked on Air America Radio by noted African American wingnut and WorldNetDaily writer Mychal Massie. Good times.

Joshua Holland is a staff writer at Alternet and a regular contributor to The Gadflyer.
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