Anti-Affirmative Action Ad Targets Ex-Obama Pastor
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Associated Press: A California group is running a radio ad that uses Barack Obama's former minister and Nebraska's only black state senator to take aim at affirmative action in the state. The ad, which includes a clip of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright saying "God damn America," says Wright and Nebraska Sen. Ernie Chambers believe in race preferences, but most Nebraskans don't. Wright, a Chicago pastor who has been used in negative attacks against the Democratic presidential candidate, has no connection to Chambers. The American Civil Rights Initiative, which is sponsoring the ad, is pushing measures in several states, including Nebraska, that oppose affirmative action, which the group says gives preferential treatment on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. The Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative, which is collecting signatures to put a constitutional amendment on the state's November ballot, needs to have about 114,000 signatures - 10% of the state's registered voters - by July 4. Chambers, who's spoken out against an anti-affirmative action bill in the Legislature, blasted the ad Tuesday, saying it's meant to frighten people.
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