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Here's the release from the Obama campaign.
OBAMA FOR AMERICA RELEASES TELEVISION AD: “UNPRECEDENTED"
Chicago, IL – Obama for America today released a television ad titled “Unprecedented.” The ad highlights President Obama’s historic accomplishments on clean energy and his record of setting the strongest ethical standards to reduce the influence of special interests in Washington. While the President has made significant achievements to ensure a clean-energy future for our country, oil executives have funded an ad campaign attacking that progress. Fighting against investments in clean energy, these secretive corporate interests are determined to protect tax breaks for oil companies that the President wants to end.
The thirty-second ad is running in Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin.
To view the ad, and get more information on President Obama’s energy record, please visit: Barackobama.com/EnergyFacts
SCRIPT FOR “UNPRECEDENTED” (TV:30)
VOICEOVER: Secretive billionaires attacking President Obama…
VIDEO TEXT: Secretive oil billionaires are attacking President Obama.
Americans For Prosperity Announced That It Is Spending $6 Million To Air An Ad On President Obama And Solyndra. “A conservative group announced Monday they were spending millions to spotlight President Barack Obama's involvement in the failed green energy firm Solyndra, which received loan guarantees from the federal government before it declared bankruptcy. Americans for Prosperity said they spent $6 million to run the minute-long spot in the battleground states of Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin, Virginia and Iowa. The ad began airing Monday.” [CNN, 1/16/12]
David Koch: “My Brother Charles And I Provided The Funds To Start The Americans For Prosperity.” “Americans for Prosperity, or AFP, has long been rumored to be financed by David Koch, of the family that owns Koch Industries. That's one of the biggest privately held companies in America, and the family has a long history of underwriting conservative causes. David Koch confirmed the rumors at an AFP convention last fall. ‘Five years ago my brother Charles and I provided the funds to start the Americans for Prosperity. And it's beyond my wildest dreams how the AFP has grown into this enormous organization,’ David Koch said, according to audio from the online news site The Washington Independent.” [NPR, 2/19/10]
The Kochs Are Worth $21.5 Billion As A Result Of Their Stakes In Their Oil And Chemical Company, Koch Industries. “The Kochs – each of whom is worth a reported $21.5 billion as a result of their stakes in Koch Industries, the family owned oil, chemical and consumer products business – have been donating millions of dollars to small-government conservative causes and candidates for decades.” [Politico, 3/28/11]
VOICEOVER: …with ads fact-checkers say are not tethered to the facts.
VIDEO TEXT: Solyndra Attack Ad ad “not tethered to facts.” ABC News, 1/13/12
ABC News: Americans For Prosperity’s “Ad Contains Claims That Are Not Tethered To Facts.” “Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group that promotes lower taxes and fewer regulations for businesses, is unleashing a $6 million ad campaign against President Obama leading up to the State of the Union on January 24, ABC News has learned. The ad contains claims that are not tethered to facts. It seeks to capitalize on one of the more uncomfortable spectacles of the Obama administration – a major loan that went through, to a company tied to financial supporters of the president, despite repeated warnings that it was not a good use of taxpayer dollars.” [ABCNews.com, 1/13/12]
VOICEOVER: While independent watchdogs call this President’s record on ethics…
VIDEO TEXT: President Obama’s Record on Ethics
VOICEOVER: …”unprecedented.”
VIDEO TEXT: “Unprecedented.” Common Cause, League of Women Voters, 4/28/09
Common Cause, Democracy 21, League Of Women Voters, Public Citizen, And U.S. PIRG Issued A Statement Praising President Obama “For The Unprecedented Steps He Has Taken During The First Hundred Days Of His Administration To Strengthen Ethics, Lobbying And Transparency Rules For The Executive Branch.” “In a statement released today, reform groups strongly praised President Obama “for the unprecedented steps he has taken during the first hundred days of his Administration to strengthen ethics, lobbying and transparency rules for the Executive Branch.” Below is the full statement issued by the reform groups. Statement Issued by Common Cause, Democracy 21, League of Women Voters, Public Citizen and U.S. PIRG.” [Democracy 21, 4/28/09]
VOICEOVER: And America’s clean-energy industry?
VIDEO TEXT: Barackobama.com/EnergyFacts
VOICEOVER: Two-point-seven million jobs…
VIDEO TEXT: Clean-Energy American Jobs, 2.7 MILLION, Brookings Institution, 7/13/11, Barackobama.com/EnergyFacts
Brookings: “The Clean Economy Sector Employs Some 2.7 Million Workers” In A “Diverse Group Of Industries.” “The clean economy, which employs some 2.7 million workers, encompasses a significant number of jobs in establishments spread across a diverse group of industries.” [Brookings, 7/13/11]
VOICEOVER: …and ”expanding rapidly.”
VIDEO TEXT: Clean-Energy American Jobs, “expanding rapidly”, Brookings Institution, 7/13/11, Barackobama.com/EnergyFacts
Brookings Institution: The Clean Economy Is “Expanding Rapidly.” “The measurements, trends, and discussions offered here provide an encouraging but also challenging assessment of the ongoing development of the clean economy in the United States and its regions. In many respects, the analysis warrants excitement. As the nation continues to search for new sources of high-quality growth, the present findings depict a sizable and diverse array of industry segments that is—in key private-sector areas—expanding rapidly at a time of sluggish national growth.” [Brookings Institution, 7/13/11]
VOICEOVER: For the first time in thirteen years…
VIDEO TEXT: Barackobama.com/EnergyFacts
VOICEOVER: …our dependence on foreign oil is below fifty percent.
VIDEO TEXT: America’s Dependence on Foreign Oil “below the 50 percent mark”, Energy Information Administration, 5/25/11, Barackobama.com/EnergyFacts
In 2010, U.S. Dependence On Foreign Oil Fell Below 50% For The First Time Since 1997. “By the broadest measure, U.S. dependence on imported oil fell below the 50 percent mark last year for the first time since 1997. … By the broadest standard (Measurement A in Table 1), U.S. dependence on imported oil fell from 60.3 percent in 2005 to 49.3 percent in 2010” [Energy Information Administration, 5/25/11]
VOICEOVER: President Obama. Kept his promise to toughen ethics rules…
VIDEO TEXT: President Obama “kept a campaign promise to toughen ethics rules.” Politifact, 1/21/09
PolitiFact: “In One Of His First Acts As President, Barack Obama Kept A Campaign Promise To Toughen Ethics Rules.” “In one of his first acts as president, Barack Obama kept a campaign promise to toughen ethics rules, signing an executive order on Jan. 21, 2009. … We rate his promise to ban lobbyists' gifts to executive employees as Promise Kept.” [PolitiFact, 1/21/09]
VOICEOVER: …and strengthen America’s energy economy.
VIDEO TEXT: APPROVED BY BARACK OBAMA. PAID FOR BY OBAMA FOR AMERICA.
The President’s Council Of Economic Advisors Estimated That Recovery Act Investments In The Clean Energy Sector Created Or Saved 224,500 Jobs As Of The End Of 2010. “Clean energy investments were responsible for nearly a quarter of the 1 million public investment jobs – or 224,500 clean energy jobs.” [CEA, 11/18/10]
In 2010, Crude Oil Production In The U.S. Reached Its Highest Annual Level Since 2003. [EIA, accessed 10/11/11]
Natural Gas Production Is At Its Highest Level In More Than 30 Years. “U.S. natural gas production is up 7 percent from 2008, and is at its highest level in more than 30 years.” [Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, accessed 11/9/11]
President Obama Has Proposed A Clean Energy Standard With A Goal Of Generating 80 Percent Of The Nation’s Electricity From Clean Energy Sources By 2035. “But clean energy innovation, and the jobs that come with it, don’t just happen. That’s why, in his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed an ambitious but achievable standard for America: By 2035, we will generate 80 percent of our electricity from a diverse set of clean energy sources – including renewable energy sources like wind, 7 solar, biomass, and hydropower; nuclear power; efficient natural gas; and clean coal.” [The White House, “Blueprint For A Secure Energy Future,” 3/30/11]
VOICEOVER: I’m Barack Obama, and I approve this message.
VIDEO TEXT: OFA LOGO, Barackobama.com/EnergyFacts, APPROVED BY BARACK OBAMA. PAID FOR BY OBAMA FOR AMERICA.