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TV Ads Next for Pro-Obama Clinton-Bashers

Nev. labor group called Hillary 'shameless' in Spanish radio spot

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 18, 2008 5:20 PM CST

(Newser) – A pro-Barack Obama labor union in Nevada today brings TV ads to its anti-Hillary Clinton barrage, the Washington Post reports. UNITE HERE, which represents textile, hotel, and restaurant workers, last week gave Obama his first endorsement from a union; yesterday, it launched a Spanish-language ad blasting Clinton, whose backers filed a lawsuit trying to block caucuses in casinos.

The union would say only that the ads on Las Vegas' Univision affiliate would be supportive of Obama; its radio spot called Clinton "shameless" and "unforgivable." The Clinton campaign fired back, calling Obama hypocritical for accepting labor help after criticizing the Clinton and Edwards campaigns for doing so in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Obama-backers UNITE HERE are planning a television campaign to support their chosen candidate.
Obama-backers UNITE HERE are planning a television campaign to support their chosen candidate.   (uslaboragainstwar.org)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses the crowd at a town hall meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses the crowd at a town hall meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands at a town hall meeting in Las Vegas Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands at a town hall meeting in Las Vegas Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)   (Associated Press)
Laborer's Union UNITE HERE are planning a television campaign to support the candidacy of Barack Obama.
Laborer's Union UNITE HERE are planning a television campaign to support the candidacy of Barack Obama.   ((c) Digital Sextant)
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