Running on Empty Tour Attacked by the Obama Campaign

Americans for Prosperity Foundation has kicked off their new "Running on Empty Tour" - a national grassroots tour tomorrow to hit President Obama on his administrative policies that have led to some serious pain at the pump for all Americans. Their opening salvo on the the new Running On Empty Tour website reads:

Since President Obama took office, gas prices have nearly doubled. The administration refuses to develop American energy sources…American energy sources that could help gas prices, electricity prices, and food prices come down.

Americans are running on empty and the administration needs to hear how regulations and restriction to domestic resources are affecting working families who rely on affordable energy to commute to work, go to school activities and shop for family groceries.

Join us on the Running on Empty Tour to learn what executive actions the Administration can take to bring down fuel costs and bring stability to the market and send them your gas bill! . . .

The Campaign to reelect Barack Obama "endorsed" this effort by attacking Americans For Prosperity via the following email sent toe the entire Obama's national campaign:

From: "Julianna Smoot, BarackObama.com"
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 05:19:23 -0400
ReplyTo: info@barackobama.com
Subject: Brazen
[2012]
One of the main special-interest political groups, "Americans for Prosperity," announced yesterday that they're launching an expensive national campaign to pin the blame for high gas prices on President Obama.

There's nothing unusual in Washington about this sort of announcement, but it caught my eye because Americans for Prosperity isn't as well meaning as its name makes it sound. In fact, it's a prime example of the kind of special-interest groups that plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars this election cycle to defeat the President in order to promote their agenda. Its backers are the famous Koch brothers, billionaires who, according to one profile, believe in "minimal social services for the needy and much less oversight of industry, especially environmental regulation."

That's right: A couple of billionaire oil men are saying that it's all President Obama's fault that Americans are getting gouged at the pump while oil companies bring in record profits. And now they'll be spending the summer touting carefully orchestrated "grassroots" protests across the country, with two goals in mind: damaging President Obama, and deflecting people's frustration about gas prices so their own profit margins stay safe.

But while the Koch brothers have been plotting a campaign paid for by oil company interests and designed to mislead people instead of empowering them, we've been building ours one person at a time. Since last Wednesday, thousands of first-time donors matched another supporter's pledge to give what they could. People are even connecting by exchanging messages about why they're stepping up to own a piece of this campaign.

Grab a stake in this movement by matching another supporter's $5 donation today.
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Conservative candidates relied on these brothers' deep pockets during the 2010 elections, and for many of them, it was a good bet. Just last month, most of our major opponents showed up at an Americans for Prosperity event to say just how much they want that help again in 2012 -- and thanks to the Citizens United decision, the Kochs can spend as much as they want on front groups and disinformation campaigns aimed at misleading Americans about the President's record.

They can flood the airwaves with negative ads. They can launch smear campaigns to divert attention away from what matters.

That's exactly the kind of politics our campaign is aiming to change. And that's why we're building this organization not by checks from people like the Kochs, but with a grassroots match drive whose purpose is to recruit the most people into this campaign, not just raise the most dollars.

Another supporter has already pledged to match any donation you make right now. Step up and own a piece of this campaign by giving and connecting with them today:   [Donation Link Removed]

Thanks, Julianna
Julianna Smoot
Deputy Campaign Manager
Obama for America

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