The River Rafting Of Barack Obama
March 20th, 2008 | by Daniel DiRito |It was only a matter of time before backroom GOP operatives would capitalize on the controversy surrounding the incendiary comments of Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s pastor. A newly launched YouTube video appears to be the first swiftboating salvo in a campaign that is likely to see many more. The video demonstrates the growing impact of the internet as well as the expanding ability to distribute stealth attacks upon one’s opponent.
The video is listed on YouTube as being produced by a professional -sounding group called “NHaleMedia, ” but there is no such entity.
Rather; the incendiary video — which also includes footage of Malcolm X, the U.S. Olympians who raised their hand in the black power salute and the song “Fight the Power” — is in part the amateur work of Lee Habeeb.
A former producer of “The Laura Ingraham Show,” Habeeb is the director of strategic content at Salem Radio Network, the conservative talk radio powerhouse that airs programs hosted by figures such as Bill Bennett and Hugh Hewitt.
Habeeb declined to reveal the identity of his co-producers , but did say that they are “conservativ es who happen to be in the media world” and are not working for any campaign. One, he said, works in film and the other is involved in crafting ads.
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