Exposes Barack Obama's respect and admiration for felon Kwame Kilpatrick

Contact: Todd Zirkle, Freedom's Defense Fund, 866-422-3230

WASHINGTON,  Sept. 5 /Standard Newswire/ -- One day after Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to two felony counts of obstructing justice by committing perjury and no-contest to one count of felonious assault for shoving a sheriff's deputy, The Freedom's Defense Fund (FDF) launched an ad in Macomb County, Michigan.

Photo: Clip from ad

The ad calls into question Senator Obama's judgment and takes issue with the praise Obama lavished on Kilpatrick at the Detroit Economic Club in May 2007. The tag at the end of the ad asks the viewers, "Do you know who Barack Obama's friends are?"

To view the ad please visit www.freedomsdefensefund.com/videos.html

"For years, Kwame Kilpatrick has been considered among the most ethically challenged Mayors in America," said Todd Zirkle, Executive Director for the Freedom's Defense Fund. "We believe Obama's comments praising Mr. Kilpatrick as a 'great mayor' and 'a leader not just here in Detroit, not just in Michigan, but all across the country' calls into question his judgment and is relevant to voters across Michigan and throughout America.”

The ad is scheduled to run a saturated one-week schedule on cable news networks in Macomb County, Michigan.

"We chose Macomb County for very strategic reasons," explained Zirkle. "We believe it is difficult for liberal Democrats to win Michigan without Macomb County and we know it is extremely difficult for a Democrat to win the White House without carrying Michigan. We plan to extend this buy as resources and donations permit."

FDF is a political action committee (PAC). We are dedicated to the principles of limited government as the Founders understood them. We stand with conservative, pro-freedom candidates against the radical left and their elitist allies in Washington. FDF was established in 2004 and has over 20,000 supporters nationwide.