Obomination: Campaigner-in-Chief Ignores House of Representatives Rules
A DNC political ad for Obama uses footage
from inside the Capitol, in violation of Rules for the House of Representatives. House Rules 5 and 11 prohibit the use of
broadcasts of House proceedings for political purposes. The RNLA has written to the Office of
Congressional Ethics requesting an investigation into this matter, as DNC Chair
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a member of the House of Representatives.
These ads, entitled “Fourteen
Months,” are campaign ads pushing the President’s agenda and anticipating the
presidential election fourteen months away. In a post titled “DNC ad makes
obvious presidential politicization of jobs crisis, violates House ethics
rules,” Tina Korbe writes,
It should have been obvious to
anyone who watched the president’s jobs speech Thursday that it was as much a
stump speech as it was a policy proposal — but just in case it wasn’t, the
Democratic National Committee today released a 30-second ad that made it
abundantly clear.
Erika Johnsen on Townhall also agreed that the ads are clearly
political:
The “the next election is fourteen
months away” meme in these ads is a thinly veiled attempt to make our economic
problems look like political fails, instead of policy fails.
House Rule 5 provides that “Broadcast
coverage and recordings of House floor proceedings may not be used for any
political purpose…” Also, House Rule 11 provides that “radio and television
tapes and film of any coverage of House committee proceedings may not be use,
or made available for use, as partisan political campaign material to promote
or oppose the candidacy of any person for public office.”
The Committee for Oversight and
Government Reform is already investigating
Obama for the campaign video filmed inside the White House. Further, concerns have been raised about
taxpayers footing
the bill for Obama’s campaigning. The
aggressive campaigning of Obama has yet again shown disregard for law.
Read the original complaint and its supplement.