Obama Ad Falsely Claims He Does Not Accept Money From Oil Companies

An ad by Sen. Obama running in North Carolina falsely claims that Sen. Obama does not accept money from the oil industry. In the ad, Sen. Obama says, "I'm Barack Obama and I don't take money from oil companies or lobbyists and I won’t let them block change anymore."

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Sen. Obama has received over $160,000 from the oil and gas companies. Two major bundlers for his campaign -- George Kaiser and Robert Cavnar – are oil company CEOs. Sen. Obama has accepted money from Exxon, Shell, BP, Chevron and just about every other major oil company. Just last month, Sen. Obama accepted another $8,400 from ExxonMobil, $12,370 from Chevron and $6,500 from British Petroleum.

The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania called Sen. Obama’s ad, which is also running in Indiana and Pennsylvania, “a little too slick.” The group’s analysis of the ad can be found here:

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obamas_oil_spill.html

In 2005, Sen. Obama voted for the Dick Cheney energy bill, which was written in secret with the oil industry. Hillary Clinton opposed Cheney's energy bill, has a plan to eliminate oil industry tax breaks, and would require oil companies to contribute to a $50 billion strategic energy fund to jumpstart research and investment in clean energy technologies.

Source: By Hillary Clinton for President