(Washington, DC) — Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) released a television commercial today urging support for Barack Obama for President that will begin running in markets across the state of Ohio starting Tuesday. The UFCW endorsed Obama for President on Valentine’s Day.
The ad is running in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo and Youngstown, and starts Tuesday running through the March 4, 2008, primary. The ad is posted on youtube.com at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aQs3_2V_Sw and a high resolution version is available upon request.
The text of the :30 ad appears here:
For once: Can we put American jobs for workers first? We have a recovery that reaches main street? And we stop spending money in Iraq and start spending it here? Can we have affordable healthcare for everyone? For everyone? For everyone? Can we really elect a president we can believe in?
Yes we can! March 4th, your vote, your voice. Your chance to change America. Barack Obama. President.
Paid for by United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club, www.ufcw.org which is responsible for the content of this ad. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.