rssRNC Ad: We’ll Ban Rationing!
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 at 8:54 am
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The Republican National Committee is out with a TV ad running in Florida and “select national cable networks,” and it’s the kind of thing that Republicans might have expected when they gave the telegenic Michael Steele the chairmanship of the party.
Here’s their ad:
And here’s a Steele ad from his unsuccessful 2006 campaign for the U.S. Senate.
The RNC included citations in its press release on the ad. When Steele says Republicans will “prevent any government role in end-of-life care,” the citation is Section 1233 of the House health care bill. When Steele says Republicans will “make it illegal to ration health care based on age,” the citation is Section 1401 of the bill and a 2009 article in Lancet co-written by Ezekiel Emanuel. It’s Betsy McCaughey-ism with a TV sheen.
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Pingback posted September 1, 2009 @ 1:29 pm
[...] David Weigel notes, the commercial itself manages to pander and fear-monger all at the same time: The RNC included citations in its press release on the ad. When Steele says Republicans will [...]
Comment posted September 1, 2009 @ 1:11 pm
LOL, what spokesperson.
Why don't they ban stupid first? They can start with their own party.
Pingback posted September 1, 2009 @ 3:45 pm
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Comment posted September 1, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
The convention would be pretty empty if they banned stupid from the Republican party.
Comment posted September 2, 2009 @ 5:58 am
Michael Steele is such a lying, ass clown. I hope he tries to run for public office again so that voters can reject him by a much greater margin than what the marginal Ben Cardin defeated him by.
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