The ad war has begun
by digby
Here are just a couple of GOP ads in Red States against Democratic incumbents:
Greg Sargent noticed this month, Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor went on air with an ad describing how he battled cancer and his weak-kneed insurer.
“No one should be fighting an insurance company while they’re fighting for their life,” said Pryor in the ad. “That’s why I passed a law that prevents insurance companies from canceling your policy if you get sick, or denying coverage for pre-existing conditions.”
Here’s the answer to that ad:
It looks as though American Crossroads didn’t get the memo to nix the anti-Obamacare ads that everyone in DC has been yammering about.
Meanwhile, on the Western Front in the War on Women, there’s this:
“She’s not independent — she just votes the party line,” the voice in ad says. “Ann Kirkpatrick: too much baggage.”
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.) doesn’t have a head in the latest attack ad against her — just a pair of legs, some high heels, and a lot of “baggage.”
The ad’s main charges seem to be that Kirkpatrick is a woman and that she supports President Barack Obama. It includes soundbites of Kirkpatrick noting that she likes the Affordable Care Act and is “not going to second guess the President.”
This attack should be a lesson to Democrats like Kirkpatrick . No matter how often they vote with the Republicans (and she votes with them as often as possible) they will be called doctrinaire, partisan Democrats by the GOP. There’s really no margin in it.
So far, we’re seeing anti-Obamacare and sexist, dishonest attacks. One would assume the Democrats are more than prepared for that.
Right?
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