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Two Senate campaigns we've been watching closely released multiple campaign ads today. In Arkansas, the Democratic challenger to incumbent Blanche Lincoln, Lieutenant Gov. Bill Halter, is up with two new ads, one lamenting Washington's excess and ineffectiveness, and one featuring an elderly voter praising Halter's stewardship of entitlement programs while he was Deputy Commissioner of Social Security in 1999.
In Connecticut, three ads show voters thanking Democratic candidate Richard Blumenthal for his service... as the state's Attorney General.
1. AR SEN: Halter, "Signs":
HALTER: I’m Bill Halter and I approve this message. VO: We’ve tried to tell them. But Washington is still out of touch with our lives. The bailouts? They have to stop. From credit card rates to CEO pay, someone needs to stand up to Wall Street. And our retirement? We need it protected. But all over Arkansas there ARE signs that change is possible. HALTER: The only way we can change Washington is if we change who we send there. VO: Bill Halter. The only choice for change.
2. Halter, "Pauline":
PAULINE WILDMAN: I started work when I was 16, spent years as a waitress, and paid into Social Security and Medicare all my life. Without Social Security Id be out on the street. When Bill Halter was in charge of Social Security, he fought to protect it from cuts. But Blanche Lincoln is different. LINCOLN: There are reasonable spending cuts that can be made, Medicare and Social Security (quote from Lincoln in final debate.) WILDMAN: She supports more tax cuts for millionaires, while cutting Social Security. She has lost touch with people like me.
3. CT SEN: Blumenthal, "Sarah":
SARAH: My husband and I went downstairs to find our house on fire. We were left with nothing and were absolutely stunned when we received the bill to clean the waste and devastated because that money was coming out of what were eligible for to rebuild the home. I called Attorney General Blumenthal and he ended up getting that bill greatly reduced for us. Everyone I know has a story about Richard Blumenthal or how he helped their mother or their best friend. I have no idea how he does it. But I’m glad he does. BLUMENTHAL: I'm Dick Blumenthal and I'm proud to approve this message.
4. Blumenthal, "Gary and Gayle":
GARY: When they initially told me I had the leukemia, they told me I only had thirty days to live. GAYLE: Here he is sick in the hospital with the insurance carrier wanting to send us to Washington State. Richard Blumenthal stepped in and fought the insurance company. We’re living proof that he was there and he made a difference in our lives. GARY: I think he really cares about what happens to people. GAYLE: Richard Blumenthal, for us, worked a miracle. BLUMENTHAL: I’m Dick Blumenthal. I’m proud to approve this message.
5. Blumenthal, "Laura and Skyler":
LAURA: The first time my son Skyler had a regular formula he blew up like a balloon and he practically died in my arms. The only formula that he could have was going to cost us $1,200 a month and the insurance company did not want to pay. I called the Attorney General’s office and Richard Blumenthal made me feel like this was the most important thing. Today Skyler will watch Richard Blumenthal on TV and say, "hey mom, there’s the man who saved my life." BLUMENTHAL: I'm Dick Blumenthal and I approved this message.
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Where in The Hell did Halter find these people? This reminds me of the old Kellogg's commercial. Let the dirt and lying begin.
Maybe the really ugly, negative ads have taken their toll on me because I kind of liked this one even if it is like the old Kellogg's commercial.
Go Bill Halter, send Traitor Blanche Lincoln packing! So great to see that Blumenthal isn't getting hammered for his overreaching comments regarding his military service. So funny to see that Quirky Kirk clown in Illinois having the same problem with his mouth trying to hype himself more for his military service than is deserved.
Where did the little barky dogs go? Could it be that there was only one lame schizo dog all along and that now that he has to register he'll show us his perfidy trying to pretend to be 8 little barky dogs?
One nice thing is that there are a lot less rightwing nutjobs posting clueless comments today, now that's the best improvement from this spiffy Newsvine upgrade! I like the upgrade and do agree with those posting that the light gray type for reader comments is a little tougher for us old geezers to read.
Go Lakers!
I think they said they were quitting the blog...
My guess is.... Full Moon wouldn't give the little guy permission to open a dozen or so e-mail accounts :0)))
When they start trimming SS the $hit will hit the fan, defined pension plans were eliminated by the good corporate Republicans in favor of the great 401K farce which was just another ponzi scheme designed to relieve the working man of the burden of having any retirement cash to count, sorry but a whole bunch of people are going to reach retirement age with nothing to rely on but SS, which was one part of the great Republican wealth redistribution plan, the other part was the so-called "starve the beast" plan which simply bankrupts the country so programs like SS have no funds, a complete success I might add because after financing two illegitimate wars and bailing out the wealthy fanciers we are broke, and all the money transferred from the many ends up with the few, who by the way were already filthy rich, but cut SS for those who need it at your own peril, people realize they have been screwed and I suspect that would be the proverbial last straw, this country can take care of it's responsibility to it's own if it wants, and it better.
People are really watching what politicians are doing in these troubled times. They can see the republicans did not offer anything but resistance, hoping the President and thereby the country fails. What are you going to believe voters the republican spin job or your lying eyes?I think most Americans have more respect for a person that trys and sometimes falters, than someone who makes 176,000 dollars a year(Senate pay) to do nothing more than be a pain in America's butt. Most republicans sound like a two year old who knows two words No and Mine. Good republican legislators should do themselves a favor and break with Mitch McConnell's "Waterloo strategy". Mitch McConnell is the Jim Jones of the republican party leading the faithful to political suicide. When you add that to the ridiculous characterizations of the president by the tea people, and the fact that republican leaders did not attempt to tone down the insane rhetoric ( Obama is Hitler, he is a communist, a Marxist, death panels, and so on) to reasonable people the republicans simply look lazy and crazy. The republican leaders where happy enough to let the tea party whip itself into a frenzy when they thought it was to their political benefit, now they (republicans) are being punished by the tea party because they can't deliver what was never true. Republicans are doomed by looking lazy or crazy to everybody but the hardcore base. They will win some state races but they are finished at the national level if they continue in this manner.