Pro-Obama PAC ‘Accidentally’ Airs ‘Romney Killed My Wife’ Ad in Major Battleground State
- Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:15pm by
Becket Adams
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A pro-Obama PAC ad accusing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney of being partly responsible for the death of the wife of Joe Soptic, a former GST Steel worker and Obama campaign operative, “accidentally” aired in Ohio, a major battleground state, on Tuesday morning.
“Station error is all,” Priorities USA founder and former White House spokesman Bill Burton explained. “Kind of like when the Florida station accidentally aired Restore Our Future’s anti-Gingrich ad in June.”
CNN’s electoral map [Ohio, by the way, counts for 18 electoral votes]
“The super PAC, Priorities USA, first released the ad online, and eight days later they are now putting it on air. It played for the first time in Cleveland [Tuesday] morning, according to an ad tracking source,” BuffFeed’s Zeke Miller reports.
The ad, which has caused quite a stir, has been met with harsh criticism on both sides of the aisle. Ever since it debuted, Romney officials (as well as multiple media personalities) have called on the White House to disavow the ad. The White House, however, continues to stress that it can’t do anything about ads produced by third party sources.
“With the outcry and debate, there has been much speculation about whether the ad would air at all. Priorities USA officials have been coy about the delay in the ad’s hitting the airwaves, insisting only that it has been ‘shipped to television stations’ and would air on demand,” ABC News reports.
In fact, one way White House officials have tried to deflect attention back to the Romney campaign has been to point out that the “Romney Kills” ad is only available online whereas Romney’s “racist” welfare ads are on TV.
But now that “Romney Killed my Wife” has aired in Ohio, even if it was a “station error,” does that argument still work?
Burton, as some of you may remember, defends his PAC‘s ad by claiming people simply don’t “get” its message.
“Anyone who watches that 60-second ad comes away and says, ‘Mitt Romney’s responsible, at least indirectly, for this lovely woman’s death,’” CNN’s Wolf Blitzer said to Burton
“I just don’t think that’s true. And we would never make that case. The point of the ad –” Burton started.
“Well then, the ad fails, because that’s the message you take away from it, Bill. Whatever message was intended in this commercial is not–nobody hears,” Blitzer interjected.
Is Blitzer wrong? Take a look for yourself:
Of course, as it has been pointed out, no one is really sure what the ad is trying to say. There doesn’t seem to be any sort of policy argument. Is it trying to say that bad things might happen to people when they get fired? Is it a wholesale condemnation of firings?
And despite Romney spokeswoman and former McCain staffer Andrea Saul bringing “Romneycare” into the debate, the ad doesn’t seem to be about opposing views of healthcare.
What, exactly, is the ad about?
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Comments (40)
iwillnotbequiet
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 2:28amI want Soptic to face up to his lies. No one has gotten to him yet. How could you use the loss of your wife like that? I want to heat his responce to the uproar his lie has caused. I find him sickening. I know what is like to lose someone you love and I can tell you I couldn’t/wouldn’t use him for anyone or anything. Shame on this man.
Report Post »Mediabias
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:04pmAccidental…Not…The only way a television station could air the ad is if it was sent to them with airing instructions by the party placing the airtime schedule. I have never seen a one spot political schedule in my entire 30 year television career. Most likely they were testing the waters to see what the backlash would be by doing a one station one airing test. Calling them for what they are …LIARS.
Report Post »imolared
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 1:51pmYou are absolutely correct! I too worked in broadcast for a local ABC station for years and I can assure you that political ads are treated like the gold they are as revenue, and all that needs to be done is to review the daily log of the station in question. It will clearly show the time of airing and the operator’s initials. In addition, IF the broadcast WAS a mistake, there will be a notation for that as well. Believe me a lot of heads would roll if an election ad was run for FREE. Does not happen!
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:01pmIf they made it and stand by it, how is this an error?
Report Post »i_believe
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 4:29pmI saw a single slide timeline that debunked this thing but can’t remember where. Can anyone point me in the right direction … it was a great reference and I would like to be able to share it with others.
Thanks,
Report Post »Klingon00
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:19pmYoutube is still playing that drivel as adds on videos. It’s not accidental, I see it on about every third video.
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:59pmGood. The more Americans that see this crap the more Americans will be asking themselves “is this really where we are in politics?”
Report Post »thibx
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:49pmoboma and his cronnies have the devil walking beside them all the time. oboma and his cronies are just what the devil likes.
Report Post »Larry E
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:37pmLie, lie, lie it’s the only thing this administration and its supporters know how to do. They have NO record that they can stand on so they have to lie, cheat, and steal to try to win. If it looks like they‘re not going to win I wonder how much more they’re willing to do.
Report Post »THe_Chemist
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:36pmObama is killing me and my family!!! Now thats the truth.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:33pmNOTHING these people do is by “accident!”
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 1:52pmWoops, makes a person wonder what else they don’t know.
Report Post »EspaldaMojada
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 1:22pmCan I blame Obama for my sunburn? As I crossed the border to come to USA for free stuff I had to wait in line behind Arabs and Iranians. I said why you not come from east? This is our crossing. They say Harry Reid tell them that their dirty bombs are only welcome in Arizona so I have to wait. I get bad tan and may have skin cancer. Shouldn’t Obama pay?
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 1:51pmHaha, now THAT would make a good ad.
Report Post »IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 1:04pmNothing is done by “accident” if they knowingly gave it to the station to run. God knows the truth.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:28pmI live in Ohio and I’ve seen this add a couple dozen times in the past few days. You’re right…none of this was done by accident.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:55pmAs I said to Bill Burton on Twitter you have no shame or integrity, Your mother must be so proud of her despicable son. I also called out Stef Cutter on her felony act by coordinating the ad.
It is clear these people of Satan have no moral compass, everything is free reign and no boundaries. Our best response is to point out repeatedly how despicable they are and have no regard for decency and these are desperate acts. If your President’s Super Pac is willing to lie about this, what else are they lying about. Link the two acts repeatedly.
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:54pmbarock….. crack smokin mo
http://youtu.be/Li19mPc-R3k
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:53pmBill O’Reilly called it when he referred to Soptic as a Political Assassin.
Report Post »lawrench
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:49pmthis ad does one thing and one thing only. This ad promotes jobs for life. If this poor man kept his job, then his wife would not have had cancer and died. It is the creeping of Socialism into the American mindset.
Report Post »Free2speakRN
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:39pmLiars.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:36pmI smell desperation…and it’s coming from my left.
Report Post »FoxholeAtheist
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 1:12pmI thought it was your dirty undies.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 1:29pmYou really should spend less time thinking about my underwear Encinom/Horsedancer/Wango. It’s creepy.
Report Post »Wango
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:06pmGONZO . . .Sorry, not me. It appears more and more people are catching on to your “Way of the Deuce.” Live by THE NUGE die by THE NUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:36pmIt‘s a smear ad produced to bolster a smear campaign and that’s all there is to it. The President has no accomplishments he can tout as reasons for re-election, all he can do is smear the reputations of honorable men. This is getting repulsive. Obama wants to villafy Romney for his days at Bain Capital, well, Romney was in a private business working for private capital investers with the responsibillty to make them money not create prosperity for the nation, where as President Obama is working for the nation and has the responsibillty to make the nation prosper. The question really is, who did a better job at shouldering their responsibillity?
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:35pmFight Romney, fight hard, and don’t allow this to distract you, WIN in November and send Obama back to Chicago
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:28pmTake the gloves off repubs how about a commercial ad which ties obamma to the murder of 2 border agents tie the murders of 100s of mexicans to obamma how about the murder of the arizona rancher all murdered by obamms policy. Then you can move to afganistan and pakistan where the drone master obamma has murdered 100s of innocent women and children, then move back to arizona and texas and new mexico where many have been murdered by obamma himself with his open border ammnesy policys, i could go on and on i think this would make a great add aganist the real murderer obamma
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 1:28pmA contributor to a Libertarian site seems to think that Obama and Romney have an agreement not to speak about Afganistan. I don’t know that this is true, but I do find it odd that niether are talking about our wars. It‘s nice to know that we have to fine men of character that don’t think our boys over there are even worth mentioning.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:26pmDid someone say that the death of Joe Soptic wife was his fault account he wouldn’t let her go to the doctor until it was to late? Was it for the life insurance?
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:25pmGood. I hope they blast that thing everywhere.
Anybody dumb enough to believe that swill was already in the tank for Obama anyways. For the undecided with a brain they’ll see what a lying, deceitful, piece of dog crap the POTUS really is.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:51pmI agree completely.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:24pmRiiiigggghhhtttt!! Station error! This administration is a joke.
Report Post »Socco
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 1:53pmStation needs punished by we the people. The prince of the power of the air needs a bloody nose.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:23pmOh h*ll… That was no accident. Anyone with two brain cells would see that was no accident!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:38pmHow about the FACT that this same ad was made by the Dems before the PAC … and they are NOT allowed to “talk” to each other .. BY LAW .. Mr. Soptic was even wearing the same SHIRT! How about illegal activites between the PAC AND DEMS. They break the law and get a PASS!???
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:45pmI saw that!! Is that whole administration a bunch of idiots? They must be!
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