Too Far? New Dem Attack Ad Portrays Elderly Man as Male Stripper
- Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:29pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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We’re over a year away from the 2012 election, but the attack ads are already heating up, so to speak.
A new ad by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) tries to portray Republicans as ruthless budget cutters who, by voting for Paul Ryan’s 2012 budget plan, just voted to abolish Medicare. The ad shows an elderly man trying to raise money through a series of odd jobs. After trying to sell lemonade and cut some grass, he eventually rings the doorbell at what seems to be a bachelorette party.
“Did someone call the fire department, because it’s about to get hot in here!” he says. The ad then cuts to him in much less clothing while dancing around the room.
“Seniors will have to find $12,500 for health care,” the ad goes on to say:
In a statement responding to the ad, National Republican Congressional Committee spokeswoman Joanna Burgos accusing Democrats of “shameless scare tactics:”
“The Democrats’ shameless scare tactics are merely a way to mislead voters and cover up the real Democrat plan to watch Medicare die a painful death, an unacceptable option for America’s seniors,” Burgos said in the statement. “The reality is that the Republican budget blueprint saves Medicare for future generations with no disruption for those in and near retirement, while the Democrats’ plan cuts Medicare benefits and raises taxes on job creators and every person who receives a paycheck.”
“After House Republicans rammed through a disgraceful budget that would end Medicare — while giving millionaires and billionaires another tax cut — we knew we had to have an eye-popping response,” DCCC Rep. Steve Israel Israel said in an e-mail to supporters.
But as PolitFact — the fact checking website — points out, the claim by Democrats (and liberal site Moveon.org) that Republicans voted to “end Medicare” is “false:”
MoveOn.org claimed that Ryan’s budget plan “abolishes Medicare within 10 years.” The group provided no evidence that backs the claim. To be sure, the plan would change Medicare, significantly, starting in 2022. But for those who turn 65 before then, there would be no changes at all, even after 2022. And for the others, Medicare would change — dramatically — but it would still exist.
MoveOn.org went too far with its claim. We rate it False.
It looks like seniors can keep their clothes on.
You can watch a parody of this video over on the blogd.
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Comments (108)
rds1945
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:06pmI’m 65, what Obama, do you think I’m stupid??
Report Post »taebaggranny
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 4:48pm@ RDS1945 I‘m 76 didn’t scare me…NOW , Obamacare scares the holy water out of me!!!
Report Post »Ailene Wright
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:00pmI would think the ad would scare the young rather than the old people. If you were young would you want an elderly stripper showing up for your party? Ewww
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:58pmShameless and democrats, that’s all anyone need know, it’s just who they are.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:57pmSaw this on TV. It felt like a weird mismatch of creativity and dead seriousness. If it was used to sell potato chips, hilarious. But combined with somone who can barely get out of bed anymore, ruthless.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:53pmThis is too comical be be taken seriously by any political side! Whoever came up with this kind of silliness should be fired for wasting the money. *LMBO* Realistically–what kind of political weight could something like this carry? This isn’t so much an act of desperation as it is a total lack of creativity and thought. Whose opinions are possibly going to be swayed with this unrealistic nonsense? I can’t even call it a metaphor, an illustration.
I guess the Dems figured out things like “Republicans want to kick Grandma down the stairs” no longer resonates with the public at large. I guess they have no solid place to go, now that they have gone too far. Hence, silliness like this ad.
Just too funny!
Report Post »Marnin
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:53pmat least the republicans “rammed through the disgraceful budget plan” legally…talk to me about Obamacare.
Report Post »high school drop out
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:51pmHate to disagree Marylou Although prayer would be helpful we have been blessed by our creator with the mind to see the truth and the guts to make it happen (I have faith in us ) The TRUTH WILL ALWAYS WIN OUT
Report Post »kilwil888
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:51pmThis ad paints the perfect picture of how Dems over react, have no common sense, and total disrespect for seniors. These are the same people that want to give a life or death sentence to seniors that are too old or will cost to much to take care of. Stuff your freaky ad Dems where the sun don’t shine…liars.
Report Post »mcpbob
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:50pmdems are ANTIAMERICAN, all you have to do is look at their protests, they burn flags, claim they wipe their buts with the flag, they have links to socialist and communist organizations, i think it is safe for all of us now to call dems what they are ANTI AMERICAN, i think when ever we refer to them we should use that term ANTI AMERICAN, let it stick to them , them them wear it like a badge
Report Post »SafeguardOurLiberty
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:47pmThe Republicans need to come back with an ad that goes through each false claim and correct it. Very simple, they show each segment of the dimmie ad with the word false,and then the correct it with the correct part. They should do this as soon as possible.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 4:25pmOnly problem with that is they can’t because it is all true. Show us in the plan where it isn’t. Facts, not ideology.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:46pmThis is more pathetic than Nancy Pelosi and Joan Rivers think they look good after a battery of botox injections.
Report Post »tomx1138
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:45pmFortunately for the well trained, we see these ads for what they are, lib propaganda loaded with no facts. to me they carry the same weight as a SNL skit
Report Post »fancydancy
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:45pmLIES, lies, and more lies. We teach our children to tell the truth but it seems lying, cheating, and
Report Post »immorality rates pretty high if it gets you to your goal. Bleh.
WhiteTeaParty
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 4:09pmHow quickly we forgot about Sarah Palin and her claim that Obamacare was about death panels.
Report Post »Christabel
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:44pmI see it as a big hilarious mistake for the DNC. A bunch of lazy kids freeloading on those who have to work. Guy pushing the mower with the loser eating a sandwich says it all about the democrats.
Report Post »Brontefan
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:43pmI had a feeling this next election is going to be down and dirty. BO knows his agenda is not well received by some… and he cannot count on those drones who will vote for him anyway. What is outrageous is all sht LIES. We now have a Liar-in-Chief.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:43pmFolks, if you haven’t started praying yet then get started. Repentance and prayer are our only chance against this mindset. People are absolutely nuts.
Report Post »behindHIM
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:56pmPrayers will be our one true way of finding each other through this.
Report Post »Bhaub
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:42pmThere’s always MapQuest.
Report Post »behindHIM
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:42pmAdd your comments
Report Post »behindHIM
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:42pmawwwwww…isn’t that cute!! Well it looked like everyone was happy, so at least we know we can go ahead now and cut what we need in Medicare. See, people just need to have faith in their abilities…you know “CAPE”abilities!! Yes WE can!!
Report Post »mill
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:59pm“Yes we can” ruin this republic known as America
Report Post »mill
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 4:02pm“Yes we can”…
Report Post »WILL …… ruin our republic…..sorry for the misstatement…got carried away thought I was a democrat, bad dream.
jeff.cooper
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:40pmWonderful. First it was Hispanics moving north to take jobs. Now it is those pesky seniors. White men in this country don’t stand a chance. ;)
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 5:11pmTHAT was funny!
Report Post »high school drop out
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:39pmHere we go!! This election is going to be the most digusting display ever seen in a republic!!!! The “Fabian Socialists” union thugs and assorted commies ,will be very busy and their lies will be numerus and nauseating!!! My advice is..”dont get mad …get voting!”
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:38pmThose mean old Republicans are trying to balance the budget and reduce the deficit! What is the world coming to? Oh the humanity….
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:38pmWell shock me senseless and call me comatose, but I never would have figured that Moveon and Mediamatters would have been involved, oh gosh!
The DNC is nothing more than a vapid mouthpiece for the socialist agenda. If your a DemonRat and don’t like being a commie pinko stooge then I suggest you go independent, quick.
No matter, times to short”the wages of sin is death.”.
Report Post »“if man thereof purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and useful for the Masters use, and prepared for every good work.”
GODBLESSOURCOUNTRY
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:37pmWhen is the side of right going to speak out against this? Now I know it goes on, but someone please set the record straight!
I am not pleased with any of the potential Republican contenders in 2012 so far. NO GOOD. We don’t need a RINO nor do we need someone who will split votes.
Where have you gone Ronald Reagan? Allen West can answer that…
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 4:23pmAlan West? Please,please please run Alan West. Might as well not have the election. Bottom line – you lose.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:33pmthe really sad thing here is that there are millions of gullible people who will believe this out and out lie
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:00pmHaving read the Pathway to Prosperity, can you refer me to the part that disproves the commercial? Thanks
Report Post »WhiteTeaParty
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:00pmThe Truth Has No Agenda.
Report Post »dmforman
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:05pmI agree, Don’t know why counter ads by the reps. aren’t being made to show the facts.
Too many ignorant people, believe this crap. It’s what they see on tv, so it must be true.
We need to give out the facts, so that people will understand what is really happening.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:07pmYes .. and scare them to “death” .. the REAL Democrat healthcare PLAN!
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:21pmYes indeed some people will believe that , for example take the lib loons in here .
Report Post »mill
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:57pmI totally agree…and the pansy Republicans will sit back like McCain did…and lose again.. Answer the darned charges!..call them out…where did they get this information???/ who made the commercial? Obama will distance himself from it of course, But nothing goes out without being approved by someone higher up and obama is supposed to be in charge and responsible.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 4:17pmMILL
Report Post »So by your logic, who approved the Swift Boat commercials that were proved to be out and out lies? Would that be McCain? Bush? Speak up, I can’t hear you.
taebaggranny
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 4:38pm@ KAYDEEBEAU Yes but what web site other than the blaze would put it out to the populace?
Report Post »WHITETEA Yes the truth has no agenda..How about you?
TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:32pmPathetic and true to the garbage leftist mindsets.
Report Post »We Are Not Alone
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:35pmDesperate people do desperate things…… GOD BLESS AMERICA
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:39pmHow much lower can the Dims go.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:39pmSo WHO cut 1/2 trillion dollars a k a $ 500 Billion from Medicare ? And who was opposing that ?
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:48pmdontcha think the people are gettin sick and tired of the same old playbook? these guys do not have any original ideas that are good for the country, and all the know how to do is scare the seniors. I think the seniors are onto them.
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:53pmOh Moveon.org is involved….well that explains it
Report Post »its_time_to_arrest_our_government
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:53pmmore lies by ******** what else do we expect from these friggin idiots? welfair reform happened and nobody starved. no body was dieing in the streets like the ******** claimed unles you happened to be in the hospital where michelle obama worked she was responsable for patent dumping of uninsured people. lets rise up and lock these liers up. how much
Report Post »longer are we going to stand for this?
sleazyhippo
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:57pmHa Ha Ha – Clever and professionally produced!
Report Post »This is very standard Visual Communication work that is taught even in Texas and Arizona, so it is all about getting the message across for a price, and has little to do with patriotism. Hey, it’s a job maker for photo artists, that’s what we need. All’s well that ends well! (smile)
CatB
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:06pmMore false advertising .. what do you expect? .. they are DESPERATE to hold on to their control of everyone’s lives … the truth is that R’s are trying to SAVE MEDICARE. Can’t let that get out! SCARE THE OLD AND SICK … Democrat way!
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:08pmYou know what? I see elderly men and women bagging my groceries every week at the supermarket. Why are they there? Because either their retirement plans or their Social Security isn’t enough to live on. And most of these people were in middle life when IRAs and 401Ks were introduced. So, they have our benevolent government, who promised them an income in their sunset years but hasn’t given them a raise in the last three, to thank for that. So, what makes anyone think that Medicare isn’t going to go down the same path as Social Security, the Post Office (yes, I know it is private, but it is also almost bankrupt), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the State of California? Change the plan now while it’s still managable rather than later when all us Boomers are forcibly enrolled in the plan.
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:18pmTaquoshi, if I may, these social programs are relatively new to our county’s history. These programs were introduced when most of these seniors were children. Before then, a person worked untill they died. Families pulled together in hard times. The whole worl throughout history operated that way. It’s painfully obvious that our new “system” is a failure. No government has the ability to provide for it’s citizens. The best thing a government can do is tay the hell outta the way. really
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:20pmI will do what I always do.. MUTE .. ALL POLITICAL ADS.. EITHER side.. don’t need to hear BS being slung.. need to hear what their plans are and they are NOT in ads..
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:31pmSame old liberals, always sex on the mind. Hell, they could watch Bambi and make it about sex.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:32pm@ Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Lemme add :
1. Hitler’s birthday is on 4-20. If you look at European time, its like 4-19 over her
( Remember Waco , OKC ?)
2. 4-20 is big day for the pot consuming community too, specially in colleges and Univs
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:33pmOK I broke down and watched.. well NOW the DEMOCRATS have an idea of where to get a job in 2012 .. hopefully we can get them to redo the healthcare for the politicians too.. and then We will ALL be TRULY sacrificing not just the peons
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:43pm@Obama Bin Lying
Report Post »Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:53pm
Oh Moveon.org is involved….well that explains it
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And Encinom is abetting Moveon with his lies….
grannyjojo
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:51pmAnything from moveon.org get an automatic “I don’t watch that trash” from me.
“Every knee will bow and every tongue confess”
Report Post »WhiteTeaParty
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 4:07pm@CATB
Hmmm what does this remind me of ???
Now I remember, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Ann Coulter, Neil Cavuto, Greta Vanidiot, Fox News all scaring the country with Death Panels.
Report Post »taebaggranny
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 4:30pm@ FATJACK Pretty darn low…
Report Post »Ethereal
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 4:47pm@encinom
Report Post »First off the people in the meeting decided to whoop it up after a comment by Ryan the the upper incomes are taxed. Well? What isnt accurate about that statement? The upper 10% of wealth in the US pay the upper 40% of taxes (accept of course for the millionaire Obamas who only paid 26% for last year). There isnt anything wrong with challenging the politicians and force them to explain the details which is what I saw goin on here. The meeting was organized with everyone behaving themselves whether they agreed with the budget proposal or not. We dont get annoyed with people who debate and question their politicians, we get annoyed with people who use thug tactics to do nothing more than to be disruptive. Beside since when do 30 people sitting in a room represent everyone anyway? What he said about corporations and those that own small businesses may not have been popular with that group but that doesnt change the fact that he is absolutely correct. How has Wisconsin fared since the dems took over with outstanding majorities in borth houses and the governorship? Not well! In fact the problems didnt start to happen until after they got there hands in the candy jar and started raising eveyone’s taxes and robbed $$ from different funds to balance the budgets.
bullcrapbuster
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 4:52pmEasy ads to counter. Only the obamunists believe this crap. The voters are awake. If it looks like bullcrap and it smells like bullcrap…..guess what?
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:32amTo Fish,
Just a point of clarification for me, when you refer to “these programs” are you referring to the Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security programs or to IRAs and 104Ks? I’m assuming you mean the Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security, but want to be sure.
I think that the interesting thing in the entire picture is that the government makes Social Security mandatory – and the government bitterly fought the idea of private retirement accounts as we know them today. However, many of the elderly bought into the idea of the government plan (though in some cases there are those, such as my own grandmother who escaped from a Communist country, never quite trusted the Social Security plan, bless her heart). It wouldn’t bother me so much if we were forced to participate in Social Security, but I know these people did and now can’t make ends meet on their pensions or SS checks.
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:09pmAmazing! Genius! You right-wingers are just upset that there are no truly talented, creative, humorous minds on your side.
Suck it!
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