"Americans for Prosperity", the well-funded conservative group that has been attacking Democrats in battleground states over the health care reform law, put out TV ads Monday against Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Mark Udall (D-CO).Watch the ad. I've seen it more times than I can count. The new tactic for anti-Democratic campaign ads by AFP (think Koch brothers) is to include no facts that can be checked. When I saw the video for the first time, I was caught off guard until the very end, when the woman instructs viewers to call Sen. Mary Landrieu's office to tell her about the horrors of Obamacare. My counter-suggestion to people in Louisiana is to call Landrieu's office and tell her you approve of Obamacare as a stopgap until we adopt a single-payer health plan for the entire country.
"But what's notable about the ads is what they aren't: A personalized story of someone who's been negatively affected by Obamacare, the kind of verifiable set of facts that can be checked -- and rebutted, as happened with a recent AFP ad that led to significant backlash from the fact-checking community."
The amount of money being spent by the Koch brothers and their ilk is incredible this early in the election game. I hope viewers will become bored and weary of the ads and tune out.
Well grandma, you know that as an Englishman I continue to be mystified as how the inhabitants of such a rich country as the USA can go on without proper health care for its poorer members. I had half hoped that at your fall in Oxford that you might be whisked off to an NHS hospital for as check up, probably for an over night stop in view of your age! You'd have had then first hand experience of a national health care scheme in action!
ReplyDeleteSurely it must come for you, MikeN.
Mike, as an American, I continue to be mystified that we do not have a single-payer health plan that covers everyone.
DeleteIf I'd thought I needed to see a doctor, I would surely have gone for a check up. I knew the symptoms of concussion well because one of my sons fell off the bed on his head while jumping. It was clear that something was very wrong with him.