In political circles, there is a term for the tactic that the Republican National Committee is deploying with a new run of national cable ads and TV ads airing in Florida:"Stand with us," says a smarmy Michael Steele in a very strange and funny ad:
"Medi-scare.''
With its ad touting a "Seniors' Bill of Rights,'' the RNC is capitalizing on fears that Medicare will be undermined in the health-care initiatives that Democratic leaders in Congress are debating, and that the government will force "end-of-life'' decisions.
It's one rhetorical stop short of warning of the "death panels'' that Republican Sarah Palin has spoken of, and, in the smiling persona of RNC Chairman Michael Steele -- "I love puppies'' -- it arrives in the kinder and gentler fashion of a personal suggestion for President Barack Obama: "it's not too late to change your mind.' Swamp
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
RNC Further Exploits Seniors With MediScare
Seniors have insurance but they're the largest group of people standing in the way of stopping others from having insurance because they're scared, thanks to you know who. Good strategy on the part of the GOP. Target the fearful yet powerful. Seniors should know better. They should know they're being had. But time and again, they fall for this stuff. The RNC has a new, gentler ad, kind of like Ex Lax, that pretends to elevate seniors with a special bill of rights.
