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(September
2011) « Democratic
National Committee
Democratic National Committee
"GOP 2012: Chasing the
Tea Party"
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0:54 web video from Sept. 3, 2011.
TEXT: The
Tea Party
[Music] Woman's Voice: "...armed
and dangerous on this issue..."
TEXT: How
Extreme Is Their Agenda?
TEXT: The
policies of Tea Party Republicans would end Medicare as we know it
TEXT:
Preserve tax cuts for millionaires and big oil
TEXT:
Eliminate millions of American jobs
TEXT: Slash
college aid for students
TEXT: And
Republican Presidential Candidates like Rick Perry and Mitt
Romney?
They've embraced their agenda.
They support the Tea Party.
TEXT: They
would end Medicare
TEXT: Eliminate
American
Jobs
TEXT: Slash
Pell
Grants
TEXT: Preserve
tax
cuts for millionaires
TEXT: So
this
Labor Day.
instead of talking about jobs,
they're courting the Tea Party.
TEXT: The
Republican
Field: Chasing the Tea Party. Too Extreme for America.
[DNC disclaimer]
Notes: From the press
release:
This
Labor Day weekend in New Hampshire and South Carolina voters will see
the Tea Party Republican presidential contenders up close, singing the
Tea Party’s praises and pandering to the right wing kingmakers. As the
candidates compete for Tea Party support the DNC released a new web
video entitled "GOP
2012: Chasing the Tea Party.”
The video highlights Mitt Romney and Rick Perry’s support for ending
Medicare as we know it, slashing college aid for students, preserving
tax cuts for the super wealthy and eliminating American jobs.
“Instead
of talking about jobs and how to help the American middle class, Rick
Perry and Mitt Romney will continue to out-right each other at Tea
Party rallies,” said DNC Communications Director, Brad Woodhouse.
“Their ‘corporations first, middle class last’ policies may score them
points with the Tea Party crowd, but they’re not offering any solutions
that actually help middle class Americans. Perry and Romney - just like
the rest of the Republican field - are advocating for extreme policies
that would have forced the government into default and would end
Medicare while lavishing corporations and the super rich with tax
breaks. It’s clear that they have a plan to court the Tea Party, but
even on Labor Day they don’t have a plan for the middle class American
worker.”