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Obama for America

"Get Real" +

:30 ad from Aug. 14, 2012 to run in CO, IA, NV, OH and VA.

[Music] Obama (voiceover): I’m Barack Obama and I approved this message.

Male Announcer: Mitt Romney on how to pay for college and start a business:

Romney: "Take a risk, get the education, borrow money if you have to from your parents…"

Male Announcer: Hope they can afford it.

Romney’s plans could cut college aid for nearly ten million students and eliminate the tax deduction for college tuition.

President Obama eliminated bank middlemen from college loans and used the savings to double college grants.

Romney: "Take a risk, get the education, borrow money if you have to from your parents…"

Male Announcer: Get real, Mitt.

Notes: Curious that this ad is only being run in five states.

From the press release...

Obama for America released a new television advertisement today titled “Get Real” that highlights the clear choice for voters between Mitt Romney and President Obama’s plans for higher education. Mitt Romney thinks that students should “borrow money” from their parents to help pay for college or start a business, and under the Romney-Ryan budget, college aid would be cut for nearly 10 million students and the tax deduction for college tuition would be eliminated. President Obama, on the other hand, understands that a college education should be in reach for as many students as possible – and that’s why he has overhauled higher education financing by eliminating bank middlemen from college loans and used the savings to double funding for Pell Grants.