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"Thread" +
:30 ad run starting July 26, 2011 airing on national cable and in CO,
IA, NC, NM, NV and VA.
[Music] Female Announcer: America's
economy is hanging by a thread.
Under the weight of high unemployment [thud SFX], soaring gas
prices
[thud SFX], Medicare
nearly bankrupt, reckless spending [thud SFX], a
failed stimulus, and a $14 trillion dollar debt, much of it owned by
China, we are near [SFX]
the breaking point.
Maybe we won't be crushed when our economy snaps, but someone will.
It's time to take away President Obama's blank check.
Notes: This is an
artistically very interesting offering from Crossroads GPS. The
press release (see also DNC rapid response)...
Dramatic New Crossroads GPS TV Ad Slams Obama Over
Excessive Spending, Debt
Third phase of summer-long Crossroads GPS initiative
focuses on President’s failure to control spending or create jobs.
WASHINGTON – Today, Crossroads Grassroots Policy
Strategies
(Crossroads GPS) launched its third national issue ad on jobs and the
economy – this time focusing on President Obama’s dramatic failure to
create jobs or control the skyrocketing national debt during his first
term in office.
The new ad, entitled “Thread,” uses
three-dimensional graphic
rendering to illustrate how President Obama’s economic policies have
swelled the national debt, and brought the economy to a breaking point
that will harm future generations. It will air on national cable
television and on network-affiliated broadcast television stations
covering Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada and
Virginia. The ad will also be complemented by extensive internet
advertising in those states.
The spot can be viewed here.
Broadcast-quality
versions
are
available upon request.
The total dedicated to the effort, including
national cable, local
TV, Internet advertising and production is $3.5 million over two weeks.
This total is in addition to the $1.5 million in Crossroads GPS ads
launched on Tuesday that target five U.S. Senators.
“America’s economy really is hanging by a thread,
and to keep that
thread from breaking Republicans must stop President Obama’s reckless
scheme to raise taxes in the middle of a jobs recession,” said
Crossroads GPS president and CEO Steven Law. “The fact that Obama is
willing to hold our country’s fiscal stability hostage over more taxes
shows how ideologically committed he is to expanding government
regardless of the economic cost.”
The new spot is part of a $20 million advocacy
campaign begun by
Crossroads GPS in June to frame the national issues debate on the
economy and national debt, as Congress negotiates a deal with President
Obama. Earlier spots in the initiative, in both English and Spanish,
can be viewed on the Crossroads
GPS channel on Youtube.com.
All of the new ads promote the website www.nomoreblankchecks.com,
which provides viewers with online tools to write their senators and
representatives to oppose new taxes as part of a debt deal.
Crossroads GPS is a policy and grassroots advocacy
organization that
is committed to educating, equipping and mobilizing millions of
American citizens to take action on the critical economic and
legislative issues that will shape our nation’s future in the years
ahead.
For more information, contact Jonathan Collegio...