League of Conservation Voters Ad Blasts Roy Blunt For Not Believing In America
The League of Conservation Voters is going on the air very early in the 2010 Missouri Senate race, where GOP Senator Kit Bond is retiring and the election is expected to be very close.
The LCV has this new statewide ad hitting Rep. Roy Blunt, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, for saying no to clean energy projects -- and holding America back:
"Call Roy Blunt," the announcer says, "and tell him it's time to start believing in America again." Now that the Democrats are the ones in power, it's the liberals who are playing the flag-waving card against the GOP, a reversal from the past eight years.
The ad is running statewide, with a heavy focus in Blunt's home town of Springfield.
Late Update: Blunt spokesman Nick Simpson gives us this statement:
"Congressman Blunt led the fight last year for an all-of-the-above energy strategy that included more job-creating American production, more conservation and more alternative fuels. The Democrat majority, however, tried to block every Republican attempt to even debate the need for a new national energy policy. It seems this ad supports Mr. Blunt's position."
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Tables turning. Just delicious.
April 20, 2009 10:18 AM | Reply | Permalink
Why do the Republicans HATE AMERICA?
April 20, 2009 10:20 AM | Reply | Permalink
This is all good and fun, but lets keep in mind that too much of this is what made us all sick of the Republicans. Taking the higher road, etc. while less fun, might be a saner route.
Just my .02
April 20, 2009 11:28 AM | Reply | Permalink
"Now that the Democrats are the ones in power, it's the liberals who are playing the flag-waving card against the GOP, a reversal from the past eight years."
I'm pretty sure I heard just this weekend Morning Joe et all complaining Obama is targeting our troops as right wing radicals when he should be targeting terrorists and I'm not sure how many various outlets that I heard Obama's trip to Europe framed as the "Blame America" tour and how Obama doesn't believe in American exceptionalism.
So, I wouldn't say any sort of reversal has happened yet. The GOP hasn't let up their full frontal assault of this kind at all when the opportunity arises. I'm not saying Democrats haven't done this on occasion but I just don't get the sense they've done it in the same ferocity as their GOP counterparts.
April 20, 2009 11:49 AM | Reply | Permalink
Here, in Missouri, you still need to go after the middle, rural portion of the state. Since we just passed Prop C and with wind farms going up, right next door, in Kansas, this seems like the kind of ad to appeal to that group.
April 20, 2009 11:34 PM | Reply | Permalink