GOP Fear Tactics: RNC ad campaign targets “risky experiment" with our health care

[jefferson_dem]

RNC Ad Targets Obama's Health Reform

The Republican National Committee launched an offensive against President Obama's government-run health insurance option, with a television ad that will be broadcasted in select markets in Arkansas, Nevada and North Dakota.

Titled "The Grand Experiment," the 30-second ad labels Mr. Obama's proposed reform as a “risky experiment with our health care,” saying that such a program will drive up the nation’s debt while unemployment rates remain at historic highs.

Dubbing the stimulus package as the "the biggest spending spree in our nation's history," the ad claims that the next generation will be forced to pay for new health care spending.

Children are seen in the background of the video with a voice-over stating, " they’ve loaned Barack Obama their future, without even knowing it. Trillions for rushed government bailouts and takeovers, banks, the auto industry.”

In addition to the ad launch, RNC Chairman Michael Steele strongly criticized the president's health care plan at the National Press Club this morning today, calling Mr. Obama's plan "socialism."

"Obama-Pelosi want to start building a colossal, closed health care system where Washington decides. Republicans want and support an open health care system where patients and doctors make the decisions," Steele said.

The video is accompanied by a RNC Web site, the Barack Obama Experiment website, aimed at raising opposition to Mr. Obama's health care reform. On the Web site, Steele describes the president's plan as proposing "more debt, more risk, and more experimentation."

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VIDEO at LINK - http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/07/20/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5174851.shtml

[Lerkfish]

1. risk to whom?

I think we all know the answer to that one.

[BlueIdaho]

2. Fear Works

Never underestimate the power of fear. Its a classic republican tactic. Don't offer anything - just try to make any change sound risky. We need to fight these ads. We need to argue for change. We need to talk to our neighbors and friends. We need to call, write, and email our representatives and let them know this is a deal breaker.

We need to work for this change or it will slip away from us...