New AFSCME TV, Radio and Web Ads Highlight November Choice

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New AFSCME TV, Radio and Web Ads Highlight November Choice

“Either we open the door to a better future, or we slam the door in its face”

$1.5 Million Buy in Four States – Michigan, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania

Washington, DC — AFSCME today announced a $1.5 million television, radio and web ad campaign focusing on the choice voters face in the November mid-term election. The television spot, entitled “Doors,” will run for two weeks in media markets in four states: Michigan, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Democratic candidates in those states are now under attack in part because of their support for the Jobs Bill passed in August, which provided states with $26 billion in emergency funding for vital services. In addition, the union will run radio spots and will run ads on selected websites. The ads will air for two weeks beginning Sept. 7, 2010.

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AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee said the ads are part of the union’s $50 million effort this year: “We are going to do everything we can to make sure voters understand who worked to save our struggling economy, and who chose to play politics with our lives and jobs. We will support those who stood with us. The choice in this election is too important for anyone to sit on the sidelines.” The ads highlight the fact that Democrats supported the Jobs Bill enacted in August with only four Republican votes – two each in the House and Senate.

McEntee noted that this week AFSCME will begin deploying more than 300 staff to targeted districts around the country to engage in member education and get out the vote drives.

Ad text:

IT’S PRETTY SIMPLE.

WHILE DEMOCRATS PUSHED THROUGH A JOBS BILL THAT KEPT THE DOORS OPEN AT LOCAL SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND SENIOR CENTERS, REPUBLICANS VOTED TO LAY OFF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS.

WHILE DEMOCRATS LOOKED OUT FOR US, PAYING FOR THIS BILL BY ELIMINATING CORPORATE LOOPHOLES, REPUBLICANS LOOKED OUT FOR CEOs WHO SHIPPED JOBS OVERSEAS.

IT’S A CLEAR CHOICE THIS NOVEMBER. EITHER WE OPEN DOORS TO A BETTER FUTURE, OR WE SLAM THE DOOR IN ITS FACE.

[ProSense]

1. No comment? n/t

[Onlooker]

2. Great ad

That's a nicely done ad that gets across the differences between the Dems and Republicans. I hope the Democrats build on those kinds of themes, because it's true that Republicans voted consistently against programs designed to protect jobs, something I don't think the American people quite realize.

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3. It is. n/t

[firedupdem]

4. K&R

Excellent! Things are heating up. I'm not buying the news media's claims that we're sunk in November.