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News & ArtsMonday, August 6, 2012
2012 / The Ladies New Obama Ad Attacks Romney on Women's Issues
Posted by Paul Constant on Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 2:55 PM
This is a decent ad that lands some good hits on Romney:
I'm a little surprised there isn't more about Planned Parenthood in the ad. I understand that a 30-second ad only allows for a few complete sentences, but some mention of the fact that Planned Parenthood provides breast cancer screenings, for example, might catch the ear of a few undecided voters.
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Yeah, but Planned Parenthood is a dogwhistle for anti-abortion voters, and Obama's still trying to appeal to American centrists, who are strongly conservative by the standards of the rest of the world and probably poll negatively re: Planned Parenthood.
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Considering the number of (presumably uncommitted) "progressives" who've lately been pissing on anything to do with breast cancer - not just the Komen Foundation, but ANYTHING - somehow I think avoiding that topic wasn't a bad idea.
And Paul? Mentioning Planned Parenthood three times in a 30-second spot isn't avoiding it - it's making it the entire focus of the ad. It's shorthand for abortion rights and contraceptive information. Yes, breast-cancer screening and many other things fall under their brief, but those are the two things the majority of the public are going to associate with the ad.
And Paul? Mentioning Planned Parenthood three times in a 30-second spot isn't avoiding it - it's making it the entire focus of the ad. It's shorthand for abortion rights and contraceptive information. Yes, breast-cancer screening and many other things fall under their brief, but those are the two things the majority of the public are going to associate with the ad.
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@1 Actually, when asked, a majority of voters support federal funding for Planned Parenthood and the organization in general http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2011/…
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