Conservative group spends $2.5 million in new ad campaign
Updated at 12:24 p.m. ET, 1/2/2014
(CNN) - A conservative group is kicking off the midterm election year with a multimillion-dollar ad campaign that targets three Democratic Senators facing tough re-election battles in November.
Americans for Prosperity, which spent $16 million on television ads in the fall, will unleash another round of commercials that hammer the trio of lawmakers for supporting Obamacare.
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The ads zero in on Sens. Kay Hagan of North Carolina, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, according to a statement released Thursday.
AFP said the commercials will run in major media markets for the next three weeks, and a spokesman said the ads will cost more than $2.5 million.
The 30-second spots focus on what's been dubbed by PolitiFact as the "Lie of the Year": President Barack Obama's broken pledge that people who liked their health insurance plans could keep them under the Affordable Care Act.
Republicans, and some Democrats, criticized the Obama administration after millions began getting policy cancellation notices last fall. Landrieu and Hagan were among those who wanted to find a legislative fix for the problem.
The ads go after the Senators for repeating the President's promise as they tried to sell Obamacare to the public before and after the law passed in 2010 with only Democratic support.
"Tell Senator Shaheen, it's time to be honest," a narrator says in one clip. "Obamacare doesn't work. New Hampshire families deserve better."
Landrieu's campaign said the ad against her takes her comments out of context and "grossly" misleads.
"The fact is Sen. Landrieu has always supported measures to fix and improve the Affordable Care Act," campaign manager Adam Sullivan said in a statement. "She introduced legislation to keep the president's promise, publically pressured the administration until a fix was made and is continuing her work on behalf of Louisianians to fix and improve the law."
The ad buy follows a $600,000 ad campaign in late December that targeted House Democrats over the same issue.
The Obama administration plans to combat negative ads with positive ones that feature stories about those who are benefiting from the new health care law.
Its allies will also join the effort. Organizing for Action, the advocacy group that originated from the President's reelection campaign, released a new web video Wednesday touting some success stories.
- CNN's Dan Merica and Martina Stewart contributed to this report.
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Rather than cry, why don't the liberals run their own ads? Because they don't want to be associated with Obamacare.
Fair is Fair
Dutch/Bad Newz, VA -aka- Take Back The House -aka- No Redemption Votes
Here's a solution for you conservatives since you hate the ACA so much, a republican proposal, which is now law. Pass universal, single-payer healthcare.
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Healthcare is 16% of GDP, Dutch. 16% of a $17 Trillion GDP is $2.72 Trillion. ANNUALLY. Where would you opine the government get an additional $2.72 Trillion, annually? Mind you, current tax receipts total around $2 Trillion....
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How about ending corporate welfare and closing tax loopholes. We can take a nice hefty chunk out of the defense budget. That's a start. Reforming our entitlement system is the next step. But first, we need to tackle the waste, fraud and abuse.
@A True Conservative
"the Republicans were shut out of the negotiations regarding Oamacare – NONE of their ideas were included"
This is entirely innaccurate, though I doubt the 'news' services you utilize to 'enlighten' yourself included much acccurate information... based on your posts.
There were 157 (give or take) changes to the ACA based on republicants complaints during debate. These amendments went into the final law in an effort to garner bi partisan support. Number of republicants who argued for these amendments were satisfied by 157 changes to the final bill- results of the Dems bipartisan efforts as counted by republicant votes- 0, zero, nada, none, zilch, etc...
Though I'm a single payer guy... I'm glad they passed this bill because it is a start. As for your assertions the republicants were 'shut out of the negotiations'... that is simply untrue.
Turn off Hannity, man....
Fair is Fair wrote:
Healthcare is 16% of GDP, Dutch. 16% of a $17 Trillion GDP is $2.72 Trillion. ANNUALLY. Where would you opine the government get an additional $2.72 Trillion, annually? Mind you, current tax receipts total around $2 Trillion....
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This reply ranks among your top ten "most ridiculous" posts of all time. It makes the blatantly false assumption that all healthcare is paid for by federal tax dollars, and that the trillion dollar private health insurance industry simply does not exist.
Dems overall, have destroyed this country, in just 5 yrs. The people are going to realize that, now, as the bills for what they have been allowed to do, start coming in, to every working family in America. (Those who still have a job, in any case.)
True conservative – no one was shut out of ACA negations. A lot of the crappy parts were GOP ideas incorporated to make the law conform to their corporate interests. Republicans are too arrogant to admit this will help millions, and instead chose to shutdown government to the tune of $24 billion. Conservatives brought us our first Great Depression, our Great Recession of 2008, unfunded wars, tax cuts for those who least need it, unfunded drug programs, and most of our debt.
Rick – Ever hear of 2008? Now that was republican destruction.
Dutch/Bad Newz, VA -aka- Take Back The House -aka- No Redemption Votes
Fair is Fair
Dutch/Bad Newz, VA -aka- Take Back The House -aka- No Redemption Votes
Here's a solution for you conservatives since you hate the ACA so much, a republican proposal, which is now law. Pass universal, single-payer healthcare.
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Healthcare is 16% of GDP, Dutch. 16% of a $17 Trillion GDP is $2.72 Trillion. ANNUALLY. Where would you opine the government get an additional $2.72 Trillion, annually? Mind you, current tax receipts total around $2 Trillion....
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How about ending corporate welfare and closing tax loopholes. We can take a nice hefty chunk out of the defense budget. That's a start. Reforming our entitlement system is the next step. But first, we need to tackle the waste, fraud and abuse.
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And you think that's going to cover $2.72 Trillion? Really? OK, I'll play. Take 50% (HALF) of the defense budget and you get $350 billion. Take the ill-informed talking point of 20% of "overhead" out of the equation and you get another $400 Billion. So you now have 25% of the total bill. We're getting somewhere...
NOW let's add back in the hundreds of thousands of citizens displaced by implementing a single-payer system. No jobs for them, Dutch. That would include YOU, since on numerous occasions have stated that you're a "medical professional in medical coding / billing". Sayonara, you're job is GONE. What replaces YOUR contribution to the overall product? Is wanting such a system against your best interests... you know, those "best interests" you claim conservatives always vote against?
Ahhh... those pesky unintended consequences. They always rear their ugly head.
@Rudy
Healthcare is 16% of GDP, Dutch. 16% of a $17 Trillion GDP is $2.72 Trillion. ANNUALLY. Where would you opine the government get an additional $2.72 Trillion, annually? Mind you, current tax receipts total around $2 Trillion....
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This reply ranks among your top ten "most ridiculous" posts of all time. It makes the blatantly false assumption that all healthcare is paid for by federal tax dollars, and that the trillion dollar private health insurance industry simply does not exist.
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Ummm, in a single payer system the federal govt pays for all healthcare and private health insurance does not exist.
Fair – are you saying the federal government pays for all health care?
Republicans are such incredible liars! They have never been for any part of health care reform and are against any change from the old" screw you" way. The gop has told soooo many lies about health care reform and Obamacare that they don't remember the truth. Truth is, Obamacare IS WORKING FOR MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ALREADY.
Rudy NYC
Fair is Fair wrote:
Healthcare is 16% of GDP, Dutch. 16% of a $17 Trillion GDP is $2.72 Trillion. ANNUALLY. Where would you opine the government get an additional $2.72 Trillion, annually? Mind you, current tax receipts total around $2 Trillion....
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This reply ranks among your top ten "most ridiculous" posts of all time. It makes the blatantly false assumption that all healthcare is paid for by federal tax dollars, and that the trillion dollar private health insurance industry simply does not exist.
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It most certainly does not. Dutch opined on a single-payer system. Such a system would require the federal government to fill the void created by the removal of the private insurance industry.
@True Conservative
How could Republicans have been shut out of writing the health care reform law when the law's CONTENT WAS DEBATED on the Senate ffloor or two months prior to it being passed in the Senate and the House, in March 2010 before it was signed into law? Answer: They were not shut out.
How can Republicans claim that they knew nothing about the content of the law when Sarah Palin began her "death panel" stump speeches in August of 2009, more than six months before it was voted on, and signed into law? Answer: They lied.
How can conservatives continue to make all of the above claims, despite indisputable facts to the contrary? Answer: They can do it because they're conservatives, and that is what they do for a living.
Tampa Tim
Fair – are you saying the federal government pays for all health care?
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Nope. Not saying that at all. But in a single-payer system, the federal government would (unless you differ in that fact). Where does the $$$$ come from?
Obama lies and the Senators and Democrats swore he is telling the truth. Democrats the party of liars.
spend that money you conservative nut jobs
Any pathological liar can get up and promise insurance for all, while saving each family an average 2500.00, and if you like your policy and your Doctor you can keep your policy and Doctor. Period!
Meantime, Dear Leader will be cooling the earth and stopping the rise of the oceans as he plays golf!
What we have elected is a President who loves to give speeches, lies and promises but is otherwise too incompetent, lazy, inexperienced and dumb to even hold a job in non-government positions.
In real life (where Obama has zero experience), objectives are to be met and promises are to be keep or there is a price to be paid for failure.
Obama is all show and No go and supported by lies and a lapdog press! He should be impeached for all of his lies on Obamacare which are only a few of many lies told to citizens by this fool...
"It most certainly does not. Dutch opined on a single-payer system. Such a system would require the federal government to fill the void created by the removal of the private insurance industry."
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He did? My bad then, I must have missed that. Under a single payer system, of course you would pay for... ...let's call it Omnicare. Instead of the money you're handing over to the private insurers, you would be handing over LESS to the Omnicare funds because there wouldn't be any shareholders to pay off. There wouldn't be any top executives pulling seven digit salaries and eight digit annual bonuses.
Could you imagine the uproar on the right if they found out that a public employee was earning that much income? They'd literally implode, yet they stand up, salute, and cheer when it occurs in private industry.
Black Saint – No one will ever be able to compete with republican liars, they are the true professionals of distortion and misinformation.
Dar – Aside from the fact that you offer, quite predictably, no fact or study or whatsoever to back up your inflamatory rant, there's still that CBO report that shows, as usual, with data to back up its claim that you are wrong. The more reasonable conservatives that are against 'Obamacare' are still trying to debunk that report while the more extremist simply rejects it as 'government propaganda' or something like that.
A true Conservative – A True Liar would be more accurate, since it does not take too much effort from anybody to check on the archives section of this or any other news website (OK, I didn't checked FAUX News' one) to see that:
– Republican asked/demanded a lot of modifications and part of their propposals were included in the final version of the law.
– The whole process was quite public (no closed door coven).
– The 'alternative' proposed by the Republicans, since the beginning, lacked substance (as in how to do it and how to pay for it), looking more like a wish list than a real alternative.
You are crying on this one, how about Iraq war, that drained trillions, where did THIS money come? Yes, ACA is a law, saving millions that never had insurance. Did you know Homes were garnished with daily wages by Hospital greed? Pharmacy greed? GOP idiots have no clue. Pathetic.
Rudy NYC
"It most certainly does not. Dutch opined on a single-payer system. Such a system would require the federal government to fill the void created by the removal of the private insurance industry."
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He did? My bad then, I must have missed that. Under a single payer system, of course you would pay for... ...let's call it Omnicare. Instead of the money you're handing over to the private insurers, you would be handing over LESS to the Omnicare funds because there wouldn't be any shareholders to pay off. There wouldn't be any top executives pulling seven digit salaries and eight digit annual bonuses.
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Ahhhh. the demonization of the very few who fall into that category. So tell us all, Rudy... how many individuals fall into that category and then compare it to the overall sum? Let me save you the trouble. The amount is TRIVIAL. Don't let facts get in your way. Why not talk about all of the far larger number who would be displaced under a single-payer system? What about them? And I dare say those would be a far larger populace.
You can not tell these truly conservatives anything. They only believe what Rush and the rest of the pack tells them and they believe it is true. Instead of spending millions on ads to get re-elected on falsehoods, why don't they try spending the loot that they suckered people into giving them to help there poor conservative states get healthcare, Lord knows they need it. Also they need to stop corporate welfare, which most of the GOP/TP Klan are getting, this is where all of the federal dollars are going. Hatred is a terrible thing to have and the conservatives definitely are looking sillier everyday because of it. Keep it up I say. They know good and darn well that they cannot repeal it. Just pitiful. The bloggers on here are just spreading lies as usual, because of their hatred for the black president. In Honey Boo Boo country this is how they roll. All in an uproar for nothing they do not know anything about, only what they hear on conservative news media.I wish they they would do their own research.
@ Fair is Fair
Can you say where you got that figure of 16% According to the OECD health care in the Netherlands in 2012 was 11.1%, and according the CIA Fact Book in 2011 it was 12%. Per capita costs in 2011 for the Netherlands was $4737, for the US per capita cost was $8175 and as a percentage of GDP it was 17% . The Dutch have a higher life expectancy than the US , maternal and infant mortality rates are lower for the Dutch , the Dutch also have more doctors , nurses , hospital beds than the US . Yes the Dutch have an advantage in that their landmass is much
That 11.1% is from all levels of govt , individuals , business and not for profits .
How about a comparison with Australia we have a landmass slightly smaller than the lower 48 US States, a population of 23million less than 10% of the US pop, however our population is dispersed not just in a small area , we have extra costs providing access to health to many small and remote communities , yet our health care costs in 2010 was 8.5% compared to the US in 2010 of 17%, and per capita it was $3600, and in the US it was $7923. Australia also outranks the US in those categories I mentioned , we also have better survival rates for many cancers ( people here in Aust go the do a bit more often so many cancers are detected early reducing treatment costs)
@BlackTaint
"Obama is all show and No go and supported by lies and a lapdog press! He should be impeached for all of his lies on Obamacare which are only a few of many lies told to citizens by this fool"
Soooo, enlighten us on ALL these lies the President has told us. I mean, with this 'lapdog' press (who seems to keep reporting all kinds of bad news on him, yet complains about access to the WH) suppoting him. That is what you RWNJ's said about Bill Clinton (I remember how he took our guns away and how the librul media supported him; despite wall to wall coverage Lewinski for a year and a half), but now you guys seem to think he should run for a third time (but not his wife). Please, fill us in on these lies....
I'm breathless...