NEW TV AD USES HUMOR TO HIT FEINGOLD

Feingold’s Votes for Reid-Pelosi Agenda Prove He’s No Maverick

 

A major new TV ad uses a humorous approach in taking Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) to task for wanting “it both ways.”  The ad says the senator “brags he’s a maverick” when he’s at home in Wisconsin but when he’s voting in Congress he solidly supports the “Reid-Pelosi” agenda: huge tax increases, record debt and government-run health care. 

 

The ad, paid for by independent expenditure group SpeechNow.org, which won a landmark court case on free speech earlier this year, also highlights how out of step Feingold is with the voters of Wisconsin.  “[Feingold] ranked as the most liberal senator, he even attacked our First Amendment right to free speech.”

 

“Senator Feingold has consistently bragged he was a 'maverick' to the voters of Wisconsin, but his voting record shows he follows the party line on government-run health care and more government taxing and spending.  Of more concern to voters should be his leadership to stifle our right to Free Speech” said David Keating, founder and president of SpeechNow.org.

 

The ad will begin running on broadcast television in Wisconsin the week of October 11.  The ad is also available online at YouTube.

 

SpeechNow.org was founded in 2007 to give Americans who support free speech a way to join together, pool their resources, and advocate for federal candidates who agree with them—and work to defeat those who do not.