Obama Campaign Unveils TV Ads: “Interest” and “Listening”
Obama: Lobbyists’ Days of Setting Agenda in Washington Are Over
DES MOINES – The Obama Campaign announced the airing of 2 new television ads in Iowa. As more than $4 million in television ads and mailers from Washington, DC-based outside groups flood Iowa on behalf of Obama’s opponents, these ads show that Obama’s campaign is getting its support from ordinary Americans who have “lost their trust in their government.”
“Interest” highlights the millions of dollars spent by some of those Washington, DC-based groups to falsely attack Obama’s health care plan.
“Listening” features footage of Obama’s speech before Iowa Democrats at this year’s Iowa Democratic Party Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner and endorsements from Iowa newspapers.
The scripts are as follows:
"INTEREST"
Script
[I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message]
While Iowans struggle with health costs, outside groups are spending millions to stop change, including false attacks on Barack Obama's health plan. But experts say Obama's plan is "the best." It "guarantees coverage for all Americans."
Putting "pressure on insurance and drug companies," his plan cuts costs more than any other – saving twenty five hundred dollars for the typical family.
The same old Washington politics won't fix healthcare. But we can.
“LISTENING”
Script
[I’m Barack Obama, and I approve this message.]
America is listening. Not just Democrats, but Republicans and Independents who’ve lost trust in their government but want to believe again.
I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over.
I have done more than any other candidate in this race to take on the lobbyists, and I have won. They have not funded my campaign, and they will not drown out the voices of the American people when I am president.
I am in this race to take those tax breaks away from companies that are moving jobs overseas and put them in the pockets of hard-working Americans who deserve them.
I want to stop talking about the outrage of 47 million Americans without healthcare and start actually doing something about it.
That’s why I’m running, Iowa.
Your future is our future, and our moment is now.
