Here’s a political ad that gets right to the point.
House Majority PAC, the super-PAC angling to win back the House for the Democrats next year, is on the airwaves with a new TV ad depicting a crying baby and likening a crew of House Republican lawmakers to petulant children. The ad targets House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and a crew of tea party lawmakers—including Reps. David Joyce (R-Ohio), Gary Miller (R-Calif.), Mike Coffman (R-Colo.), Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), and Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)—saying these GOPers are, well, big crybabies throwing a temper tantrum over their failed efforts to derail Obamacare.
“Speaker John Boehner didn’t get his way on shutting down health-care reform,” the ad’s narrator says. “So he shut down the government and hurt the economy.” The ad features the Twitter hashtag #GOPTemperTantrum.
The partial shutdown of the federal government now enters its second week, with no resolution in sight. On ABC’s This Week, Boehner said he would not move to reopen the government until President Obama agrees to negotiate over Obamacare, the centerpiece of which went into effect last Tuesday. Asked whether the nation was set to default on its obligations in mid-October when it hits the government’s borrowing limit, Boehner replied, “That’s the path we’re on.” Obama, of course, refuses to enter talks about weakening or defunding his health insurance overhaul.
Don’t be surprised, then, to see more crying babies on your TV set in the days ahead.
