The only problem is, in this election cycle, Democrats won’t be able to hide from the lies they told selling Obamacare to a wary public!
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Via Breitbart:
A Democratic Senate candidate is trying to intimidate television stations into dropping an anti-Obamcare ad produced by Americans for Prosperity – a new tactic that critics warn has grave implications for free speech.
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Attorneys for Representative Gary Peters (D-MI), who is running for U.S. Senate, sent a letter to the station manager of a Michigan TV outlet demanding that the station pull an anti-Obamacare political advertisement. The ad claims that a Michigan housewife with leukemia had her health insurance canceled because of Obamacare and that her “out-of-pocket costs are so high it’s unaffordable.”
The Washington D.C. law firm of Perkins Cole claims in the letter that the ad, entitled “Julie’s Story: It’s Time to Listen,” sponsored by Americans for Prosperity (AFP), does not offer evidence that the Affordable Care Act rendered Julie Boonstra’s healthcare plan “generally unaffordable.” The letter supports its withdrawal demand by citing the conclusion drawn by a Washington Post editorial: “A Hard Hitting Anti Obamacare Ad Makes a Claim That Doesn’t Add Up.” The Washington Post piece contends that Ms Boonstra’s savings in reduced premiums alone will likely match her “maximum annual out-of-pocket expenses.”
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Watch the ad that has Democrats so worried they’re willing to threaten the FCC licenses of stations who play it:
Sadly the reason ads like this are so effective is because Obamacare is literally, killing people…