2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRepublicans Join the War on Poverty!
Nearly 50 years after LBJ declared a War on Poverty, political conservatives have not only conceded that poverty is bad, but have become outraged about it. (At least if it affects women.) And they want you to be outraged, too. (That is, if you are a woman who voted for Obama in 2008, are concerned about the GOPs positions on social issues, but might possibly be convinced to back Romney in November for economic reasons.)
The conservative 527 American Crossroads unveiled a new television ad this week called Obamas War on Women and its unlike anything Ive seen before in political advertising. For one thing, the narrator mentions poverty or impoverished eight times in one-minute. The ads graphic text also emphasizes the theme, using large block letters to spell out IN POVERTY in each example. (As in: 17 million women IN POVERTY in Obamas America.)
http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/104954/republicans-join-the-war-poverty
SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)War for Poverty.
left is right
(1,665 posts)They are shooting the poor in the streets
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)and all those women's health care (that they pretend like they actually care about).
lastlib
(23,244 posts)"Prosperity is just around the corner." --Herbert Hoover, 1929.
"So is Poverty." --George W. Bush, 2001