Republicans demand TV station yank ad claiming GOP plan would `end Medicare’

[Fuzz]

The National Republican Congressional Committee, which oversees House races for the GOP, has written a sharply-worded letter demanding that a New Hampshire TV station yank an ad making that claim. Whether the ad gets taken down could help set a precedent for whether other stations will air Dem TV ads making this argument, which is expected to be a central message for Dems in the 2012 elections.

The NRCC letter was provided to me by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, which is airing the ad on WMUR against GOP Rep. Charlie Bass. The letter — which calls on Comcast Boston to take down the ad and is unusually detailed and emphatic — reflects how badly Republicans want a halt to these Dem attacks. Here’s the letter’s core argument:

The Budget Resolution as approved by the U.S. House of Representatives does NOT end Medicare. In fact, the Budget Resolution makes no changes at all to Medicare for current or near retirees, as none of the Medicare-related provisions in the Budget Resolution would even take effect until 2022. This fact makes the Advertisement especially misleading, as the woman featured in the Advertisement is a current Medicare beneficiary, and would not have her Medicare benefits ended, or even changed in any way, under the Budget Resolution...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/republicans-demand-tv-station-yank-ad-claiming-they-would-end-medicare/2011/03/03/AGDHN3HH_blog.html

[ghost122]

1. They hate the truth!

Boy, these GOP types really hate it when the truth behind their lying schemes comes out in public, eh? I think ComCast should air it for free over and over again! Let's see whether they cave....

[AzDar]

2. Truth hurts.

Suck it all down, Repukes...

[Fuzz]

3. I'm going to rename oxygen Medicare and claim everyone has it.

[vi5]

4. Geez, I wonder if they'll cave.....

And I wonder if we'll let them cave?

I wonder.

[Fuzz]

5. We should have sued over death panels, huh?

[Curmudgeoness]

7. You make a very good point. Ask a 54 year old how they feel

about "ending Medicare". You are right, we just do not fight back, or at least not with the same ferocity. If this works for them, we had better put out another ad with a 54 year old as the speaker---then there can be no question.

What ever happened to that old saying "what's good for the goose is good for the gander"?

[vi5]

10. Gasp! No. That wouldn't be civil or bipartisan!

Can't possibly have that. It might make DC cocktail parties uncomfortable.

[kentuck]

6. Only for those 55 and under...

They get a voucher or a coupon or some green stamps.

[Curmudgeoness]

8. Green stamps? Hey, old timer! But really....

I have concerns that this is only the beginning of their tinkering with it. Give an inch, they will take a mile, and they will mess with it for us people who know what green stamps are too once they get rolling---if we let them.

[Politicalboi]

9. That bugs me that Comcast is involved

I wouldn't doubt if they take it off.

[iwishiwas]

11. UPDATE III: Comcast has rebuffed the GOP demand and will continue running the ad. Still waiting on W

UPDATE III: Comcast has rebuffed the GOP demand and will continue running the ad. Still waiting on WMUR.