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    'Billy' - New Obama Ad

    Posted:
    04/9/08

    Adding to the 100,000 times an Obama for President ad has run (totaling over $60 million), Barack Obama has another spot airing in Pennsylvania. This :30 second spot is titled "Billy."

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    The ad's script reads:

    "Barack Obama: The pharmaceutical industry wrote into the prescription drug plan that Medicare could not negotiate with drug companies. And you know what the chairman of the committee, who pushed the law through went to work for the pharmaceutical industry making $2M a year. Imagine that. That's an example of the same old game playing in Washington. You know I don't want to learn how to play the game better, I want to put an end to the game playing."

    The ad is referencing Bill Tauzin who was chairman of the committee and is now president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). Also, the same group touring America providing free prescription drugs to means-tested applicants.

    And of course, everyone knows that Obama has taken gobs of campaign cash from lobbyists directly both in his U.S. Presidential campaign and throughout his career as a politician.

    Nonetheless, this ad strikes a cord and is an effective populist appeal.




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