WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Republican National
Committee (RNC) today announced a new radio advertisement, titled "Obama
Chooses Washington Over Our Military." While Barack Obama travels in Berlin,
Germany, tomorrow, the RNC's new ad will remind voters in Berlin, Penn.;
Berlin, Wis.; and Berlin, N.H., that Obama's politically expedient record has
consistently put politics before the needs of our military.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080519/RNCLOGO )
To listen to the RNC's new radio ad, click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTCwKYQOGHs
Title: "Obama Chooses Washington Over Our Military"
:60 Radio Advertisement
There are few votes as important as funding our men and women in uniform.
But when our military needed necessary resources, Barack Obama failed to stand
up.
Obama said that nobody wanted to play chicken with our troops on the ground.
But when it came time to act, he voted against critical resources: no to
individual body armor, no to helicopters, no to ammunition, no to aircraft.
The bill Obama opposed even had funding for veterans' medical facilities and
rehabilitation programs.
And why did he say no?
Obama chose Washington politics over the needs of our military.
And Senator McCain?
As a veteran and someone who has always put the public interest first, John
McCain stood by our troops.
If Obama can't rise above politics to support our soldiers in a time of war,
then how can he claim to have the strength to change the way Washington works?
John McCain is ready to lead. Barack Obama is not.
-Disclaimer-
BACKUP RESEARCH:
Obama Said That Congress Would Provide Funding For Troops:
"'I Think That Nobody Wants To Play Chicken With Our Troops On The Ground,'
Said Obama."(Mike Glover, "Obama Says Congress Will Fund Iraq War After
Expected Bush Veto," The Associated Press, 4/1/07)
Obama: "[W]hat you don't want to do is to play chicken with the President, and
create a situation in which, potentially, you don't have body armor, you don't
have reinforced Humvees, you don't have night-vision goggles."(CNN's "Late
Edition," 4/1/07)
But Obama Voted Against An Emergency Spending Bill That Provided Funding For
Troops In Iraq And Afghanistan:
Obama Voted Against Providing $94.4 Billion In Critical Funding For Troops In
Iraq And Afghanistan. (H.R. 2206, CQ Vote #181: Passed 80-14: R 42-3; D 37-10;
I 1-1, 5/24/07, Obama Voted Nay)
Paid for by the Republican National Committee. Authorized by John McCain 2008,
Inc.
SOURCE Republican National Committee
RNC Press Office, +1-202-863-8614
