{"id":19622,"date":"2012-07-29T07:02:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-29T11:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=19622"},"modified":"2013-04-03T22:24:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T02:24:58","slug":"second-obama-ad-makes-debunked-abortion-claims-against-romney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/second-obama-ad-makes-debunked-abortion-claims-against-romney\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Obama ad makes debunked abortion claims against Romney"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Obama campaign came out with their second abortion ad targeting Mitt Romney. In the ad, it begins with a visual saying, \u201cWomen speak on Romney.\u201d A woman named Jenni then looks directly at the TV screen, saying, “I’ve never felt this way before, but it’s just a scary time to be a woman. Mitt Romney is so out of touch.” A female narrator then mentioned Romney would support overturning Roe v. Wade<\/em>, supported a ban on abortion including cases of rape and incest, and would block health care coverage that requires including contraceptives. Jenni then reappears and claims, “There’s so much we need to do. We need to attack our problems, not a woman’s choice.” The ad is starting to air<\/a> in Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, Nevada, and Ohio.<\/p>\n

In return, the Romney campaign responded<\/a> by referring to Obama\u2019s business remark back on July 13th<\/sup>: “If you are successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.\u201d Since then the remark has made millions of Americans reaffirm their belief of Obama being the one out of touch.<\/p>\n

Romney\u2019s response shows why the ad, in my opinion, seems weak. It is hypocritical to say Romney is out of touch when Obama is the one who said last month that the private sector is \u201cdoing fine,\u201d the economy is improving, and his now-infamous \u201cyou didn\u2019t build that\u201d business remark, which most Americans reacted to with surprise.<\/p>\n