House Republicans say they’d never push grandma over the proverbial Medicare cliff. If you don’t believe it, just ask their parents, who are starring in a string of early ads by vulnerable lawmakers.
Taking a cue from Paul Ryan — the author of the Medicare makeover plan Democrats are trying to bury them with — vulnerable GOP lawmakers are invoking mom and dad as character witnesses in a string of early campaign ads. Ryan brought his mom along to several campaign events after he was picked as Mitt Romney’s No. 2 last month.
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Who better, the vulnerable House members say, to counter potentially lethal Democratic attacks that they want to end a program that’s near and dear to seniors.
There’s Virginia Rep. Scott Rigell, who’s out with a TV ad showing him standing on a porch with his mother and father. “Folks like my parents unselfishly built this nation, and we owe them security in return,” the congressman says in the commercial. “That’s why I’m fighting to improve Medicare … every day in Congress.”
Indiana Rep. Larry Bucshon’s mother-in-law dominates his latest spot: The congressman doesn’t even appear until the very end.
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