{"id":19241,"date":"2013-10-29T16:38:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T20:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=19241"},"modified":"2013-10-29T16:38:37","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T20:38:37","slug":"gop-attacks-obamacare-in-awesomeoutrageously-dated-new-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/19241\/gop-attacks-obamacare-in-awesomeoutrageously-dated-new-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Attacks Obamacare in Awesome\/Outrageously Dated New Ads"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Republican National Committee has launched a humorous and biting four-part commercial series<\/a> to \u201cexpose the deep flaws of Obamacare.\u201d<\/p>\n

In keeping with its long tradition of being on the cutting edge, the clips parody Apple\u2019s 7-year-old \u201cGet a Mac\u201d ad campaign. (Apparently the GOP couldn\u2019t figure out a way to look even more out-of-touch by criticizing Obamacare by spoofing “Where’s the beef<\/em>?<\/a>,”\u00a0or by dusting off Spuds MacKenzie<\/a> or Max Headroom<\/a> to make the point.)<\/p>\n

In the RNC\u2019s commercials, two guys representing \u201cThe Private Sector\u201d and \u201cObamacare\u201d square off much in the same way Justin Long and John Hodgman did as Mac and PC back in the good old days when Obamacare was just a bewildering scheme floating in the vacant expanse between Barack Obama\u2019s goofy ears.<\/p>\n

The first commercial, \u201cDown<\/a>\u201d will air during tonight\u2019s\u00a0Daily Show with Jon Stewart<\/em> on Comedy Central.<\/p>\n

The ads will appear primarily in the Washington, D.C. market. If you\u2019re fortunate enough not <\/em>to live in the greater Baltimore-Washington Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area, have no fear. The videos are available online here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hopefully the ads will help spread distrust of Obamacare and represent another step in building the critical mass necessary to eliminate the program.<\/p>\n

There is a bit of irony that the RNC is spending millions on ads trying to overturn \u2013 or, at least, overhaul \u2013 Obamacare when, if the organization had done its job<\/a> in years past, Obamacare would\u2019ve never been created in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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