Friday, October 12, 2012

In typical cynical fashion, new Crossroads GPS ad attempts to tie Tim Kaine to sequester


As if George Allen’s own deceptive TV ads weren’t enough, U.S. Senate candidate for Virginia Tim Kaine now has to undergo another onslaught from the infamously low-balling conservative group Crossroads GPS.[1]

In a new campaign ad being put out by Crossroads GPS, the TV spots focuses on Tim Kaine’s support for the so-called sequester that was supposed to bring both sides of Congress together to strike a long-term budget deal.

The ad says the following: “Tim Kaine supported the Washington budget deal, a deal that could destroy over 500,000 jobs in the defense industry.”[2]

Of course, Tim Kaine wasn’t alone in supporting the sequester. Virginia’s own conservative knight, Bob McDonnell, did as well alongside nearly every Republican leader. Therefore, if one follows the argument put forward by Crossroads, everyone of the Republican leaders who voted for sequester also voted to “destroy over 500,000 jobs in the defense industry.”

Furthermore, the credibility of Crossroads is virtually nil. Here is a “Super PAC” that has shown time and again that it isn’t above telling lies to achieve political victory.[3]  

As spokeswoman for Tim Kaine said, however, “Tim Kaine no more ‘got us here’ than a firefighter arriving to put out a blaze caused a fire.” An apt metaphor, indeed.

Kaine has promoted his candidacy on the promise that he’ll be a candidate that isn’t afraid ‘to reach across the aisle’ to reach a deal that furthers the interests of our country, even if it means compromising from time to time. In other words, Tim Kaine is a firefighter that, if elected, will help put out the flames of partisanship that have thoroughly engulfed the current body of congress.

For all of the partisanship that has overtaken congress, political figures like Tim Kaine are the kind of individuals that can restore the balance that has been lost . I can’t say the same about George Allen.

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