Wisconsin’s next U.S. Senator, Ron Johnson, tells it like it is in his new TV ad and nukes the counterattack from Sen. Russ Feingold (DS-Al Qaeda) in the process:
Washington politicians do treat Social Security like a ponzi scheme. Russ Feingold and other lefty politicians have robbed the Social Security trust fund for the last 40-plus years to pay for their out-of-control spending. It started in 1968 when a budgetary trick merged Social Security and Medicare funds into the general revenue. Politicians from both parties have used the surplus in both funds for years to mask the size of the real federal budget deficit.
Russ Feingold has run a campaign out of the sewer already. Most people who know him know he’s not a likeable fella, no matter what his quirky commercials portrayed in his initial Senate campaign. And with a virtually unlimited fund from lefty special interests — unions, enviromentalist wacko groups, Greater Wisconsin Committee, etc. — at his disposal, that campaign will reach new lows in slime. Feingold is at 44 percent in his re-elect numbers. Any incumbent polling less than 50 percent six weeks before the election is in trouble (Dingy Harry, call your office).
Here are the scripts for the TV ad and the radio version of the ad (from the Johnson For Senate website):
TV Ad
RON JOHNSON: Guess what’s coming in Russ Feingold’s negative campaign? He’s gonna tell you I said Washington treats Social Security like a ponzi scheme.
You know what? I did say that…because it’s true.
Russ Feingold and politicians from both parties raided the Social Security Trust Fund of trillions and left seniors an IOU. They spent the money, it’s gone.
I’ll fight to keep every nickel of Social Security for retirees and I’ll respect you enough to tell you the truth.
Radio Ad
RON JOHNSON: I’m Ron Johnson. I approved this message.
Hi folks, it’s me again, Ron Johnson. I promised I’d be a different kind of candidate, so today I’m doing something really different.
I’m going to tell you what Senator Feingold and his allies’ next attack against me will be. They’re going to tell you I said Washington politicians have run Social Security like a Ponzi scheme.
I did say that, and it’s true.
During his eighteen years in the Senate, Russ Feingold, and politicians from both parties have raided 2 trillion dollars from the Social Security trust fund.
They spent your savings. The money is gone. And what did we get? Bigger government, wasteful spending, and an IOU.
As your Senator, I will honor the promises made to seniors, work hard to preserve Social Security for future generations, and begin to rein in the size and scope of the federal government.
I’m Ron Johnson, running for Senate, and I approve this message.
Go here to make a donation to retire Russ Feingold and replace him with Ron Johnson.
Here’s the Johnson campaign’s main website, where you can go to learn more about Johnson on the issues, volunteer, etc.
Had a chance to meet the candidate and talk with him personally on Saturday at the Racine TEA Party’s 9/11 commemoration. Came away very impressed.
Ron Johnson will make a great U.S. Senator.
