"Romney Ad Criticizes Obama For Cutting Government Spending" by Igor Volsky at Think Progress

Romney Ad Criticizes Obama For Cutting Government Spending

by Igor Volsky at Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/10/12/1007741/romney-ad-criticizes-obama-for-cutting-government-spending/

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During Thursday night’s vice presidential debate, Paul Ryan warned Americans that “[a] debt crisis is coming. We can’t keep spending and borrowing like this. We can’t keep spending money we don’t have.” “[Obama's] economic agenda, more spending, more borrowing … It’s not working,” he declared.

Less than 24 hours later, however, the Romney/Ryan campaign is running an radio ad in Ohio criticizing the Obama administration of cutting wasteful federal military spending that the Pentagon does not want or need.

The radio commercial, titled “No Laughing Matter,” uses clips of Vice President Joe Biden saying, “We need — we don’t need more M1 tanks” and features a voiceover threatening that a reduction in government military spending could undermine job creation in the state:

VOICEOVER: “While the world grows more hostile and unstable every day, the White House wants to take away one of the most vital weapons in our arsenal–made right here in Ohio. Giving our troops the tools they need just isn’t a priority for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Their own budget would shut down America’s only M-1 tank plant.” [...]

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