GOP Mocks Bicycling and Walking
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English - October 14, 2008 19:17 - 1 minute - 14.5 MB Video - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsAutomotive Leisure Sports Wilderness bike bikes bicycle bicycles bicycling cycles cyclists cycling extreme biking Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The National Republican Congressional Committee funded this attack ad against 3rd District Pennsylvania Democratic contender, Kathy Dahlkemper - http://kathydahlkemperforcongress.com/
They think she is asking Americans to sacrifice too much by walking and biking more. They call her out for opposing the GOP red herrings of gas tax reduction and offshore drilling.
Informed voters know that neither domestic drilling nor gas tax reduction will have an impact on gas prices or American dependency on foreign dictatorships.
Oil companies are already making record profits and they will be happy to sit on domestic oil reserves until they need them (as they are currently doing). They will also be happy to take the extra profit a reduction in gas taxes would bring.
It seems to me this attack ad will backfire. See the original ad here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlL1u0YrlGE