SEIU says members are holding Senator Smith accountable for his Washington record that gave CEOs golden parachutes but left Beaver State families stuck in a hole and holding the bill.
(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Today, SEIU announced a new television ad, titled "Hole," that will air on cable and broadcast across most of Oregon through the end of October.
The ad highlights Gordon Smith's legislative history of siding with CEOs and housing lenders that made off with millions of dollars while hard working Americans across the country are struggling to survive foreclosure and make it through the economic recession.
The independent ad buy of more than $400,000 is in response to Smith's efforts to portray himself as a champion for working families and Main Street businesses after years of voting in support of the Bush-Cheney agenda.
"SEIU members are holding Senator Smith accountable for his Washington record that gave CEOs golden parachutes but left Beaver State families stuck in a hole and holding the bill," said SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger.
"Even before this latest financial crisis, it was clear that the policies of the last eight years have failed hard working Americans. A few months of campaign speeches cannot dig him out after years of support for the failed economic agenda of Bush and Cheney."
This is what the new ad says:
VO: Day by day, our economy plunges into a deep, dark hole. They say when you're in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging. But Republican Gordon Smith voted to protect predatory lenders, to let bad CEOs get away with millions, and even voted against cracking down on Wall Street oil speculators.
He'll keep right on digging if we let him.
For a new direction, vote Jeff Merkeley for Senate, he'll put us on solid ground again.
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Source: Service Employees International Union
SEIU Members Launch New TV Ad on Gordon Smith's Role in Digging Our Economic Hole
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