Thursday 26 July 2012

Priorities USA Action Attacks Mitt Romney In Olympics Ad

The Pro-Barack Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action attacks Mitt Romney's record outsourcing jobs and stashing wealth in offshore accounts in a new Olympics-themed ad released Wednesday, two days before the presumptive Republican nominee will attend the opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

?If shafting the middle class were an Olympic sport, Mitt Romney would win the gold,? said Paul Begala, senior adviser for Priorities USA Action, in a statement. ?We all cheer for Team America on the field of play, but Romney has put foreign investment ahead of American jobs. In the global economic competition for jobs, Mitt Romney is not on our side.?

The commercial features footage of Romney during the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, where he was president and CEO. The ad juxtaposes that 2002 nostalgia, which Romney has touted as one of the greatest successes of his career, with clips of teams representing countries where Romney reportedly outsourced jobs at Bain Capital and holds offshore accounts.

The spot also knocks Romney for outsourcing the production of Olympic torchbearer uniforms to Burma when he was at the helm of the 2002 winter games.

The ad will air during the Olympics in battleground states Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, and is part of the super PAC's $20 million television and online ad buy focused on Romney's business record and policies.

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/25/priorities-usa-action-olympics_n_1700443.html

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