Producer: GMMB
Running Time: 00:30
Debut Date: 05/23/2008
Ad Buy: Minn.-06, Ohio-01, Fla.-24 and N.Y.-29
Cost: not available
Summary: The ad questions Michele Bachmann's support for the troops and urges her to vote for an expansion to the G.I. Bill.
Script Of "Lip Service -- Bachmann" (TV)
ANNOUNCER [v/o]: When they came home, America gave them more than a parade. We gave them opportunity, a chance to go to college. The GI Bill.
(Image on screen: Footage of returning World War II veterans)
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have earned the same chance.
But after all their rhetoric, Michele Bachmann and George Bush oppose the new GI Bill.
(Image on screen: Picture of Michele Bachmann with quote "The American soldier is the embodiment of hard work, patriotism, and service."; picture of President Bush with quote "Our troops will come home with the honor they have earned.")
Bush says he’ll veto it. Bachmann voted against it.
Supporting our troops isn’t about politics -- it's about patriotism.
Tell Michele Bachmann to put the needs of our veterans first.
(Text on screen: Call Congresswoman Bachmann; [651] 731-5400; Tell her to support the GI bill; AmericansUnitedForChange.org; Paid For By Americans United For Change)
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