American Solutions takes on cap-and-trade energy tax in TV ad

ABC News
June 22, 2009

With the House moving toward a vote on a climate-change bill, an organization affiliated with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is launching a new television ad campaign that links cap-and-trade legislation with the nation's economic woes.

The ad, funded by American Solutions for Winning the Future, shows famous footage of the wobbling Tacoma Narrows Bridge -- which collapses as the narrator describes the impact of a "national energy tax."

"The economic winds are blowing. We're losing our jobs . . . our homes," the ad says. "Factories closing . . . businesses failing . . . families hurting."

"Now Congress is about to make things dramatically worse by passing a new national energy tax."

"We'll lose more jobs, pay more for gas and electricity -- pushing our economy to its breaking point," the voice-over continues. "Stop the national energy tax. Call your member of Congress -- before it's too late."

American Solutions was launched by Gingrich, R-Ga., last year, as a non-partisan advocacy group and ideas factory. Gingrich serves as the group's general chairman; he isn't mentioned by name in the new advertisement.

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By Freedom50 @ Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:17 AM

Agree with Chookon, Thats all the time this is worth discussing. It was said right.

By Darvin Dowdy @ Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:54 PM

Have to agree w/Chookon. Too little - too late. This is all about opposing radical environmentalism. And lets remember who sat hand in hand w/Nancy Pelosi, giving the radicals credibility. No Mr. Speaker, you always charge out in strong opposition, then you - stop. Just short of actual contact w/the enemy.
I wasted time signing the Drill Here/Now petition. Again, why can't we have domestic production? Most of the time the radical environmentalists block it in court. And, sadly, the Republicans continue to rush to sit at the table of compromise w/these greenies. And Newt is too Republican and not enough Independent Conservative. Darvin Dowdy

By Chookon @ Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:12 AM

I am disappointed in the ad. It leaves out the fundamental truth that the reason the democrats are pushing the cap and trade tax is a fraud. Thats right Obama,Pelosi,Reid,Waxman, are guilty of fraud...the science does NOT support their fatuous claim of anthropogenic global warming...there are countless articals documenting their fraudulent premis for this tax...THATS the game changer...The Debate is over...these leftists are full of crap and the SCIENCE does not support their claims....They have devised this fraud to sodomize the american tax payer out of their hard earned dollars....yes Newt is correct it will lose jobs...injure the US economy beyond imagination...but the BIG LIE these democrats are pushing must be exposed..and the frauds pushing this fraudulent agenda must be exposed.In this sense the ad is lacking....the most important thing is that these Leftists are seeling their LIE to the american people...a deriliction of their office.

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