60 Plus Targets Incumbents’ Records with Nearly $1 Million in FL-08/24 Ads

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                          
Contact:  Tom Kise
September 9, 2010                                                                                  
(703) 535-3390


ORLANDO, FLA. – The 60 Plus Association, nationally recognized as the conservative alternative to the liberal AARP, today launched new television and web ads in Florida’s 8th and 24th Congressional Districts.  The organization will spend nearly $1 million in the Orlando area on issue ads that spotlight Reps. Alan Grayson and Suzanne Kosmas’s records.

“It is time for Washington to listen to their constituents,” said Jim Martin, Chairman of 60 Plus.  “Legislators, like Reps. Grayson and Kosmas, have been so consumed by the talking points spewing from Speaker Pelosi that they seem to have forgotten to tune into the concerns of those who put them in office.  Florida seniors said ‘no’ to ObamaCare and the so-called stimulus package, but Reps. Grayson and Kosmas said ‘aye’ nonetheless.  They might not have listened before, but when seniors head to the ballot box this November, you can be sure they will hear the message.”

Featuring the voices of concerned residents of Florida’s 8th and 24th Congressional Districts, the 30-second TV ad will air across the two districts beginning on September 9.

A full transcript of the television ad can be found below or a video of the ad can be found by clicking here.


– TRANSCRIPT –


FLORIDIAN: Alan Grayson and Suzanne Kosmas are putting Nancy Pelosi’s liberal agenda ahead of Florida’s seniors.

FLORIDIAN: They supported Pelosi’s health care bill, which cuts $500 billion from Medicare…

FLORIDA COUPLE: We thought she was looking out for us, but Kosmas switched her vote at the last minute.

FLORIDIAN: And Grayson did some nasty name-calling when people disagreed with him.

FLORIDIAN: They betrayed the trust of Florida’s seniors.  This November…

SEVERAL FLORIDIANS: We’ll remember.

ANNOUNCER: Sixty Plus Association is responsible for the content of this advertising.


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The 60 Plus Association is an 18-year-old nonpartisan organization working for death tax repeal, saving Social Security, affordable prescription drugs, lowering energy costs and other issues featuring a less government, less taxes approach as well as a strict adherence to the Constitution.  60 Plus calls on support from nearly 5.5 million citizen activists.  60 Plus publishes a magazine, SENIOR VOICE, and a Scorecard, bestowing awards on lawmakers of both parties who vote “pro-senior.”   60 Plus has been called, “an increasingly influential senior citizen’s group” and since 1992 “the conservative alternative to the AARP.”