Remember last year when Republicans were running on the "scare grandma" platform? Remember how they went out of their way to pledge never to cut social security or Medicare? Well in Arkansas, we remembered, and now that Republicans are trying to find someway to cut social security we're throwing it back in their faces.
For instance, we actually have the ad Rick Crawford (AR-01) ran saying "I won't cut Social Security." Crawford was under fire from his opponent, hapless Blue Dog Chad Causey who was hitting him hard on Social Security cuts. So he cut an ad and made a promise that he's on the verge of breaking.
Then there's Tim "Felon" (our little pet name for Tim Griffin) AR-02. Griffin went so far as to include on his campaign website that he opposed privatizing Social Security. Now he's having "conversations" with his constituents (conversation means he talks with the help of a power point, everyone else has to listen) trying to convince them that the program has to be changed.
As we learned in 2005, Social Security cuts/privatization are unpopular across the country. If these two clowns have ads floating around on youtube and old issue positions still on their website, chances are there are many, many more who do as well. It's up to us to get our hands on them and hold their feet to the fire. Nothing looks worse to the voters than a broken promise. How many Republicans are about to break their promises to seniors?
So, get a youtube downloader and download their ads, then post them all over the internet. That way they can never take them down or restrict the embedding. Get screenshots of their issues pages and distribute them through the tubes, that way there's no way for them to run from their past positions. Doing so will accomplish two things. First, it will force Republicans to answer to their constituents about the promises they made last year before doing anything regarding Social Security. Secondly, if they push for cuts or privatization, it will give Democratic opponents a nice little bit of ammunition to use in the 2012 campaigns.