U.S. Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. will launch his fourth round of campaign ads Monday with a focus on high fuel prices.“Once again Harold Ford Jr. clearly demonstrates that he understands the issues facing Tennessee families and is politically attuned to voters,” said Michael Powell, senior adviser to the Ford campaign. “He is the only candidate in this race focused on discussing issues and finding solutions for our problems. Our Republican opponents are focused on tearing others down. Harold Ford represents a new generation of leadership committed to making government work. The others are committed to giving us more of the same, and that simply does not work.”
The latest round of ads will air on network and cable tv, as well as radio stations in markets statewide. In the ads Ford says unprecedented profits for oil companies and their executives are wrong at a time when fuel prices are crippling family budgets. He emphasizes investments in alternative fuels and ending tax breaks for oil companies “when drivers need the break.”
Following are the scripts and backup documentation to the ads titled “Fed Up with Fill Ups”:
60 Second Radio script:
HFJ: Seventy-five dollars to fill up your truck…
Even more to fill a tractor with diesel…
And the price of fertilizer has tripled since 2002.
I’m Congressman Harold Ford, Jr.
The cost of gas and petroleum products is killing everyone – but the oil companies.
Last year, they made 100 billion in profits…and Exxon’s CEO got a $400 million retirement package that you and I paid for.
It’s wrong.
No more tax breaks for oil companies when its farmers and families like yours that need the break.
Let’s invest in energy alternatives – like biofuels that use Tennessee grown soy and corn. We can make America energy independent so we aren’t held hostage to middle east oil AND help OUR people at the very same time.
I’m Harold Ford, Jr… If you’re fed up every time you fill up, let’s move in a new direction. That’s why I’m running for the Senate, and that’s why I approve this message.
Anncr: Harold Ford, Jr. for Senate.... For a New Generation of Leadership.
Paid for by Harold Ford, Jr. for Tennessee.
30-Second TV SCRIPT:
$45 dollars to fill up your tank ...
It’s killing everyone – but the oil companies.
I’m Harold Ford, Jr..
Last year big oil made $100 billion in profits and Exxon’s CEO got a $400 million package that you and I paid for.
That's wrong.
No more tax breaks for oil companies when drivers need the break.
And let’s invest in alternative fuels that help Tennessee.
If you're fed up every time you fill up, send a new generation to the Senate. That’s why I approved this message.
