Legal Commentary

Local News Station Pulls Republican "Whopper" Ad

By Jeralyn

9News, Denver's local NBC affiliate, has pulled an ad against Congressman Ed Perlmutter for being "a whopper." The ad was placed by "American Action Network, an outside group founded by GOP operatives."

The ad suggests that because U.S. Rep. Perlmutter voted for health care reform, he supported convicted rapists' access to Viagra.

The Denver Post and 7News also called the ad false and "fiction."

Convicts out of prison are allowed by law to purchase any health care plan they choose. Some of those plans cover Viagra prescriptions, and some don't. There are no provisions to either prohibit or protect the prescription of erectile dysfunction drugs for qualified health plans in the Act.

More good news: After 9 News yanked the ad, the group canceled all its ads with the network. [More...]

Who runs American Action Network? Frederic Malek.

Based on his biography, he was campaign manager for President George Bush in 1992, and served as national finance chairman for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign in 2008.

The group promotes itself as being "center-right."

Full post as published by TalkLeft on October 27, 2010 (boomark / email).