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October 16, 2012
$2 million budgeted for first round – more anticipated Arlington, VA – Today Americans for Prosperity (AFP) announced a $2 million direct mail push which will begin hitting mail boxes in Florida, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, Iowa, New Hampshire, Colorado, Nevada, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Called “Family Budget,” the piece highlights the reality that American families [...]
October 12, 2012
ARLINGTON, VA – Tonight Americans for Prosperity, the nation’s largest advocate for economic freedom, issued the following statement on the Vice Presidential debate: AFP President Tim Phillips said, “Tonight Congressman Paul Ryan clearly articulated the ongoing failures of President Obama’s big-government agenda while Vice President Biden covered his inability to explain these failures with sneers, [...]
October 10, 2012
A post by John Celock that appears in Huffington Post today is a disappointing example of desperate tactics some on the left employ to paint political opponents with the broad brush of racism. When contacted by Huffington Post for comment on some racially-charged writings, AFP-Arkansas State Director Terese Oelke, who happens to be a Hispanic [...]
October 08, 2012
On the day the national unemployment rate was cut to 7.8 percent, Americans For Prosperity (AFP) on Friday released what may be one of the most attention-grabbing and unconventional ads of the 2012 election cycle. The ad is titled “Dinner Table” and features a recently unemployed father trying to eat dinner with his worried wife and two [...]
October 05, 2012
Eyes downcast, a school-aged brother and sister nervously fiddle with the mashed potatoes on their dinner plates. A mother and father exchange worried glances. Tableware clanks, but that’s the only sound in an online ad released today by Americans for Prosperity, a group that has spent $30 million this year on TV ads attacking President [...]