Perriello Hit by GOP Ad on Stimulus

Wed, February 18, 2009 - 11:09 AM

The National Republican Campaign Committee has launched an ad slamming Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th, for his vote in favor of the $787 stimulus bill and accusing him of stretching the truth. (Watch the ad below.)

The ad is airing in the Roanoke-Lynchburg market. The video stretches a head shot of the freshman congressman as an announcer says “One month in Congress, Tom Perriello is already stretching the truth.” The ad accuses Perriello of being less than honest about the huge spending package.

It quotes from Perriello’s official statement Jan. 28 on the more expensive House version of the stimulus. Perriello said there was “nothing fancy” about that plan, “just basic measures to help our states and localities to keep teachers and police officers on the job.”

In an email, Perriello spokesman Jessica Barba accused the GOP of playing partisan games during an economic emergency.

"Talk about fiddling while Rome is burning. These guys are more interested in gaining one job for a Republican congressman than in the 20,000 jobs Americans are losing each day," she said.



--Neil H. Simon