Another Ad Idea: Don’t Make Victims Pay for Collecting Evidence

Again: Hey, Obama team, here’s another ad for you!

Part I (ominous music):

Sarah Palin may be a woman, but she’s no friend to women who’ve endured the unthinkable. After Palin became mayor, the town of Wasilla started charging rape victims for the tools necessary to investigate their own sexual assaults.

Part II (happy music):

Barack Obama has been a tireless advocate for victims of sexual assault. In the Illinois state senate, Obama cosponsored a bill to make sure victims don’t have to pay one cent. In 2005, Joe Biden and Barack Obama sponsored a similar federal bill. Because victims deserve better.

Even better: Hillary does the narrating and appears on-screen. Unsurprisingly, she was also a cosponsor, but the message this would send–vote Dem for women’s issues–would dominate the news cycle for 2-3 days.

Leave a Reply