Jim Martin, “I agree with Senator Nelson in one regard; his record is tough to look at.”

(Alexandria, Virginia) – Democrat Senator Bill Nelson of Florida is once again crying ‘foul’ over another critic highlighting his record of supporting the extremely unpopular Obamacare legislation, which slashed Medicare by half a trillion dollars, adds $1 trillion to the next 10 years of deficits, and is largely viewed by the business community as holding back higher employment and the economic recovery.

New ads from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce running in the Sunshine state have met with the disproval of Nelson and his team of lawyers, who have demanded the TV stations stop running the ads, as they claim, “to protect the public from the spread of false information and deliberate deception.”  This brought a response from 60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin, leader of the 7.2 million-strong seniors organization, which itself ran TV ads last month informing Florida’s seniors about Nelson’s support of Obamacare.

“The public needs protection all right,” said Martin, “but not from TV ads that inform them of the Senator’s horrendous record on health care.  The public needs protection from liberal Senators who vote to give Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi near complete control over our health care, then complain when someone bothers to point out the truth.

“Senator Nelson knows just how unpopular Obamacare is.  He knows that Nancy Pelosi herself admitted Democrats ‘took half a trillion dollars out of Medicare.’  He knows that he claimed Obamacare would ‘help reduce the deficit’ when in fact it is increasing deficits by over a trillion dollars.  He knows that members of the U.S. Chamber say they can’t hire new workers because of the cost of Obamacare.  There is no deception on the public to point out these facts, the only deception is Senator Nelson trying to silence his critics.

“I applaud the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for their courage in standing up for the truth, and standing up for their members who overwhelmingly oppose Obamacare because it hurts their businesses and hurts average working Americans.  We know Senator Nelson can’t handle the truth, and he can’t silence it either.”

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