Vets' group says Santorum voted against troops
2006-09-21
Source: The Morning Call
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rss feedA veterans group targeting congressional incumbents for not doing more for troops in Iraq brings its battle to Pennsylvania today with a hard-hitting commercial aimed at U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.
Produced by the political action committee VoteVets.org, based in New York, the ad accuses Santorum of voting ''against our troops'' by not supporting an amendment in 2003 that would have bought better body armor for soldiers.
The ad will air only in western Pennsylvania until Sunday and comes less than seven weeks before voters head to the polls to choose among Santorum, Democrat Bob Casey Jr. and perhaps Carl Romanelli of the Green Party.
Set in what appears to be a desert training ground, the ad shows a man identified as an Iraq war veteran using an AK-47 to shoot two mannequins wearing flak jackets. One is a Vietnam-era vest troops were given in Iraq and the other is ''modern body armor,'' the veteran says before firing four shots into each jacket.
He then pulls open the vests to show no damage under the modern jacket, but four holes in the mannequin wearing the older gear.
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