For Immediate Release:
June 1, 2010

Halter Campaign Releases Closing TV Ads: “Signs” & “Pauline”

North Little Rock – The Halter for Senate campaign today released two new TV ads, "Signs,” which touts Lt. Gov. Bill Halter as “the only choice for change,” and “Pauline,” which features the testimonial of Pauline Wildman, 75, of West Memphis, Arkansas, who takes issue with Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s willingness to consider cuts to Medicaid and Social Security. Years ago, high medical costs temporarily forced Pauline into bankruptcy, demonstrating how many seniors are on the brink of poverty and depend upon Social Security and Medicare.

The ads can be viewed on the campaign's website at www.billhalter.com/newads.

Text of “Signs” follows:

HALTER: “I’m Bill Halter and I approve this message.”

VO: “We’ve tried to tell them. But Washington is still out of touch with our lives.

“The bailouts? They have to stop. From credit card rates to CEO pay, someone needs to stand up to Wall Street. And our retirement? We need it protected.

“But all over Arkansas there ARE signs that change is possible.”

BILL: “The only way we can change Washington is if we change who we send there.”

VO: “Bill Halter. The only choice for change.”

Text of “Pauline” follows:

WILDMAN: “I started work when I was 16, spent years as a waitress, and paid into Social Security and Medicare all my life. Without Social Security I’d be out on the street.

“When Bill Halter was in charge of Social Security, he fought to protect it from cuts.

“But Blanche Lincoln is different.”

LINCOLN: “There are reasonable spending cuts that can be made…Medicare and Social Security…” (quote from Lincoln in final debate.)

WILDMAN: “She supports more tax cuts for millionaires, while cutting Social Security. She has lost touch with people like me.”