Reagan Climate Ad Campaign Comes to Massachusetts
April 8, 2010
Republicans for Environmental Protection (REP), a national grassroots organization, announces the launch of its "What Would Reagan Do" radio ad campaign in Massachusetts. The campaign's radio ads began running today on WTAG News/talk 580 AM and 94.9 FM, in Worcester.
The ads first went on the air earlier this month in New Hampshire and will come to other states in the coming weeks.
The ads, which include clips from Ronald Reagan's speeches, honor the
former president's memory as a conservationist and remind listeners
that good environmental stewardship, including action to address
climate change, is consistent with true conservative values.
"With talk radio personalities constantly peddling an anti-stewardship
message under the guise of conservatism, it is a good time for a
reminder about President Reagan's legacy as a good steward of our
environment," David Jenkins, REP's vice president for government and
political affairs, said.
"We especially want people to remember Reagan's leadership in
negotiating the Montreal Protocol treaty, which began the phase-out of
ozone depleting chemicals and has done more to safeguard the earth's
atmosphere than any other law or treaty ever passed," Jim DiPeso, REP's
vice president for policy and communication, said.
"Too often, Reagan is not remembered for his environmental
accomplishments. The political left refuses to give him the credit that
he deserves, while some on the right ignore his environmental legacy
because it doesn't fit with the image of Reagan that they cultivate to
support their own agendas," Jenkins said.
In conjunction with the radio ad campaign, REP and its sister
organization ConservAmerica have launched the website
www.climateconservative.org, which provides information about climate
change and explains why responsible stewardship of our climate is
conservative. The site also allows visitors to listen to the ads and
read the entire speeches that Reagan quotes used in the ads come from.
"We are reminding the public, and especially our fellow conservatives,
that despite what they hear from talk radio showmen, climate change is
real and conservatives have, as Reagan said, 'a great moral
responsibility' to take prudent action in defense of future
generations," DiPeso said.
REP's ads are airing during the Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck shows.
If we've learned any lessons during
the past few decades, perhaps the most important is that preservation
of our environment is not a partisan challenge; it's common sense. Our
physical health, our social happiness, and our economic well-being will
be sustained only by all of us working in partnership as thoughtful,
effective stewards of our natural resources.
Ronald Reagan, July 11, 1984
