Santorum for President 2016

"Fairytales" +

:60 TV ad run  in IA announced Jan. 4, 2016.

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Ted Cruz (clip from Senate semi-filibuster):  "I like green eggs and ham..."

Male Announcer: Ted Cruz is wonderful at reading children's fairytales on the Senate floor.

Ted Cruz:  "...Sam I am."

Male Announcer:  Rick Santorum spent his time in the Senate a little differently. 

Eight years on the Senate Armed Services Committee, helping to modernize today's army to better be prepared for today's threats. 

Santorum also wrote and passed tough laws putting harsh sanctions on Iran.

And for more than a decade, Rick Santorum has been a leader ... taking on radical Islam.

Santorum (clip from debate): "Not all Muslims are jihadists, and no one would say that, but the reality is all jihadists are Muslims."

Male Announcer: You want someone to read one helluva bedtime story, Ted Cruz is your guy. 

If you want to protect America and defeat ISIS, Rick Santorum's your President.

Because serious times need serious people.

Notes: This ad jabs at Sen. Cruz who famously read from Dr. Seuss during hs Sept. 25, 2013 semi-filibuster and whose campaign recently produced a spoof ad.  According to the Santorum campaign's Jan. 4, 2016 press release (notice that there is no mention of Cruz):

Republican presidential candidate and winner of the 2012 Iowa Republican presidential caucus Rick Santorum released his campaign's first television advertisement entitled "Fairytales."

The ad details Sen. Rick Santorum's (R-PA) long track-record of accomplishment in defending America - including 8 years of distinguished service on the Senate Armed Services Committee working to transition the American military from a Cold War fighting force to one prepared to defeat the asymmetric threats we face today, authoring the United States' sanctions against Iran's nuclear program, and warning of the threat of radical Islam for over a decade.

"Fairytales" will air on all platforms (network, cable, and digital) across Iowa beginning this week.