Reality comes to the world of Julia
Via NRO
Remember Julia? She was the hipster living in a dependency world, a poster child for President Obama’s reelection campaign and his worldview. Now she, not unlike many Americans, is dealing with the realities of the president’s health-care law. She’s got her rejection letter and the future is a little less certain than advertised. That’s the story the Independent Women’s Forum tells in a spinoff of the famous Obama campaign, this one not endorsed by the White House, but illustrating the implications of its policies. Hadley Heath is senior policy analyst at IWF and talks to National Review Online about “The Real Life of Julia.”
KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ: Why is Julia important to still be talking about?
HADLEY HEATH: The Obama 2012 campaign’s “Julia” really epitomized the Left’s view of women as helpless wards of the state, and of government as the ultimate provider of every need. This wasn’t a realistic vision of women or of government’s role in our lives. We wanted to revisit Julia’s life to depict the real-life effects of progressive policies, not just their good intentions. The original Julia ad may have convinced some voters, but many Americans are disillusioned with President Obama’s agenda. Moving forward, we need to remind people of just how out-of-touch the whole Julia concept is.