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Following your analogy the DMV would probably classify the car as a modified Ford.

Let's get real, the Dem ad WAS misleading, political scaremongering. Its intention was clear, to frighten the Republicanism out of the geriatrics.
Sadly neither party covers themselves with the cloak of acceptability with their attack ads.

All ads are *designed* to engender a favourable *emotional responses* and infamous for what they leave out usually the inconvenient context.... none more so than political(attack) ads. They are used because they work not because they're informative. Sadly sensationalism sells it is that which is remembered. In this case the Dem ad in question dispensed with the 'back door' (the "*" qualifier at the bottom).

All in all the Democrats had a sound case bagging the Republicans for eliminating the improvements even perhaps making it worse but....
In short it was poorly conceived and it must have been okayed after a boozy lunch. Frankly, there should be cardboard boxes (for personal belongings) all round on this one.

I won't enter into if it deserved lie of the year but it does rank in the top 3 own goals/ almighty cock ups.And yes it will come back to bite then where they did their thinking at the time. Continuing the denial merely entrenches and escalates the negative perceptions.

It is apposite to correct the impressions by discussing the differences