fayobserver.com - 10/21/2008
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Published on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Sen. John McCain has figured out that when it comes to campaign strategy, bigotry is a cross to bear, not burn. He came to the defense of his opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, last week. During a town hall meeting, a McCain supporter said she was afraid of ...
news-record.com - 10/29/2008
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GREENSBORO — A new television ad by Republican
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s re-election campaign that ties her
rival, state Sen. Kay Hagan, to an atheist group has provoked a threat of legal action from the Greensboro Democrat. “I can’t tell you how ...
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Hagan incensed by Dole’s 'Godless’ ad : News-Record.com ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/28/2008
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Here's tonight's run-down on the Congressional races; NRSC's
New Mailer Invites Children To Read About Pornography, Rape
The NRSC has this new mailer against Al Franken, presented in the format of a goofy children's book about what an obscene ...
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A Night At The Congressional Races
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/27/2008
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New GOP Ad: Al Franken "Writes Pornography," "Laughs
At The Disabled" The NRSC, facing more poll data
showing Al Franken taking the lead in Minnesota, is pulling out all the stops with their new ad against Franken's dirty humor: Both the ...
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A Day At The Congressional Races
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Liddy Dole, homophobe, has to go
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... Last week, Dole was blasted by the Fayetteville Observer in an editorial titled, "Dole’s new ads set the low mark in negative political campaigning." Now, in this election climate, you have to go pretty damn low to set the low mark. This excerpt gives a taste of where Liddy went: ...
Dole Ad Fabricates Audio Of Opponent Yelling "There Is No God"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The end of the ad features a picture of Hagan with a female voice yelling "there is no God!" -- the clear implication is that the voice is Hagan's. In fact, the Democratic candidate is a Sunday School teacher and an elder at her Presbyterian church. ...
Dole Ad Fabricates Audio Of Opponent Yelling "There Is No God"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... The end of the ad features a picture of Hagan with a female voice yelling "there is no God!" -- the clear implication is that the voice is Hagan's. In fact, the Democratic candidate is a Sunday School teacher and an elder at her Presbyterian church. ...
Elizabeth Dole ad falsely suggests opponent Kay Hagan is ‘Godless.’
Think Progress —
Facing a close re-election race in North Carolina, Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R) recently released an ad attacking her opponent Kay Hagan, falsely accusing her of being “Godless.” The end of the ad shows a photo of Hagan while a woman yells, “There is no God!” Watch it:
The only problem is that Hagan is an elder at the First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, NC, has taught Sunday School and accompanied youth mission trips. In a similar move, the ...
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North Carolina Senate Race Degenerates Into Shouting Match About Atheists
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/31/2008 — A last-minute attack ad from Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), who is narrowly trailing Democratic challenger Kay Hagan in all the polls, has the Hagan campaign accusing the Dole team of crossing the line from ordinary mud-slinging into legal defamation -- ...
Dole attacks Democrat with second 'Godless' ad
thehill.com 10/31/2008 — Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) has released a second "Godless Americans" ad attacking Democrat Kay Hagan in what increasingly looks like the nastiest battle of the cycle. The new ad appears to take a step back from Dole's earlier controversial ad this ...
Hagan sues Dole over atheist ad
thehill.com 10/31/2008 — Democratic challenger Kay Hagan has filed a defamation lawsuit against Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) for questioning Hagan's faith in what is shaping up as the nastiest campaign of this cycle. Hagan announced the lawsuit after Dole refused to remove ...
Dole still keeping the faith
politico.com 10/29/2008 — Blog: Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s latest advertisement suggests her Democratic opponent, Kay Hagan, is a godless heathen.
CNN failed to note Dole "Godless" ad's voiceover controversy
mediamatters.org 11/4/2008 — A November 3 CNN Newsroom report on Sen. Elizabeth
Dole's (R-NC) "Godless" ad , in which Dole accused Democratic
opponent Kay Hagan of taking money from "a leader of the Godless America
PAC" at "a secret fundraiser," failed to present the part of
the ad that included a woman's voice saying, ...
NC-Sen: Two Very Different Polls
swingstateproject.com 10/30/2008 — Rasmussen (10/29, likely voters, 10/8 in parens):
Kay Hagan (D) : 52 (49)
Elizabeth Dole (R-inc) : 46 (44)
(MoE: ±4.0%)
Rasmussen looks very good for Kay Hagan in the North Carolina senate race: six is the biggest lead she's had in a Rasmussen ...
When the going gets tough, the weak get ridiculous
washingtonmonthly.com 10/29/2008 — WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE WEAK GET RIDICULOUS.... Recent polling shows Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R) trailing in her re-election fight in North Carolina against Democrat Kay Hagan, so it stands to reason that she's getting a little desperate. I...
Hagan hits back on Dole
americablog.com 10/30/2008 — This is how a nimble campaign works. Yesterday we talked about the vile new ad that Elizabeth Dole has out against Kay Kagan. Today, the Hagan campaign released this ad: Kay Hagan is right - "bearing false witness against fellow Christians" ...
Dole's desperate turn to Big Lie advertising
charlotteobserver.com 10/30/2008 — North Carolina knows from sad experience about negative election campaigns and misleading, untruthful advertising. In the 1950 campaign, opponents of the late UNC President Frank Porter Graham used a doctored photo of his wife with a black man to ...
Hagan: 'Godless' ad out of bounds
projects.newsobserver.com 10/29/2008 —
Furious about a new political ad that suggests she's "godless," state Sen. Kay Hagan is seeking a cease-and-desist order from U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole's campaign. Hagan , a Democrat from Guilford County, and Dole , the Republican incumbent, ...
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