thehill.com - 10/31/2008
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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 the ad, which suggests Hagan is an atheist and ...
charlotteobserver.com - 10/30/2008
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charlotteobserver.com —
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 ...
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Dole's desperate turn to Big Lie advertising
kayhagan.com - 10/30/2008
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kayhagan.com —
Download the lawsuit filing. GREENSBORO , NC- Kay
Hagan filed a lawsuit against Elizabeth Dole and the...
Elizabeth Dole Committee, Inc., after Dole declined to remove her new television ad, described by North Carolina newspapers as “indecent,” a “gross ...
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Kay Hagan for North Carolina » Kay Hagan Files Suit
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Kay Hagan Sues Elizabeth Dole Over Despicable Ad
Crooks and Liars —
... attacking her front-running opponent, Democrat Kay Hagan. Not only has Hagan fired back with an ad of her own (posted above), her campaign has now filed a defamation lawsuit against Dole and fiercely punching back against what has to be the lowest of campaign smears in the 2008 campaign cycle. From The Hill : 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 the ad, which ...
D’Ohle!
damnum absque injuria —
I’m really not sure which is dumber, Elizabeth Dole’s “Godless” ad against Kay Hagan or the fact that Hagan is suing over it. Between this and the Obama campaign’s threats against TV stations running the NRA ads against him, I have to wonder if freedom of speech is just another one of those failed policies of the past the Obama administration audaciously hopes to change. Unfortunately, our side ...
Networks Call Hagan over Dole
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... Democrat Kay Hagan will unseat Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) in one of the nastiest races of the 2008 election season, according to projections from CNN and CBS News. Hagan leads Dole 59 percent to 38 percent with 4.5 percent of precincts reporting. Hagan filed a defamation lawsuit against Dole Thursday for a ...
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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 lawyers: 'Godless' ad is truthful
projects.newsobserver.com 10/31/2008 —
Lawyers for the campaign of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole say they won't pull a TV ad that links challenger Kay Hagan to a group called the Godless Americans political action committee. In a letter sent to Hagan's lawyers today, Dole attorneys ...
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 files suit against Dole
projects.newsobserver.com 10/31/2008 —
Kay Hagan has filed a lawsuit against Sen. Elizabeth Dole . The Democratic Senate candidate announced this afternoon that she will sue her Republican opponent and the Elizabeth Dole Committee over a television ad that criticizes her for ...
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fayobserver.com 10/21/2008 — 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, ...
New Dole Attack Ad: Hagan Went To A Party Hosted By Atheists!
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/31/2008 — Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), who's trailing in the polls, is up with another nasty TV spot attacking her Dem opponent as a tool of "Godless Americans" and the atheist agenda -- in fact, Hagan is criticized for even going to a party with atheists: ...
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...
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