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Elizabeth Dole's second ad tying Hagan to Godless Americans PAC
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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 Second "Godless" Ad Adds "Facts" On Hagan (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Undeterred by media criticism, a drop in polls, and a defamation lawsuit, Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) has released a second ad linking her opponent Kay Hagan to a group called "Godless Americans." The ad says Hagan's personal faith (which the Democrat defended in her own response ad) is "not the question."
Dole's Second "Godless" Ad Adds "Facts" On Hagan (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Undeterred by media criticism, a drop in polls, and a defamation lawsuit, Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) has released a second ad linking her opponent Kay Hagan to a group called "Godless Americans." The ad says Hagan's personal faith (which the Democrat defended in her own response ad) is "not the question."
Liddy Dole's "Godless" Ad
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Her former campaign manager, in a fascinating piece, explains why he went for the "Hail Mary" pass in a doomed campaign. No one can say he had no ethics or morals:
The first draft of the “Godless” ad had a picture of Kay Hagan at the
end with a graphic that read “What was she thinking?” and a voiceover
that said “There is no God.” I objected to that because it looked like
we were answering the question for her, and that she was thinking there
is no God. The group agreed. The next version dropped the graphic, but
still had the voice saying, “There is no ...
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publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com 11/3/2008 — Kay Hagan 51 Elizabeth Dole 44 Christopher Cole 3 Elizabeth Dole's 'Godless Americans' ad has clearly blown up in her face, as Kay Hagan has now expanded her lead to seven points. The ad may have helped Hagan to get Democrats unified around her, ...
Hagan challenges 'godless' claim in Dole campaign ad
charlotteobserver.com 10/29/2008 — (By Lisa Zagaroli, lzagaroli@charlotteobserver.com) Furious about a new political ad in North Carolina that suggests she's "godless," state Sen. Kay Hagan said she'd seek a cease-and-desist order against U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole's campaign if the ...
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 ...
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
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Oh my God(less), part 2 —
First Read 10/31/2008
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Ben Weltman Does it get any nastier than North Carolina politics? The day after Liddy Dole was up with Godless part 1, she's up with a second that the campaign says "is just a response ad to Hagan's response ...
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