Where's Hagan from again?
Put this under the category of actually needing to know something about the candidate you are promoting.
The DSSC is all fuzzy with excitement that state Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat, is running to take on Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole this fall. So they sent out an e-mail to supports asking for funds to mount the campaign.
Nothing wrong with that.
But then there was this line:
"Unlike Dole, Hagan is a life-long resident of North Carolina. She raised her three kids in Raleigh and was active in the business and civic community there."
Well, no and no.
Hagan was born in North Carolina but her family moved out of state and she did the bulk of her growing up in Lakeland, Fla. She did return to the state for Law School.
And Hagan lives in Greensboro and her kids went to school in Greensboro and the senate district she represented is - say it with me - based in Greensboro.
To be fair, the rest of the e-mail seems to comport more with reality.
Full disclosure: The person who tipped me off here was a member of the Dole organization who is a little irked at Hagan's whole "I want to give Miss Liddy Dole a pair of ruby-red slippers..." line, designed to tag Dole as a carpet-bagger. Hagan, the person pointed out, spent some time away from the state as well.
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"Some Time"?!?!
Dole has lived in the same room in the Watergate for over 30 years. All of her property tax bills are sent there. Bob is still registered to vote in Kansas.
On the other hand Hagan has been in the state for decades without interuption. Her children all grew up and attend college here. She has been in the State Senate for about half as long as Dole has lived in the state ever.
Posted on May 8, 2008 7:27 PM