Dole launches second ad on Godless Americans
From our friends at the Associated Press:
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole is back on the airwaves with a new ad that again decries her rival's ties to an atheist group.Dole says in the ad airing Friday that the faith of Democratic state Sen. Kay Hagan is not the question. The incumbent says the facts are that Godless Americans held a fundraiser in her honor in Boston.
An adviser for Godless Americans held a fundraiser at his home. The event was not billed as a Godless Americans event, and other hosts included an ambassador and U.S. Sen. John Kerry.
Hagan has already filed suit against Dole, saying an initial ad on the subject was defamatory.
Dole ends her new ad by asking voters, "If Godless Americans threw a party in your honor, would you go?"
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A few years ago nationally syndicated radio host Gil Gross set up bank accounts in the name a fake; but obviously offensive groups. He sent donations to candidates and followed up to see who cashed the checks and who returned them.
Most cashed the checks without regard to the group's name. Few returned the checks, even when it was pointed out that the campaign had accepted a check from XXX.
Hagan could have returned the donation earlier when it was pointed out that she attended a fundraiser at the home of the person in doubt. She kept the money and Dole's campaign kept the ammo.
Posted on October 31, 2008 1:20 PM
From our friend Joe Guarino:, regarding the story that ran today:
"...There was a very interesting contrast between today's article in the News and Record, and a Media General article I saw this morning in the Reidsville Review. Mark Binker said in his article in the N&R, 'A key line from Dole's ad suggests Hagan may have made promises to the Godless Americans PAC in exchange for help with fundraising.'
The Media General article, however, describes it more accurately:
Toward the end, (the ad) claims Hagan 'took godless money"'and asks, 'What did Hagan promise in return?'
Obviously, asking an open question is not quite the same as Binker's representation that Dole suggested Hagan may have made promises.
This is admittedly a shade of difference between the two accounts, but an important difference that illustrates how words can be used by journalists to assign errant meanings.
Dole did not 'suggest' Hagan made promises.
She asked.
The big question continues to be why the Godless Americans feel Hagan's candidacy is so appealing. And our local paper has not even begun to answer that question.
Ever.
Imagine that!
Posted on October 31, 2008 2:41 PM