Hagan takes action on Dole ad
Friday, October 31st, 2008
By Staff
GOP figures recoil at 'godless' spot
U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan launched legal action against Sen. Elizabeth Dole's "godless" attack ad Thursday as a chorus of critics accused Dole of crossing the line with the television spot.
Democratic challenger Hagan, in a new ad of her own, accused the Republican incumbent of "bearing false witness against fellow Christians" when Dole suggested she was affiliated with a group of atheists who want to remove references to God from the public arena.
Dole continued to defend the ad, saying it "in no way attacks her faith, it questions her agenda."
But some Republicans — including veteran strategists Ed Rollins and Carter Wrenn — roundly criticized Dole's 11th-hour strategy for winning re-election to her Senate seat.
"When you're making ads that say, 'There is no God,' it usually means your campaign doesn't have a prayer," said Alex Castellanos, a GOP consultant speaking Thursday on CNN. He's familiar with controversial ads — he created former Sen. Jesse Helms' infamous "white hands" ad suggesting opponent Harvey Gantt supported racial quotas that would take jobs from white people. (more…)
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