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Elizabeth Dole's 'Godless' ad causes stir

Posted by MarkPogue • 10/29/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: bs, dole, godless, republican lies, smear

he already-contentious North Carolina Senate race took a brutal turn Wednesday after incumbent Sen. Elizabeth Dole released a television ad suggesting challenger Kay Hagan is "Godless."

“A leader of the Godless Americans PAC recently held a secret fundraiser for Kay Hagan,” the 30-second ad says before showing clips from members of the group declaring God and Jesus do not exist.

“Godless Americans and Kay Hagan. She hid from cameras. Took godless money,” the ad's narrator also says. “What did Kay Hagan promise in return?”

(video link)
www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/10/29/political.ad.elizabeth.dole.c...
(Note: The lady in the video saying "there is no god" is NOT Kay Hagan)

(article link)
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/29/doles-godless-ad-causes-stir/

User Comments

10/29/08

MarkPogue

The video is no longer available, sorry

CNN must have pulled it.

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10/29/08

RenalFailure

What's the exchange rate on godless money? Is it like the Euro?

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10/29/08

csiunatc

no its tied to the "lost souls" commodities market.

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10/29/08

MadameX

Okay, I didn't see the video, but what's quoted above clearly does NOT say that this particular person is "Godless". It says she took money from an organization by that name. Unless that's untrue, it sounds like the whole thing is being distorted.

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1. 10/29/08
  
  clioandme
  
  Looks like the play on words was deliberate, at least from the text of the second link in the OP. Too bad the ad is down. Seems to have got a lot of commentary on TV, if YouTube is anything to go on: www.youtube.com/results?search_query=elizabeth+dole+godless&search_type=&aq...
  
  I'm seriously losing my appetite these stories.
2. 10/29/08
  
  clioandme
  
  Okay, you can see the ad here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvpyU9X3VPc
  
  It includes a statement of the Kay Hagen saying "There is no God." Only Hagen never said that, according to this reporter.
  
  The event it talks about also never happened. Campbell Brown clears up lies that would probably be too low for McCain and Palin.
3. 10/29/08
  
  satijournal
  
  Mark wrote, "The event it talks about also never happened. Campbell Brown clears up lies that would probably be too low for McCain and Palin."
  
  I don't know. They might be saying right now, "damn, why didn't we think of that?!!!"
10/29/08

clioandme

Kay Hagen's response (advertisement): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohqBlkb4rD4

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10/29/08

MarkPogue

Thanks Mark! I got sidetracked for a while. (Having sciatic nerve problems in my back.)

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10/30/08

Anok

Did anyone else read this and immediately imagine the News personality character from V for Vendetta?

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