http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_10/015426.phphttp://beltwayblips.com/video/dole_s_promise_ad_on_hagan/I used to like Liz Dole, until she turned into “HateZilla”
October 29, 2008WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE WEAK GET RIDICULOUS…. Recent polling shows Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R) trailing in her re-election fight in North Carolina against Democrat Kay Hagan, so it stands to reason that she’s getting a little desperate.I didn’t think she’d get this desperate.Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s latest advertisement suggests her Democratic opponent,Kay Hagan, is a godless heathen.”A leader of the Godless Americans PAC recently held a secret fundraiser for Kay Hagan,” the 30-second spot says, showing footage of the group’s members talking about their atheist beliefs on cable news.”Godless Americans and Kay Hagan. She hid from cameras. Took godless money,” the ad concludes. “What did Kay Hagan promise in return?”At the very end of the ad, a voice sounding like Hagan’s says: “There is no God.”Seriously, Dole used a Hagan impersonator to make voters think she’s an atheist.It’s hard to know where to start with an ad this deplorable. First, Hagan is actually a Sunday school teacher and an elder in her church. Second, the fundraiser in question was co-hosted by 40 people, one of whom is on the board of an atheist political action committee. Third, there’s nothing scandalous about non-believers.And fourth, what the hell is “godless money”?Hagan held a press conference this morning with her family and pastor to denounce the ad, and announced that if Dole didn’t pull the ad, she would seek a cease-and-desist order.Even in a campaign cycle filled with sleazy, deplorable attacks, Dole has disgraced herself in a way few thought possible.
American Atheists has no official comment right now. But you can have your own.
Dave
What does Edwin Kagen think about this commercial….has your character been defamed….
Why does American Atheists have no comment on this yet? This has made it to national news – and the story is the same everywhere: Everyone is outraged over the lie and the slander. Everyone is implicitly agreeing how awful it is to accuse someone of being atheist. Everyone is ACCEPTING Dole’s underlying bigotry: that atheists are unsavory people that you shouldn’t associate with, and you certainly better not be one. Hagan’s outrage over the accusation is just as insulting.
Where is our voice? This is blatant bigotry now escalated to the national scale. We need to speak out.
I second timplausible’s questions. Why is nothing official being said? It’s all over the news.
Phreek
I wouldn’t know. I’m voting for Ralph.
teammarty
Thanks. We’ll know who to blame if Obama loses.
What:
Blame Obama… he could have ran as a Democrat, and not a second Republican candidate.
Teammarty:
me too, voted for Ralph last week… Huzzah!!!
http://www.reflector.com/news/state/
hagan-dismisses-lawsuit-over-dole-
television-ad-239802.html
It says Hagan thinks it would just further publicize the slurs made against her.