Elizabeth Dole has decided to slither on her belly for the rest of the campaign for U.S. Senate here in North Carolina. She has an ad out attacking Kay Hagan's strong Christian faith and her belief in God. Kay is not only a Sunday School teacher, but is an elder in her church and serves on mission trips.
On Sunday, Dole joined Robin Hayes and Virigina Fox in running a divisive campaign intended to pit neighbor against neighbor here in North Carolina. According to Dole it isn't just her seat in the Senate that is at stake. She told supporters in Nash County on Sunday that,
It’s not just to save this seat; we are trying to save the values that we care about in America. We’re trying to save honesty and integrity and hard work and personal responsibility and love of family and love of God. That’s what this is all about, and it’s a serious time.
It wasn't enough for Elizabeth Dole to make those hate-filled claims, she has chosen to lie her way through the rest of the campaign. Dole now has an ad out showing a picture of Kay Hagan with a woman's voice saying, "there is no God." The ad is creating the confusion the Dole campaign wanted. We received one call today in Union County, NC from a woman who said, "Kay Hagan said there is no God." We fortunately were able to help her with correct information.
The Greensboro News & Record covered the story this morning.
“I can’t tell you how upset I am that Elizabeth Dole is attacking my strong Christian faith,” Hagan said late Tuesday.
Hagan, who is an elder at First Presbyterian Church, said she is incensed by the ad because at the end it shows her picture with a female voice saying, “There is no God.”
Hagan's family and friends are rallying around her. Her minister has cut a radio ad for her. You can listen to that here.
We covered part of the story yesterday at BlueNC:
That's right. According to Elizabeth Dole if Democrats win there will be no more honesty or integrity in this country. Nobody will work hard ever again and we won't take responsibility for our actions. Finally, if Democrats win there will be no more loving our families and loving God is most certainly out of the question.
Elizabeth Dole, that genteel southern belle, is spreading a message of hate and fear. Like Robin Hayes and Virginia Fox, Dole too will fail. Days after Hayes was caught lying about his statement about liberals hating real Americans which was made in front of a crowd of thousands, he gave Elizabeth Dole a check for $1,300. He might have done her a bigger favor if he had tipped her off to the fact that making comments intended to feed on fear and hate aren't working as well as they used to. Hayes might have given Dole $1,300 but his hateful comments put over $80,000 in Larry Kissell's campaign coffers.
Folks here in North Carolina are getting tired of the hate. I don't know anyone who actually believes that those who now love God and love their families will suddenly decide to stop. Oh, I know. That whole love of God statement was code intended to feed on this "Obama is a Muslim" meme running rampant through Republican ranks. The "love of family" part was code intended to feed on anti-gay marriage sentiment found on all sides of the political spectrum here in North Carolina.
The words are all code intended to excite the basest fears of the Republican base in this state. They are words intended to feed on fear, anger and hate. Dole is banking on the fact that these emotions, if stoked properly, will turn out voters.
Elizabeth Dole is running an ugly, negative campaign. It's hard to imagine she will be able to hold her head high in public after slithering on her belly through the mud.
Update 1:A cease and desist has been sent to Dole at her residence in Washington, D.C. I'll have a copy of that up soon if allowed to post it. You may download the C&D here.(PDF)
Update 2: Elizabeth Dole's hideous ad.
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Update 4: Kay Hagan's Online Communications Director has posted Kay's statement in this comment.