Mar 06 2009
Today’s “Most Obvious Statement of the Day” is…
Former U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s “Godless Americans” ad was nothing more than a last-minute Hail Mary pass for a losing campaign.
That’s according to Dole’s campaign manager, Marty Ryall, in an article he wrote for the March edition of Politics magazine.
Dole ran the ad just before the Nov. 6 election against Democratic challenger Kay Hagan. It pointed out that Hagan attended a fundraiser at the home of a politically active atheist. The ad ended with Hagan’s photograph and a woman’s voice saying, “There is no God.”
Looking back, Ryall said, he shouldn’t have used the voice-over.
Ryall wrote that Dole was down by at least six points and that the ad was unleashed to energize Republicans and raise negative opinions about Hagan among independents.
Worst. Ad. Ever.
