Trash-Talking The Colorado Senate Contenders
It's a tough choice for Colorado's Senate seat. There's Democrat Mark Udall, who won't protect us against terrorists. And then there's Republican Bob Schaffer, who doesn't care if sweatshop workers are forced to have abortions. Must be true, right? It said so on TV...
Two harsh new ads are out in the red-hot Senate race, one from casino-magnate-funded Freedom's Watch hitting Udall and the other from union-funded Patriot Majority taking on Schaffer.
The Freedom's Watch ad starts with scenes of gun-toting crowds and flag-burning in the Mideast: "Radical Islamic terrorists. They hate us, and want us to die. We have to be strong, and ready. But Mark Udall? He voted no on the Patriot Act; no to funding body armor; no to strenthening border security." Just to make things clear, the ad throws in images of the leaders of Iran and North Korea, plus Osama bin Laden, whom the ad places in crosshairs.
The ad comes on the heels of a mass mailing of DVDs by another group, warning of radical Islam. Though the DVDs didn't mention candidates, the issue is clearly just one step away from an attack ad.
Check out Patriot Majority's anti-Schaffer ad after the jump...
The begining of the Schaffer ad also says it all: "Garment workers forced to have abortions; massive safety violations; sweatshop wages. All on U.S. soil...But Congressman Bob Schaffer says it's not our job to fix these problems."
The ad (below) goes on to knock Schaffer for not supporting the Employee Free Choice Act, a piece of legislation that featured in ads in many Senate races. Patriot Majority, as we recently mentioned, just got a big influx of union money.
-- Will Evans
2:00 PM ET | 09-25-2008 | permalink
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