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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 10/27/2005 : 01:05:14
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From factcheck.org:
A TV ad for Jerry Kilgore, Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, says of his Democratic opponent: "Tim Kaine says that Adolf Hitler doesn't qualify for the death penalty." Actually, Kaine didn't say that.
Kaine, who opposes both the death penalty and abortion on religious grounds, gave an equivocal answer to a newspaper interviewer who asked if Hitler, Stalin or Idi Amin "deserved" the death penalty. Kaine said that "they may deserve the death penalty" for their "heinous" acts. But Kaine also said, "God grants life, and God should take it away."
Kaine also has said repeatedly that, despite his religous beliefs, he would carry out the death penalty if elected governor. The issue has become the main focus of TV ads by both candidates.
Full analysis here: http://www.factcheck.org/article355.html
On a personal note - I fucking hate political ads so so so much. I never assume there's a speck of truth in any of them because they're always so theatrical. Maybe I'm just getting grumpy because I've had to watch so many of them lately. And I don't even watch that much television!
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Edited by - marfknox on 10/27/2005 01:05:42
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Subjectmatter
Skeptic Friend
173 Posts |
Posted - 10/27/2005 : 02:32:50 [Permalink]
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| Political ads on television? |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 10/27/2005 : 07:08:49 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Subjectmatter
Political ads on television?
That's America for you...
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 10/27/2005 : 11:31:25 [Permalink]
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| You have no idea how bad they are, Its a non-stop deluge of BS just like the above during election season. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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