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Date Posted:
10/22/2007
8:54:47 am EDT
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Conservative Group Unlikely To Be Penalized For Ad Mocking Candidate
Author: Jordan Schrader Source: Asheville Citizen-Times (NC)
Title: CONSERVATIVE GROUP UNLIKELY TO BE PENALIZED FOR AD MOCKING CANDIDATE
A television ad bought by the conservative Carolina Stompers — which mocks City Council candidate Elaine Lite for participating in a Wiccan prayer — may not force the group to register as a political committee.
The commercial doesn’t explicitly ask voters to reject Lite, the message that would legally identify it as a campaign expenditure, according to the state elections board.
“Do they ask you to vote for or against that candidate? That’s the question,” said Kim Westbrook Strach, the board’s deputy director for campaign reporting, whose investigation of a complaint against the group brought her to Asheville to talk to its founder and look at its records.
The group’s ad doesn’t tell viewers how to vote Nov. 6, although it describes Lite as a candidate in its voiceover parodying MasterCard’s “Priceless” ad campaign and in its misspelled subtitles making fun of “Pegan witches” over footage of the Aug. 3 prayer near City-County Plaza.
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| Seems Straightforward Enough | Oct 23rd. at 1:53:32 pm EDT
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Finn (San Marcos, Texas) - Email Me
The ad clearly doesn't violate any campaign rule. It doesn't tell you who to vote for or who not to vote for. It does, in fact, show an actual newsworthy event (i.e. a politician taking part in an activity) . I would expect some people would be more inclined to vote for the candidate based on the ad, while others would become less likely. It doesn't matter if the makers of the ad fall into the "less likely" group. They played by the rules. Whether they are mocking or not, they did a public service as far as I'm concerned by giving the public more information.
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| What The Heck... | Oct 22nd. at 3:31:41 pm EDT
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bigcat (peoria, Illinois) - Email Me
is a pegan witch?
Apparently, it is imperative that the character that came up with that is in sad need of a dictionary. It might improve-if only slightly-what little mind he has.Thankfully, I live further north.
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| The Further South You Get | Oct 22nd. at 1:49:06 pm EDT
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Orion 6Xray (Park City, Kentucky) - Email Me - Web
the worse it gets, until you hit Cuba. At least there they are Athiests live thier.
Find More info -- HERE
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| One More Reason Not To Move To The South | Oct 22nd. at 1:18:23 pm EDT
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Young Coyote (W. Hempstead, California) - Email Me
Hey they can say whatever the hell the want. First amendment protection for all.
Just never going to live in a place that equates Paganism with liberal.
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| Nah | Oct 22nd. at 11:13:06 am EDT
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Randgríđr (Glen Cove, New York) - Email Me
I think it's a worshipper of the great god Steely Dan.
:D
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| Huh? | Oct 22nd. at 10:24:07 am EDT
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Richard Brownbear (North Wilkesboro, North Carolina) - Email Me
“Pegan witches” ?
WTH is a "Pegan"? Person with a peg leg?
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| ... | Oct 22nd. at 9:11:41 am EDT
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Draken (Bronx, New York) - Email Me - Web
Thanks a lot Carolina Stompers for reaffirming my refusal to move to the buy-bull belt.
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