Waiting for a Swift Boat
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The special election next week in the Ohio 5th CD may be getting more than a little nasty. The National Republican Congressional Campaign has reported they are spending $280,000 to oppose the Democratic candidate Robin Weirauch. The NRCC has hired Stevens Reed Curcio & Potholm to do the job. Stevens Reed created the very first Swift Boat ad. Are they going to lie about Robin Weirauch record like they did about John Kerry? We need a full, honest discussion on issues of the day like Iraq, the economy, the credit crunch and gasoline prices, not political bile.
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"In July 2006, the firm's advertisement produced for Republican Sen. Mike DeWine's Ohio re-election campaign drew fire for drawing smoke. The ad criticizing his Democratic opponent Rep. Sherrod Brown's voting record on national security used a pre-Sept.11 image of the World Trade Center that had been digitally edited to add billowing smoke. The fakery was uncovered by U.S. News and World Report, and the campaign changed the ad when alerted by the magazine, replacing the footage with an unretouched still photo.
In an editorial calling the ad a "$470,000 embarrassment," The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer wrote "if DeWine and his campaign continue to make such inexcusable mistakes, DeWine will probably soon be referred to as a former senator.""