STATEMENT BY RNC CHAIRMAN KEN MEHLMAN AND AD WATCH

RNC Research Dept E-Mail ^ | August 8, 2005 | RNC Research Dept

[CyberAnt]

Amazing .. lying just to try to regain power, as well as smear the name of a good person!

[Peach]

Why, oh why, doesn't the GOP put together a first rate television ad explaining exactly what NARAL does and stands for? Most Americans have no idea.

[blackie]

Lies are the only thing the lunatic left has going for it!

[Fido969]

The left has no truth or good ideas.

The only thing they are left with is lie and smear.

[Terabitten]

Why, Oh Why, Doesn't The GOP Learn That Not Every Word Should Be Capitalized In A Press Release?

It drives me nuts.

[theFIRMbss]

>The only thing they are left with is lie and smear

It has gotten them
more than a little success
over the decades . . .

[Fudd Fan]

Well the NYT was caught pantz-down doing NARAL's bidding, so now they have to go out there themselves.

[Fudd Fan]

The only thing they are left with is lie and smear

With NARAL it's a pap smear

[Pravious]

"Why, oh why, doesn't the GOP put together a first rate television ad explaining exactly what NARAL does and stands for? Most Americans have no idea."

National Assocation of Repugnant Abortion Lovers?

[CFC__VRWC]

Apparently, NARAL may have been the ones shopping around the idea of trying to open the Roberts adoption records, which the NYT happily took up.

[Fido969]

Clever play on words. I like someone who has command of the language.

[Republican Wildcat]

NARAL is upset the children weren't aborted.

[Christian4Bush]

Why, Oh Why, Doesn't The GOP Learn That Not Every Word Should Be Capitalized In A Press Release?

Good Point. Excellent Point. It Is One That Bears Repeating Over And Over Again. You Are To Be Commended For Your Studious Attention To Grammatical Propriety. Bump To The Top!

(I'm Cracking Myself Up!)

[CyberAnt]

Well .. I wouldn't put anything past these people.

[scars]

I've seen a positive ad for Judge Roberts, too. Since when do they run campaign ads for SC nominees?

[Terabitten]

LOL! I'm normally not a grammar Nazi, but the all-caps thing drives me bonkers. All the press releases from the RNC come out that way. I wonder if it's something in their HTML coding or something? It's bizarre.

[Rosemont]

Mehlman is so much classier than Psycho Dean

[Dems_R_Losers]

This is better than nothing, but the RNC really needs to take the gloves off on this one, and demand that TV stations refuse to run this false and slanderous ad. I know if I see it on any of my local TV stations, they are going to get an earful from me! TV stations refuse false advertisements all the time. This one is blatantly false, and its falsehoods have been documented - see today's Bench Memos on Natonal Review Online. Nobody of any political stripe should be allowed to poison the airwaves with complete lies like this!

[Steve_Seattle]

"Why, oh why, doesn't the GOP put together a first rate television ad explaining exactly what NARAL does and stands for? Most Americans have no idea."

Maybe they don't have the skill. This press release doesn't seem very good to me; it's just a hodgepodge of other people's research. It lacks punch and it's superficial. It makes the right points - sort of - but not very clearly or persuasively. IMHO

[Steve_Seattle]

"The only thing they are left with is lie and smear."

And they'll continue to do it until the MSM starts holding them to account. Don't expect that to happen anytime soon.