NC Rep Robin Hayes objects; Charlotte TV stations pulls ad

Charlotte Observer ^ | Oct. 31, 2002 | DAVID PERLMUTT AND MARK WASHBURN

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	Posted on Thu, Oct. 31, 2002
	Hayes objects; TV station pulls ad Attribution of job-loss statement in dispute; Democrats stand fast DAVID PERLMUTT AND MARK WASHBURN Staff Writers At least one Charlotte television station has rejected an ad from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee accusing U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes of breaking a promise when he voted for fast-track legislation in December. Hayes' quibble with the ad is a sentence that says he "cast the deciding vote for a trade bill that will cost North Carolina jobs." The ad attributes that contention to the American Textile Manufacturers Institute. An ATMI spokesman said Wednesday the Democratic campaign committee and "several" Charlotte television stations double-checked the attribution's accuracy. "Consequently, the stations and the DCCC determined that the ad did, in fact, contain an erroneous attribution to the American Textile Manufacturers Institute," the spokesman said. The campaign committee on Wednesday stood by the ad's accuracy, said spokeswoman Jenny Backus, adding the ad had already run its rotation and will be replaced by a new one -- with the same message. "It seems like Robin Hayes is worrying about words instead of the worsening economy in that district," Backus said. Backus said the campaign committee reminded the textiles institute that its chairman, Van May, had distributed a letter to senators before fast track's final approval contending that the legislation would cost textile jobs. "This bill not only fails to recognize our suffering, but will exacerbate it," the letter read. Still, the ad was rejected by WCNC (NBC6, Channel 36), and the Hayes campaign said WBTV and WCCB-TV also pulled it. Officials at the latter two stations couldn't be reached Wednesday, but Stuart Powell, vice president and general manager of NBC6, said he rejected the ad because the message was unclear. Hayes said the ad was another tactic to blur his record. The two-term incumbent has said he voted for fast track in December only after he was given concessions to aid the textile industry. He voted against the bill in July -- only after passage was assured.

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The ad has already done it's work. All the Democrat voters had to hear was the lie once and that's all that's required. They will close their eyes and ears to any retraction or to the knowledge it's a lie.

Right or wrong....simply speaking the words means that it's truth and any attempts to force the real truth out is simply a ploy by wacko, radical conservatives to hide the "real truth!"