TIME magazine:
Saturday, Oct. 28, 2000
The music is ominous, the footage grainy: a pickup truck with Texas plates, a chain tied to the bumper, something unseen hooked to the other end as the truck pulls away. The voice is that of James Byrd Jr.'s daughter, recalling her father's 1998 death and George W. Bush's refusal to back a new hate-crimes bill. The kicker: "We won't be dragged away from our future."
The Byrd ad, running in 10 states where black voter turnout could make the difference, is part of a $2 million–plus campaign by the NAACP National Voter Fund. The group said it had always planned to replace the ad with a less graphic version. But Heather Booth, the group's executive director, makes no apologies. "Sometimes the truth hurts," she says. [snip]
Yep, The James Byrd ad definately belongs in the hall of shame.
You beat me too it and said it better than I would have. That is about as low as any political party in the US can get.
That's right down there with not counting the overseas miniltary vote in Florida while complaining that everyone's vote was not being counted.