Senator Dole: Fibber

I am very disappointed to see that Senator Dole's campaign is going ahead with the bogus and insulting TV ad first revealed as disingenuous by News & Record reporter, Mark Binker. The ad, which derides Hagan by saying "They call her fibber Kay," expects North Carolinians to be gullible saps, but Dole proudly endorses it. What a shame. What an insightful revelation of what Dole thinks of us.

Here is what the News & Observer has to say about the ad:
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The ad does not specify who "they" are who call Hagan "Fibber Kay."

The Dole campaign said they did not come up with the nickname, but they did not know who did.

"We're not sure who coined it, but we hear people call Kay Hagan 'Fibber Kay' on the campaign trail and we hear it frequently," said spokesman Hogan Gidley.

A search of North Carolina newspapers, blogs and Web sites did not return any references to "Fibber Kay" from before the ad began airing, and nearly all written since were about the ad itself.

The ad does not name any of the supposed "fibs" that Hagan has made.

More fact checking of the ad here.

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