Did Alan Grayson Write the Webster Ad Himself? And is it Correct?
source: http://politi.co/9AfBSR
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From the Politico daily email:
HUDDLE SCOOPLET: ALAN GRAYSON, AD MAN: Don't expect him to start taking three-martini lunches with the cast of Mad Men quite yet, but a tipster tells Huddle that Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) writes the scripts for his own television commercials. Aside from the novelty, why would that matter? Grayson's currently embroiled in a controversy over an ad in which he refers to his challenger as 'Taliban Dan' Webster. 'Wives, submit to your own husbands' and 'She should submit to me -- that's in the Bible,' Webster, a former state House speaker, says in clips featured in the ad, which contends Webster has voted to deny battered women medical attention and to ban abortion even for rape victims. It opens with the line 'Religious fanatics try to take away our freedom in Afghanistan, in Iran and right here in central Florida' and closes with 'Taliban Dan, hands off our bodies and our laws.' Conservatives object to the comparison between Webster's religious beliefs and those of Islamic extremists. Grayson spokesman Sam Drzymala acknowledged the congressman's role in the ad-making process but suggested he's not the sole arbiter. 'It's a group effort, but the congressman is involved in the process,' Drzymala told HUDDLE. But he declined to say whether 'Taliban Dan' was Grayson's language. 'The campaign's policy is that [the] process by which we make ads should remain internal.' Here's the ad http://politi.co/9AfBSR
Also, factcheck.org takes exception to the ad: http://www.factcheck.org/2010/09/rep-grayson-lowers-the-bar/
HUDDLE SCOOPLET: ALAN GRAYSON, AD MAN: Don't expect him to start taking three-martini lunches with the cast of Mad Men quite yet, but a tipster tells Huddle that Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) writes the scripts for his own television commercials. Aside from the novelty, why would that matter? Grayson's currently embroiled in a controversy over an ad in which he refers to his challenger as 'Taliban Dan' Webster. 'Wives, submit to your own husbands' and 'She should submit to me -- that's in the Bible,' Webster, a former state House speaker, says in clips featured in the ad, which contends Webster has voted to deny battered women medical attention and to ban abortion even for rape victims. It opens with the line 'Religious fanatics try to take away our freedom in Afghanistan, in Iran and right here in central Florida' and closes with 'Taliban Dan, hands off our bodies and our laws.' Conservatives object to the comparison between Webster's religious beliefs and those of Islamic extremists. Grayson spokesman Sam Drzymala acknowledged the congressman's role in the ad-making process but suggested he's not the sole arbiter. 'It's a group effort, but the congressman is involved in the process,' Drzymala told HUDDLE. But he declined to say whether 'Taliban Dan' was Grayson's language. 'The campaign's policy is that [the] process by which we make ads should remain internal.' Here's the ad http://politi.co/9AfBSR
Also, factcheck.org takes exception to the ad: http://www.factcheck.org/2010/09/rep-grayson-lowers-the-bar/
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Proud_Progressive
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It certainly looks like the ad is intentionally misleading, which is disappointing. However, Webster's views on women are questionable.
- 1 year ago
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