kay hagan- 47.1%
elizabeth dole- 42.4%
christopher cole- 4%
and now for the juicy stuff:
the mudslinging reaches jacksonian levels
most recently, the north carolina republican party circulated these pamphlets, presumably as a last ditch effort to generate enough fear (of the breakdown of the sancity of marriage, of the “gays,” however you define this issue) (trying really hard to remain bipartisan here, applaud my efforts at neutral language please) among the n.c. electorate to switch the election in liddy’s favour.
in response, the kay kamp (kute) declared that “kay believes that marriage is between a man and a woman, and this is fundamentally a state issue. she would not support a federal amendment defining marriage. here in north carolina, there is a law that she supports that says marriage is defined as a relationship between a man and a woman, and she sees no reason to change that.”
the federal marriage amendment, which would ban gay marriage on a national level by putting it in the constitution, wasn’t mentioned on the flyer.
what was mentioned, in addition to gay marriage of course, was kay’s alleged ties to an atheistic group, claiming that kay supports a “radical homosexual agenda” that includes removing “under god” from the constitution and forcing the boy scouts to accept gay and atheistic troop leaders. those that criticized these mailers wondered “what, exactly, is the gay interest in removing ‘under god’ from the pledge of allegiance?”
indeed.
this tactic is not likely to have any sort of tangible effect on voters. most dismiss it as slander, and those that fervently believe the hype probably also fervently believe in supporting liddy dole, since the candidates basically hold the same position on the idea of gay marriage. (although well hidden or absent from the candidates websites… hmm)(please comment if you were able to find such information)
