PRESS RELEASE from Obama for
America
January
24, 2008
Clinton
Campaign Forced to Pull Dishonest Radio Ad Attacking Obama
COLUMBIA
– Former Clinton administration official and South Carolina Truth Squad
member
David Agnew of Charleston today issued a statement after learning that
the
Clinton campaign has pulled its now-infamous ad that had been playing
on South
Carolina radio stations distorting Obama’s view of the Republican Party
and
President Reagan. Yesterday, fellow Truth Squad members Gov. Jim
Hodges
and State Rep. Todd Rutherford held a news conference to denounce the
misleading ad -- saying that it only served to distract attention from
the
issues most important to families in South Carolina.
“This is
a victory for the truth, and a victory for all South Carolinians who
want to turn the page on the divisive politics of
the past,” Agnew said. “Obviously the deceptions go beyond this
one radio
ad. It’s time for the distortions of Senator Obama’s record to
stop. And it’s time for Hillary Clinton to start running an
honest
campaign focused on the issues that really matter to the people of
South Carolina.”
Listed
below is the Washington Post report about the Clinton campaign decision
to take down the
radio ad.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/01/24/clinton_pulls_negative_sc_ad.html