This time the attacks on Jim Pendergraph come from a group called "Citizens for Conservative Leadership, Inc" which sent out similar attacks earlier in the campaign. The PAC was formed just this past March and all of its expenditures have been in the NC-09 race.
This one completely crosses any lines of common decency - using an image of a cowering child to hammer home it's message.
Now that there are only two candidates in this race, Robert Pittenger should renounce these adds and this support since there's no mistaking that these benefit only him.
We "should" hear a denunciation of these by Pittenger. What we will hear instead is crickets.
Pitt can't say anything re 3rd party ads. If he does it will be in violation of federal election law. Rick Barton
ReplyDeleteThanks for the clarification Rick. Still, a public renunciation of negative adds in general would be as refreshing as it would be surprising.
DeleteDo these ads only benefit Pittenger? I think they, at least to some degree, hurt his campaign and conversely benefit Pendergraph.
ReplyDeleteThat's a valid point, especially for a run-off where turnout will be smaller and made up of more traditional primary voters. However, since Pittenger won every precinct in Iredell and Union counties, negative ads obviously worked for him in the first primary regardless of whether they came from the campaign or a third party.
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