The Latest Swiftboating

Posted by Lindsay Beyerstein at 10:00 AM on October 19, 2006.

Surprise, surprise! In the dying days of the mid-term campaign, Republican surrogates resort to race baiting ads. America's PAC obviously thinks highly of the intelligence of African American voters:

The group, America's Pac, began running ads last month in more than two dozen congressional districts.The campaign discusses issues ranging from warrantless wiretapping to school choice, but the most inflammatory spots pertain to abortion.

"Black babies are terminated at triple the rate of white babies," a female announcer in one of the ads says, as rain, thunder, and a crying infant are heard in the background. "The Democratic Party supports these abortion laws that are decimating our people, but the individual's right to life is protected in the Republican platform. Democrats say they want our vote.Why don't they want our lives?"

Another ad features a dialogue between two men.

"If you make a little mistake with one of your ‘hos,' [Ed:!] you'll want to dispose of that problem tout suite, no questions asked," one of the men says.

"That's too cold. I don't snuff my own seed," the other replies.

"Maybe you do have a reason to vote Republican," the first man says
[Raw Story]

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Lindsay Beyerstein a New York writer blogging at Majikthise.