2008 POLITICAL ADS: ABORTION

Faithful Catholic Citizens: "Are You Truly Catholic?" No. 1

Updated: January 11, 2011 | 11:40 a.m.
October 21, 2008

Producer: Horizon TV

Running Time: 00:30

Debut Date: 10/06/2008

Ad Buy: Iowa and Colorado

Cost: part of a three-ad buy for $30,000 in Iowa and $5,000 in Colorado

Summary: The group attacks Pelosi and Obama for their support of abortion rights.

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Script of "Are You Truly Catholic?" (TV)

ANNOUNCER [v/o]: Are you truly Catholic? And have you heard what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said about abortion?

NANCY PELOSI: Over the history of the Church, this is an issue of controversy.

(Text on screen: Meet The Press, 8.24.08; Go to Faithful Catholic Citizens at FCCVote.org)

ANNOUNCER [v/o]: Cardinal Egan says, "What the Speaker had to say... was utterly incredible."

(Text on screen: Edward Michael Cardinal Egan, 8.26.08)

Pope John Paul II called abortion the "deliberate killing of an innocent human being."

(Text on screen: Pope John Paul II, Encyclical Evangelium Vitae 1995)

Senator Obama says the issue is above his pay grade.

(Text on screen: 8.16.08)

Don't be misled. Know the Church. Know the truth.

(Text on screen: Faithful Catholic Citizens is responsible for the content of this advertising. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. 866-574-5278)

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