Producer: Dixon/Davis Media Group

Running Time: 00:30

Debut Date: 04/24/2008

Ad Buy: statewide in North Carolina

Cost: not available

Summary: The ad criticizes Beverly Perdue's vote against a law to expand investigations into "hate" groups.

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Script Of "Tougher" (TV)

RICHARD MOORE [v/o]: I'm Richard Moore, candidate for governor, and I sponsored this ad.

ANNOUNCER [v/o]: Some decisions say a lot about character. Like the time Bev Perdue voted against tougher laws to investigate hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan.

(Text on screen: Official General Assembly Voting Record)

It's true. Perdue was one of only two Democrats to vote against Dan Blue's law that gave the SBI more powers to investigate the KKK, a law supported by most Republicans and the entire black legislative caucus.

(Text on screen: North Carolina House Of Representatives Roll Call; Official Roll Call Vote)

Is Bev Perdue a Democrat we can trust?

(Text on screen: Paid For By The Richard Moore Committee)