Producer: Strategic Perception, Inc.
Running Time: 00:30
Debut Date: 10/28/2008
Ad Buy: not disclosed
Cost: not disclosed
Summary: The ad accuses Hagan of accepting money from an atheist group in exchange for unspecified political promises.
Script of "Promise" (TV)
ELIZABETH DOLE [v/o]: I'm Elizabeth Dole, and I approve this message.
ANNOUNCER [v/o]: A leader of the Godless Americans PAC recently held a secret fundraiser in Kay Hagan's honor.
(Text on screen: Boston, 9/15/08; Godless Americans?)
ELLEN JOHNSON: There is no God to rely on.
There was no Jesus.
(Text on screen: Executive Director, Godless Americans)
BILL O'REILLY: But taking "under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance -- you're down with that.
DAVID SILVERMAN: We're down with that.
BILL O'REILLY: "In God We Trust" -- are you going to whip that off the money?
DAVID SILVERMAN: Yeah, we would.
ANNOUNCER [v/o]: Godless Americans and Kay Hagan. She hid from cameras. Took Godless money. What did Hagan promise in return?
ELLEN JOHNSON [v/o]: There is no God.
(Text on screen: Paid For By The Elizabeth Dole Committee, Inc.)
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