Ohio TV stations pull ad by GOP attacking Brown
2006-10-20
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
email this
print this
del.icio.us
digg this
rss feedMany television stations in Ohio Thursday pulled a Republican Party commercial that attacked Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown over an old tax bill.
The Republican National Committee maintained there was nothing wrong with its ad, which accused Brown of failing to pay an unemployment tax bill for 13 years.
But attorneys for the Brown campaign said the bill, from the 1992 tax year, was paid in early 1994 and that a mere paperwork error gave the false impression that the payoff didn't occur until 2005. The state of Ohio confirmed Brown's account.
"We asked the RNC for documentation and they were not able to give it, and we pulled the ad," said Bill Fee, general manager of WCPO in Cincinnati.
It was unclear how many stations kept the ad running. Fee said he understands the RNC is working to replace it with a new ad. RNC spokesman Aaron McLear said he had no details.
Mike DeWine, a Republican seeking a third term, on Thursday altered his own campaign's ad that attacked Brown over the tax delinquency. DeWine's ad initially said the tax bill went unpaid for 12 years, but the time reference was omitted Thursday.
Click here to see the full article.
