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Dole changes planes in TV ad
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on 2008-07-15 15:54
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole had to change planes recently.
The first version of a recent ad for the Salisbury Republican boasts of her work helping North Carolina's military bases avoid closure during the BRAC process.
But as the liberal Senate Guru blog and D.C.-based newspaper The Hill pointed out, stock footage in the ad showed a French plane — a Dassault Super Étendard (top image).
A second version of the ad substituted an all-American F-15 (bottom image).
"Basically, our media consultant used the wrong stock footage, but it was corrected," Dole spokesman Hogan Gidley told the newspaper.
The campaign of rival Democrat Kay Hagan used the flub to argue Dole was out of touch.
"I imagine she’s celebrating Bastille Day today, as well," Hagan spokeswoman Colleen Flanagan told The Hill.
Update: Dole's campaign issued a statement:
"While Kay Hagan is focused on little gotchas, slipper parties and lurking around gas stations, Senator Dole is campaigning on her long record of delivering results for North Carolina and has an actual plan to improve the economy and bring down gas prices," Gidley said in a statement.
