DSCC plays age card on Dole

National Democrats have played the age card.

A new television ad airing in North Carolina by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee makes a play on words on U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole's age.

The ad features two old men in rocking chairs on the porch of a country store.

"I'm telling you Liddy Dole is 93," says one. The other later says, "I've read she's 92."

As it turns out, the two old men are talking about Dole's effectiveness ranking according to a Congressional data service and the percentage of the time she votes with President Bush.

But the clear implication from the text of the ad and images of the two old men is to subtly bring up Dole's age.

For the record, Dole is 72 — exactly one month older than Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

Text of the ad after the jump.

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FIRST MAN: I'm telling you Liddy Dole is 93.

SECOND MAN: 93?

FIRST: Yep, she ranks 93rd in effectiveness.

SECOND: After 40 years in Washington?

FIRST: After 40 years in Washington, Dole is 93rd in effectiveness, right near the bottom.

SECOND: I've read she’s 92.

FIRST: Didn't I just tell you she's 93?

SECOND: No, 92 percent of the time she votes with Bush.

FIRST: What's happened to the Liddy Dole I knew?

SECOND: She's just not a go getter like you and me.

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