The state Republican Party has heard the complaints from John McCain and the national Republican Party about its ad. But the state party still plans to run the spot.
"We think this is a legitimate question to ask, and we don't think we're the only ones asking it," said Brent Woodcox, communications director for the state Republican Party. "We feel this is a North Carolina issue."
Woodcox said the buy is still being finalized, but it is set to start airing statewide Monday during 6 p.m. newscasts.
"We've always had a good relationship with the RNC," Woodcox said. "We anticipate that will continue."
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Re: Rev. Wright ad will still air
"The pastor at the church that Hillary attended while in the White House has expressed public support for Wright. He's proclaimed it a "grave injustice" to make a judgment on Wright based "two or three sound bites," and criticized those who "use a few of Wright's quotes to polarize."
"The Reverend Jeremiah Wright is an outstanding church leader whom I have heard speak a number of times," Snyder wrote. "He has served for decades as a profound voice for justice and inclusion in our society. To evaluate his dynamic ministry on the basis of two or three sound bites does a grave injustice to Dr. Wright, the members of his congregation, and the African-American church which has been the spiritual refuge of a people that has suffered from discrimination, disadvantage, and violence. Dr. Wright, a member of an integrated denomination, has been an agent of racial reconciliation while proclaiming perceptions and truths uncomfortable for some white people to hear. Those of us who are white Americans would do well to listen carefully to Dr. Wright rather than to use a few of his quotes to polarize."
Pastor Of Clinton's Former Church: Don't Use Wright To Polarize
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/25/pastor-of-clintons-forme_n_93418.html