GOP Group Pulls Ad About Kathleen Kane After Rape Victim's Father Calls It A Lie

[DonViejo]

The Republican State Leadership Committee has decided to stop running an attack ad against Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania's Democratic candidate for attorney general, after the father of a rape victim whose case was featured in the ad called it a "lie."

“Following the issuance of statements from those close to the case that did not come until today, the RSLC has chosen to remove the reference to the case and instead focus on numerous other instances in which Kane failed Pennsylvania victims of abuse,” the committee said in a statement on Friday.

The ad claimed that Kane, a prosecutor with the Lackawanna County, Pa., district attorney's office, is soft on rapists because a "weak plea deal" she made on a rape case was rejected by the judge due to the brutality of the crime and age of the victim. The victim's father objected to the ad in a letter to Kane's campaign and said that Kane played no role in the resolution of the case.

Read more + video of ad
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/22/ad-kathleen-kane-gop-group-rape_n_1905827.html

[buzzman]

1. the gop lives and dies on the big lie

given that they have a candidate in MO who believes in legitimate rape, it's hard to believe they would campaign on the issue