(R) N.C. Candidate Uses 9/11 in Ads

[Khephra]

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A candidate seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination in North Carolina is running an ad that attempts to link the Democratic incumbent to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The television ad for state Sen. Fern Shubert, one of six Republicans looking to run against Gov. Mike Easley in the November general election, shows the hijacked airliners slamming into the World Trade Center, with a voiceover by the father of a man who died in the 2001 attacks.

"Within days after 9/11, Mike Easley signed a law that made it easier for terrorists, illegal aliens, drunk drivers and everyone except law-abiding citizens to get drivers licenses," says Peter Gadiel, a member of the group 9/11 Families for a Secure America.

The 2001 budget bill signed by Easley included language that allowed drivers license applicants to use a taxpayer identification number in lieu of a Social Security number on their application.

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http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-terror-attacks-candidate,0,6249451.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[aquart]

1. Law-abiding citizens don't pay taxes? Terrorists do?

HUH?

[Democat]

2. It backfired on Bush and it will backfire there if the Democrat is smart

If they can get their message of exploiting 9/11 out to the media, this will backfire.

Get some of the other 9/11 widows out there to kick some right wing ass.

[MattNC]

3. Shubert's an idiot

and won't win the Rep. nomination. She's been made fun of on the Daily Show a few times as well.