More interesting tidbits about the attack ad that wasn’t.December 31st, 2007 | 5 Comments | Posted in Attack Ads, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Politico.com, The Washington Post
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From —–>The Washington Post
“Huckabee said the ad which attacks Romney for being too dishonest to be president — was sent to television and radio stations yesterday but will not be broadcast. He said he had made the decision 10 minutes before his [12:00pm CST] news conference, surprising even his top staff. ‘I pulled the ad. I do not want it to be run at all,’ he said.”
More from —–>The Politico
“[Senior aide Charmaine] Yoest, who set up the staging of the press conference, just came back out to the hallway and said she was told about five minutes before the event started that he would not air the ad. By then, she said, it was too late to remove the signs.”
The Cedar Rapid Gazette tells a different story and says the ad was pulled from KCRG-TV9 TV9 in Cedar Rapids at precisely 10:01am CST:
More—–>Cedar Rapids Gazette
“An official at KCRG-TV9 TV9 in Cedar Rapids confirmed that the station received the 30-second spot from the Huckabee campaign shortly after 6 a.m. today but was told at 10:01 a.m. not to air the commercial and the station did not show the paid advertisement.”
Looks like we have a Drama King on our hands Ladies and Gentlemen.
