TPM: Marshall hinting that 527s do an abortion ad on Bush

[liveoaktx]

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_09_12.php#003488

According to this Associated Press story, the RNC is sending mailings to West Virginia voters that claim that the Dems will ban the bible and legalize gay marriage if they get elected -- presumably they'll both be included in one omnibus bill (that's a little parliamentary humor there.)

I keep hearing from the direction of the Bush campaign that one of their big fears is that some Democratic 527 will put together an ad based on Kitty Kelley's Bush abortion claims and run it in West Virginia. Given the voters Bush-Cheney '04 is banking on in the state, they know that could be very damaging.

When you see stuff like this, from the RNC no less, it's hard to see why they shouldn't

[Mojambo]

1. It's distasteful, but oh so necessary

Let 'er rip I say.

[cheshire]

2. Yeah how * is the poster boy for why to have one.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. I don't think they will go there.

I find it hard to imagine any Dem-oriented 527 going that negative now. It seems like a "Nuclear Option" and we don't do that stuff well.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

4. I hope they don't go there

It wouldn't work unless the woman revealed her identity. And from what I've read, Larry Flynt has offered her plenty of money and protection to come forward with the story, but she won't, and I don't blame her. Even without the threat of the BFEE, her life would be torn apart.

But without her name, the story hinges on Flynt's credibility. Flynt is okay in my book, but I doubt his word would carry much weight with the people the story would be intended to sway.