North Carolina GOP leadership divided over Obama ad (or not)?

[RiverStone]

Some say it's pulled, some say it's only partially pulled. Stories below - the AP source was posted more recently.

North Carolina GOP leadership divided over Obama ad

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican leaders are standing by a TV ad critical of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama despite dissension in their own ranks and one station's refusal to air it.

Republican National Committee member Linda Shaw said Thursday she was shocked that her colleagues decided to produce and air the ad, which shows Obama with his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, and a clip of Wright's anti-U.S. comments.

"I do not support it," Shaw said. "I had nothing to do with it ... and I'm very disappointed."

Shaw, a longtime party leader, said she repeatedly urged state party chairwoman Linda Daves to withdraw the spot.

John McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee, asked party officials to not run the ad on Wednesday and again Thursday.

"I cannot dictate to the North Carolina Republican Party what their message is, but I condemn it and I can appeal to the overwhelming majority of Republicans in the state of North Carolina," McCain said while campaigning in New Orleans.

State GOP spokesman Brent Woodcox said officials still planned to air the ad Monday, beginning with the evening newscasts. He said the party had not completed the details on the size of the ad buy.

more:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxZidnkfsG30rvsK1O8u20me7uaAD908GR5O6

On the other hand....

North Carolina Republicans pull anti-Obama ad

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - North Carolina's Republican Party on Thursday withdrew an advertisement critical of Democrat Barack Obama's links to a controversial preacher, Republican John McCain's campaign said.

McCain senior adviser Charlie Black said he had been informed by the Republican National Committee's representative in North Carolina, that the state party had agreed to withdraw the ad.

McCain, the Republicans' presumptive presidential nominee, had appealed to the state party to withdraw the ad, saying he wanted to run a respectful campaign.

Obama has come under fire for attending a Chicago church for two decades where the Rev. Jeremiah Wright was pastor. Wright has drawn criticism for statements including saying the U.S. government spread the AIDS virus to black Americans. He has since retired.

The 30-second ad in question attacked Democratic North Carolina gubernatorial candidates Beverly Perdue and Richard Moore for their endorsements of Obama, referring to the Illinois senator's "judgment" in supporting Wright and calling him "too extreme for North Carolina."

more:

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2429689820080424

While we wait for clarity from the pukes on WTF are they using race baiting tactics (again), has Hillary condemned the ad? :shrug:

[mrreowwr_kittty]

1. I imagine some religious Republicans are very uncomfortable with this.

What's to stop people from bringing cameras into their church and using the words of their pastors against them?

[mmonk]

20. Yes, they are main ones opposing this I think.

And Judge Orr.

[gabeana]

2. I haven't heard

but why would she? I wouldn't be surprised if one her surrogates is behind the ad

[GoldieAZ49]

10. don't be so silly it is an ad for the statewide race

Governor and some other office for the GOP. Everything in the ad is public material.

Pelosi is talking about a ticket with both Obama and HIllary, and some here accuse her of being in the GOP and then are angry if her supporters don't want anything to do with Obama?

MSNBC said Hillary did denounce their running the ad.

Stop being so paranoid about Hillary.

Obama knew all about Wright and that he was going to be a problem before he announced his candidacy.

[gabeana]

14. come on you know Hillary pushed this

she pushed it in the debate, you know she would do anything to win, don't be naive, after all she is a proven liar

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

15. her campaign was asked if she rejected it and they wouldn't answer

first honest thing so far from them, to at least not lie.

just didn't answer.

[gabeana]

21. I know and then her kool-aid drinkers

act surprised when we call her on their race baiting. Since they do not disavow her I am going to start assuming they approve of race baiting and lying

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

17. NCGOP hitting wall trying to find tv stations to air their attack ad

North Carolina TV Station Rejects Obama/Wright Ad

By Eric Kleefeld - April 24, 2008, 5:40PM

The North Carolina Republican Party is hitting a wall in their efforts to run that attack ad against Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright: Finding a TV station that will run it.

WRAL-TV, the CBS affiliate in the "Triangle" region of Raleigh, Durham and Fayetteville, has officially rejected the ad.
WTVD, the ABC outlet in that same media market, is also saying they haven't been asked to run the ad but would have reservations about doing so.

[GoldieAZ49]

23. Good

they don't want to touch a racial charged ad

[cbayer]

3. I just heard an interview with the head of the state party

and she stated emphatically that the ad would run.

She came across as a complete idiot and was asked very hard questions.

She said they would run it even if John McCain calls her and asks her personally not to do it.

Let them show themselves for what they are.

[RiverStone]

5. So they are giving the finger to their party's nominee. n/t

[GoldieAZ49]

9. it is an ad for a statewide race but will affect the presidential primary too nt

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

19. thats why they are in the minority here in NC

minority in the state legislature, and can't win the governor's office.

[jenmito]

4. I saw on MSNBC that they checked with the NC GOP and they said the article is NOT true-that they ARE

going to run the ad starting next week.

[cbayer]

7. See above

The head of the state GOP just said that nothing would stop them from running it. It was on ATC. I will look for a link to it.

Why does anyone watch MSNBC when we have NPR? I just don't get it.

[Boz]

6. The Ad has not and will not run, they did this because it was cheap. Say your going to run it

and it gets run hundreds of times nationally as it is "reported" on.

[cbayer]

8. Here is a link to the NPR interview.

Listen for yourself.

[GoldieAZ49]

11. no link nt

[cbayer]

13. Why is that? Because I am an idiot.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89922205

:rofl:

[GoldieAZ49]

16. Thank you!!!

from a fellow idiot :hi:

[Hippo_Tron]

12. I think it will get pulled

My theory as I've stated in the other thread is that this entire thing was orchestrated to make McCain look good for telling his own party to pull a negative ad. It has the side benefit of the media playing the ad over and over again.

[josephinemolix]

18. The latest news from Politico is that the ad will run next week

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0408/NC_GOP_ad_still_to_air.html

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

22. television stations are turning them down

http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1048412.html

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/north_carolina_tv_station_reje.php