{"id":158,"date":"2008-09-24T11:58:49","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T11:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/progressiverevival\/2008\/09\/ads-urge-candidates-not-to-bea.html"},"modified":"2008-09-24T11:58:49","modified_gmt":"2008-09-24T11:58:49","slug":"ads-urge-candidates-not-to-bea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/progressiverevival\/2008\/09\/ads-urge-candidates-not-to-bea.html","title":{"rendered":"Ads Urge Candidates Not to Bear False Witness in Presidential Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"


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When Steve Waldman asked the question whether the 9<\/a>th<\/a><\/sup>
\ncommandment was a lesser one<\/a> he must have struck a nerve:<\/p>\n

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Listen to Ad Here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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FaithfulAmerica.org<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is flooding the Mississippi airwaves this week with radio ads demanding accountability and honesty from the candidates at Friday’s presidential debate because, as the ad states, “the Ninth Commandment wasn’t just a suggestion.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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“In Mississippi, we teach our kids to let their ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and their ‘No’ be ‘No,'” the ad begins, echoing the Sermon on the Mount. “Unfortunately, politicians are often more interested in scoring political points and attacking each other than in telling us the whole truth about how they’re going to lead our nation.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The ads encourage voters to contact\u00a0debate moderator Jim Lehrer<\/span>\u00a0to request that he “hold both candidates accountable when they bear false witness about themselves or their opponent.” Faithful America members nationwide are joining in this call to action as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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FaithfulAmerica.org is an online community of more than 80,000 of people of faith. Members made contributions to run the ads in response to an email alert sent Monday. “[This Friday’s] debate is on foreign policy, but the issues won’t matter if the candidates aren’t honest with us,” the email stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The ads are running on Christian and\u00a0Country radio stations<\/span>\u00a0throughout Northern Mississippi and Western Tennessee. You can listen to it\u00a0here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In Mississippi, we teach our kids to let their ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and their ‘No’ be ‘No.’ These age-old values are the foundation of a strong and trusting community and are vital to our democracy…because to make the right decisions, we need to know the facts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, politicians are often more interested in scoring political points and attacking each other than in telling us the whole truth about how they’re going to lead our nation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But this Friday, Mississippians have a chance to make sure that doesn’t happen at the Presidential debate at\u00a0Ole Miss<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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We are asking voters to flood debate moderator, Jim Lehrer, with requests that he hold both candidates accountable when they bear false witness about themselves or their opponent.\u00a0 You can email\u00a0Jim Lehrer<\/span>\u00a0at\u00a0Newshour@pbs.org<\/span>, or get his phone number and find out more at\u00a0WWW.FAITHFULAMERICA.ORG<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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FAITHFULAMERICA.ORG sponsored this ad without approval from a candidate or campaign because our politicians need to understand that the Ninth Commandment wasn’t just a suggestion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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