Wow. Apparently the voice at the end saying “there is no God” is someone attempting to impersonate Dole’s opponent, Kay Hagen.I have to say, as a political matter, if you’re running for Senate in North Carolina, you might want to think twice about attending a Godless Americans PAC fundraiser. (Who knew there were such things?) Seems to me that if candidates are allowed to ask “what did you promise in return” for contributions from the insurance industry or labor unions or anything else, that it’s fair game to ask what views you took that so pleased the Godless Americans. But by then having the Hagan impersonator say “there is no God,” Dole took a basically legitimate ad and drove miles over the line.UPDATE: Dang, I fell for it! Turns out the money wasn’t from the PAC but from a fundraiser organized by a women who had helped create that PAC. Also turns out that Hagan is a Sunday school teacher and an elder at First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro. By the way, what is “godless money”? Bills with the In God We Trust crossed out? And where can I get myself some of the more God-full greenbacks?

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