Godless Americans (2008)

This Day in Esoteric Political History

English - October 28, 2021 11:30 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 913 ratings
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It’s October 27th. This day in 2008, an ad endorsed by Elizabeth Dole is running in North Carolina accusing Senate candidate Kay Hagan of being a “godless American.”

Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how the ad was deceptively edited, why it created such a backlash, and why the charge of “Godlessness” is so stick in American politics.

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