Thursday, August 26, 2004

Salazar and MoveOn.org

A day after the anti-Salazar ad aired, MoveOn.org has an anti-Coors ad up on its website. Well, it's actually an anti-Republican ad. Of course, Salazar has used the lightest possible language to condemn the new anti-Coors ad in this morning's DP:

Salazar has said that he is not opposed to independent, out- of-state groups inserting themselves into the election. His objection has been to those organizations running negative ads.

"If some group came in here and was running something false and negative against Coors, we would ask them to take it off," said Salazar campaign manager Jim Carpenter.

That's what happened with the Web video, Wertz said: "We have left them a message and asked them to take it off."


Apparently, MoveOn.org didn't get the message because the video is still on the website. Check it out. It is actually so over-the-top that its comical.

Should Salazar take more extreme measures to get the ad removed? I don't think so, but at the same time, he should not expect Coors to take these same measures to remove the anti-Salazar ad.

Make sure to visit Salazar v. Coors for the complete rundown on the Colorado Senate Race.