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Bob Schaffer debuted his new ad today, his much-anticipated first.
A problem began to become apparent when, well, actual Colorado residents started to see this ad. Kind of a subtle problem, but I've found in life that subtle things like this are, you know, indicative. Not that we're taking it too seriously, except to point out that this ad is disingenuous in more than the most obvious way. As we said in our press release,
Schaffer Fumbles "Colorado Common Sense" in New TV Ad
Claims Denali is Pike's Peak
Call for Schaffer to Pull Ad Immediately
For Immediate Release
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Michael Huttner
(303) 931-4547 cell
Denver -- Bob Schaffer launched a new television ad in Colorado where he claims to have "Colorado Common Sense" while falsely claiming that Denali (Mt. McKinley) is Pike's Peak.
"That Schaffer would claim "Colorado common sense" when he doesn't know the difference between Pike's Peak and Denali in Alaska shows he's a fool," stated Michael Huttner, Executive Director of ProgressNowAction, the state's largest online progressive advocacy organization. "We call on Schaffer to immediately pull his ad and stop misleading the public over his lack of knowledge of Colorado."
Schaffer's new ad shows the image of Denali at the same time that he claims it's Pike's Peak and that our state needs some "Colorado common sense."
While Schaffer claims Colorado is his life, the truth is that Schaffer is from Ohio, where he graduated in from the University of Dayton in 1984 and worked as partisan political operative in Ohio until 1985.
"To Schaffer, who came here from Ohio, all mountains probably look the same, but Coloradans with common sense know better," added Huttner.
In Schaffer's new ad launched today in the Western Slope and Southern Colorado can be viewed at www.ColoradoPols.com.
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