Unfortunately overshadowed by the mainstream media’s trumped up stuttering nonsense today, there was a real controversy today: Creigh Deeds released an ad late last week claiming that Bob McDonnell was against breast cancer prevention and awareness as Attorney General, in a shocking and disgusting claim from the Deeds campaign. Excerpt of the script:
Sister 2: Pretty good! Health care includes mammograms, cancer screenings…and the salary is what men at my level make.
Sister 1: So basically nothing Bob McDonnell supports?
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(McDonnell)…was willing to let employers drop mammograms and cancer screenings from their health care plans.”
To even insinuate Bob McDonnell is against breast cancer prevention is a new low for the Deeds campaign, as well as just plain insulting to voters intelligence again. Would anyone in their right mind believe Bob McDonnell is truly against breast cancer awareness or prevention? No. So why bother trying? To trying to tie it back to the thesis, and Bob’s anti-women views that have been disproven repeatedly over the last month.
More horrifyingly, Deeds campaign released this ad during Breast Cancer awareness month (as you may have seen, many NFL players wore pink gloves, armbands and hats this weekend in support). Justifiably, McDonnell’s campaign slammed the attack; breast cancer survivors, including Betsy Beamer, former Secretary of the Commonwealth, were truly insulted:
Betsy Beamer: “It wasn’t anger I felt when I heard this ad. It was just a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. Women who hear this ad won’t have the opportunity to find out the truth about this false claim. Mr. Deeds’ has taken his attacks too far.”
Stephanie Hamlett: “Like every other breast cancer survivor I live with the daily fear of recurrence. This ad intentionally exploits those fears. It offends me as a woman, it offends me as a breast cancer survivor, and it offends me as a Virginian. I know Creigh badly wants to be governor, but does he really want to try to win like this?”
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Beamer: To launch this attack on Bob and in the middle of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and based on a simple matter of not signing on to a national form letter is beyond the pale. I’ve been around Virginia politics for a long time. While candidates and parties can disagree on issues, we shouldn’t disagree on simple decency and civility. There are certain lines a candidate, no matter how desperate, should never cross. This is one of them.
Read Bob McDonnell’s press release here. This was the real story today and needs to be told. The Deeds campaign should immediately retract this ad and apologize. Disgraceful.
