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Forbes, moderate GOP group spar in ads
November 24, 1999
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes is releasing a new ad on Wednesday defending himself from negative charges leveled at him in a TV ad sponsored by the Republican Leadership Council. The ad from the RLC, a moderate Republican group led by supporters of Texas Gov. George W. Bush, charges Forbes with spending "all his money tearing down his opponents." The ad has been running for a week. The Forbes campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, charging that the ad is an illegal campaign contribution to the Bush campaign. The RLC maintains that there was no coordination with the Bush Committee.
Forbes' response ad, which airs in Iowa and New Hampshire beginning Wednesday morning, is narrated by a female voice and asks "Governor Bush to use his influence to get his friends to pull the ad." A graphic in the ad notes that 80 percent of the RLC's leadership has supported Gov. Bush financially. Forbes spokeswoman Juleanna Glover would not detail the size of the buy, except to say it will be "enough to get our message across to voters in Iowa and New Hampshire." |
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