Rape victim's dad calls GOP group's ad about Kane a lie
The father of a rape victim had denounced as a lie a Republican group's campaign commercial slamming as "soft" on rape Kathleen Kane, the Democratic nominee for state Attorney General in the Nov. 6 general election.
Rape victim's dad calls GOP group's ad about Kane a lie
Chris Brennan
The father of a rape victim had denounced as a lie a Republican group's campaign commercial slamming as "soft" on rape Kathleen Kane, the Democratic nominee for state Attorney General in the Nov. 6 general election. The Republican State Leadership Committee in Washington, D.C. used the man's daughter as one of two examples of rape victims to criticize Kane's experience as an assistant district attorney in Lackawanna County.
"The advertisement says that Kathleen Kane made a plea bargain in a rape case that a judge says wasn't tough enough," the father wrote in a letter released Friday by Kane's campaign. "I know that's a lie, because it was my daughter that was the victim in the case.
The father goes on to say Kane played no role in the case. He calls on the RSLC to take down the ad, adding that the Republican candidate, Cumberland County District Attorney David Freed should do the same. "If they can't convince people to vote for him without lying, he should not even be running," the father concludes about the RSLC and Freed.
His letter is backed up by a letter from Gene Talerico, the 1st assistant district attorney in Lackawanna County, who accuses the RSLC of using "distortions and outright falsehoods" in the ad. Talerico, who supervised the rape case, said he can "unequivocally state" that Kane had no involvement in how it was resolved. Talerico said Kane role was an "administrative function," signing the original charges against the rapist before another assistant district attorney took over.
The Kane campaign released 42 pages of court documents that appear to back up Talerico's description of her role in the case. That included court transcripts of a different assistant district attorney handling the case.
The RSLC reacted to Kane's claim in today's Daily News Clout column, where she denied being the prosecutor in the case, by saying she "went on the defensive" to "explain away her weak record." That "fact-check" from the GOP group came before Kane released the records and letters.
The RSLC is paying $558,700 to run the commercial on four television stations -- 6ABC, NBC10, CBS3 and Fox29 --in Philadelphia for a week.
UPDATE, 6:30 pm: PoliticsPA.com is reporting that the Republican State Leadership Committee will edit the ad to remove the reference to the case.
I hope neither dems nor repubs are surprised by this, because it's common occurrence in both camps. Distort facts or just flat-out lie, get called a liar, go on the defensive by highlighting the other side's shortcomings, and repeat as necessary.— jevans- Why is the advertisement on this page when it is a complete lie? — Seed
- Jevans: please mention the lie or false advertisement Kaine is running against her opponent.
GOP has to lie as their truth will not win them any middle class vote. Democrats are toughening up but as the Kaine campaign shows it has to hit back hard, otherwise the lies will prevail.
Death panel and medicare destruction lies were primary drivi g force in 2010 cycle.— Seed - Obama says yesterday on TV that fast and furious started under Bush, which is a lie. Where is the media on that one? Lies are only called out when it involves Republcians.— CD75
- CD: call the office of GOP representative Issiah who is investigating the program and ask when the program was created. It will lead you to the truth you have hard time believing. — Seed
- I'm sorry, but did you read the article? It is about the race for Attorney General in Pennsylvania. It doesn't mention Obama, Bush, or Operation Fast and Furious. Please explain what your comment has to do with this article, because I am beginning to believe that "CD75" is just some rightwing spambot that leaves the same comment on any article that is in the category of "politics." — Blanketman
- Under Bush it was a program called "Operation Wide Receiver"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal— Pelti - Obama says yesterday on TV that fast and furious started under Bush, which is a lie. Where is the media on that one? Lies are only called out when it involves Republcians.— CD75
- See! CD75 is a spambot. — Blanketman
- Obama says yesterday on TV that fast and furious started under Bush, which is a lie. Where is the media on that one? Lies are only called out when it involves Republcians.— CD75
- The exact same- and completely irrelevant- comment is posted by CD75, the rightwing spambot. Note to whoever programmed CD75- your spambot is malfunctioning and keeps posting the same comment to the wrong article. Isn't this how Skynet got started? — Blanketman
- Politician = liar, chiseler , fraud, deceitful , petty, pandered, untrustful, and any other negative you can think of. The only reason they lie about each other is because they are all afraid of running on their accomplishments and agenda.— Mystified
- Hey CD75, what did Obama say yesterday? I missed it...— TannerMcG
- CD75 has to be a spambot. He/she/it has been leaving the same comment on every article about politics. Obama, Bush, and Operation Fast and Furious aren't even mentioned anywhere in this article, but CD75 is a spambot- or else an extremely dumb commentator who can't even follow a relatively short newspaper article. — Blanketman
- What? A political ad, paid for by out of state operators, is a flat out lie? No, really? What else you got, liars? You didn't help your candidate. In fact, you just confirmed what many have suspected. You are desperate and will resort to anything to win...— Getinline
