Sharron Angle was portrayed as soft on crime and as an enemy of jobs in a new ad released Tuesday Oct. 26, by Harry Reid’s campaign titled “Sharron Angle’s Nevada: A Dangerous, Scary Place.” Angle, a Republican, is Reid’s Tea Party-backed opponent for the Nevada Senate seat, and the tussle has seen both campaigns become increasingly negative and controversial.
Reid’s ad slammed Angle, saying, “In Sharron Angle’s Nevada, there are no background checks to catch sex offenders working with kids.” A swingset sits empty on a playground, with doleful piano music. “No social security for seniors. Insurance companies won’t have to pay for cancer tests,” it continues. “Our jobs outsourced to China. Sharron Angle’s Nevada? No.”
On Monday Oct. 25, Angle released a controversial ad in which tough-looking brown skinned men, “waves of illegal aliens” pose for mugshots, stride through dark alleys, “join dangerous gangs” and look scary. A white couple frowns, “forced to live in fear,” says the narrator. In the ad, smiling white school children raise their hands while the narrator intones, “Harry Reid voted against declaring English America’s official language. Twice.” “Whose side is Harry Reid on?” asks the narrator. “Not yours.”
According to the Rassmussen Reports poll released on Oct. 26, Angle has a slight lead over Reid of 50 percent to 47 percent, even though President Obama visited the state to campaign for Reid last week. The candidates have been very close in the polls for months.
Reid’s ad slammed Angle, saying, “In Sharron Angle’s Nevada, there are no background checks to catch sex offenders working with kids.” A swingset sits empty on a playground, with doleful piano music. “No social security for seniors. Insurance companies won’t have to pay for cancer tests,” it continues. “Our jobs outsourced to China. Sharron Angle’s Nevada? No.”
On Monday Oct. 25, Angle released a controversial ad in which tough-looking brown skinned men, “waves of illegal aliens” pose for mugshots, stride through dark alleys, “join dangerous gangs” and look scary. A white couple frowns, “forced to live in fear,” says the narrator. In the ad, smiling white school children raise their hands while the narrator intones, “Harry Reid voted against declaring English America’s official language. Twice.” “Whose side is Harry Reid on?” asks the narrator. “Not yours.”
According to the Rassmussen Reports poll released on Oct. 26, Angle has a slight lead over Reid of 50 percent to 47 percent, even though President Obama visited the state to campaign for Reid last week. The candidates have been very close in the polls for months.
