“Insulting To Real Seniors”

Arlington, VA — The head of a senior citizens’ organization called an attack ad aimed at Senator Elizabeth Dole “rude and frankly insulting to real senior citizens.”

“I know Senator Dole personally and she is a classy young lady,” said 60 Plus President Jim Martin. “Exaggerating her age by 20 years in an attempt to question her competence and dedication is an attack on real seniors and is insulting to North Carolina voters. Playing the age card is bad enough, fibbing in order to play it is an outrage.”

“It is also hypocritical in the extreme to launch an age attack while saying nothing about the 25 Democratic members of Congress who are many years Senator Dole’s senior,” Martin said.

Martin referred to the Hagan/DSCC ad which touts a so-called study which includes 50 (and 25 Democratic) legislators who are between 72 and 90 years old.

“Mrs. Hagan should apologize to North Carolinians for fouling the airwaves with this kind of attack and have this Democratic committee take down the ad,” Martin said.

“Coincidentally, 60 Plus rates Senator Dole as a highly effective leader — primarily for her work on repealing the death tax and working to save Social Security for future generations.”

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