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Godless Americans (2008)

Published: Oct. 28, 2021, 11:30 a.m.

It\u2019s October 27th. This day in 2008, an ad endorsed by Elizabeth Dole is running in North Carolina accusing Senate candidate Kay Hagan of being a \u201cgodless American.\u201d

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how the ad was deceptively edited, why it created such a backlash, and why the charge of \u201cGodlessness\u201d is so stick in American politics.

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Our team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Julie Shapiro, Executive Producer at Radiotopia