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To: calgal who wrote (4126)	11/15/2003 11:50:52 PM
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New Lieberman Ad Takes Swipe at Dean Friday, November 14, 2003 WASHINGTON — In the first presidential campaign ad that singles out a Democratic rival, Joe Lieberman (search) criticizes front-runner Howard Dean (search) for his Confederate flag comment and his rejection of public financing. Lieberman, trailing his major rivals in New Hampshire polls, does not mention Dean by name in the television spot that began airing there Friday. However, the subject is clear when he says, "I don't think it's right to have raised a divisive symbol like the Confederate flag (search). Or to give up on principles like limiting the amount of money in campaigns." Dean, a former Vermont governor, recently came under fire for saying he wanted to be the candidate of Southern whites who drive pickup trucks with the Confederate flag. Dean also rejected public financing and the accompanying spending limits during the primary. Lieberman campaign aides say the public financing comment also refers to rival John Kerry, who also opted out of the post-Watergate system on Friday. In many of his own ads, Dean has drawn contrasts between himself and his Democratic opponents as a group — calling them "Washington Democrats" and the like. Other candidates have implied differences with their opponents, but the references have not been directly targeted to specific foes as in Lieberman's ad. Mandy Grunwald, Lieberman's media adviser, said the goal was not to criticize Dean. "It's not a spot about him. It's a spot about what the campaign should focus on," she said. Dean said Friday that he had not seen the ad but that Lieberman shouldn't have brought up the Confederate flag. "I was criticized for using a divisive symbol. I apologized, and Joe may end up having to do the same thing," Dean told reporters outside of his Iowa campaign headquarters in Ames. "If I shouldn't use them, he shouldn't either." Lieberman spokesman Jano Cabrera said the difference is that Dean embraced the Confederate flag (search) without realizing that his action was wrong and then didn't apologize for days, while Lieberman has always known that it was wrong to embrace the symbol. "This isn't the issue we want to engage on," Cabrera said. The campaign would rather debate the differences between Lieberman's and Dean's tax plans, he said. In the 30-second ad, Lieberman says that the campaign should be about "expanded access to health care, tax cuts for 98 percent of taxpayers and deficit reduction to protect Social Security." "That would be a fresh start," the Connecticut senator says. The campaign would not disclose the cost of the ad, but said airtime was bought in Manchester, N.H., and in Vermont, which broadcasts into New Hampshire. Sources familiar with the buy say Lieberman is spending at least $60,000 to air ads through Tuesday. Lieberman is focusing his efforts — and his money — on New Hampshire and other early voting states in place of Iowa, which he abandoned last month.