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  Bowles rejects ban on TV ads
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Last EditedRP  Sep 12, 2002 07:47pm
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News DateFriday, September 13, 2002 01:47:15 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionRepublican Elizabeth Dole's proposal to bar TV political advertising during the fall Senate election was rejected Wednesday, as Democrat Erskine Bowles prepared to open an advertising campaign with a commercial on trade issues this morning.

As she won the GOP nomination, Dole proposed that she and Bowles forgo political advertising and instead each put up $2 million for a series of televised prime time forums. Dole said the public was tired of negative attack ads and would prefer a polite discourse on the issues.
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