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  Ohio Candidate Can Keep Using Duck to Mock Governor Despite AFLAC's Objections
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Last EditedRP  Sep 18, 2002 07:45pm
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News DateSep 18, 2002 07:45pm
DescriptionGubernatorial candidate Tim Hagan can keep using Internet ads featuring Gov. Bob Taft's head on a duck's body, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, dismissing objections by AFLAC insurance.

AFLAC had complained that the duck in Hagan's Web ads looks too much like the one in AFLAC's commercials, which feature a duck quacking the company name. But U.S. District Judge Kathleen O'Malley refused to block the ads, saying they represent protected political speech.
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