The GOP operative behind the fake Morgan Freeman campaign ad

By Sue Sturgis / November 2, 2010

ben_mathis_george_laura_bush.jpgIt turns out that actor Morgan Freeman didn't make a campaign ad for a Republican congressional challenger in North Carolina after all. But the controversy over the spot, which was made by a major Republican and Tea Party power broker, shows the kind of misleading tactics voters have been subject to this campaign season.

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