WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Accusations are flying from both sides about the funding and content of presidential campaign ads two Washington newspapers reported Thursday.
On one side, the D.C.-based People of Color United has produced a series of radio ads targeting urban blacks that describes Democrat John Kerry as "rich, white and wishy-washy," the Washington Post said.
It also made fun his wife's claim to having African-American heritage. Teresa Heinz Kerry was born in Mozambique, but the ad announcer says: "I don't believe a white woman, raised in Africa, surrounded by servants, qualifies."
People of Color United is a non-profit, tax-exempt group not affiliated with either party.
On the other side, the Kerry campaign slammed a television ad featuring President Bush and his wife, Laura, talking about the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Kerry campaign spokesman Chad Clanton accused Bush of invoking the attacks for political gain at a time when the president has been unable to pull ahead of Kerry in the polls, the Washington Times said.
"This is Bush's idea of an optimistic campaign?" he said. "The president has his back against the wall, so now he invokes Sept. 11 in his ads."
