Charlotte Pritt takes the stand - Testifies against the RNC.

[Lt. Governor 2B]

http://sundaygazettemail.com/section/News/2006030737

FAYETTEVILLE — Charlotte Pritt took the stand Tuesday in Fayette County Circuit Court and disputed Republican ads that she said distorted her patriotism and her beliefs when she ran for governor.

In a series of ads that ran in the final days of the gubernatorial race, Republican-paid consultants wrote that Pritt wanted to dishonor West Virginia veterans, teach first-graders how to use condoms, prevent the saying of the Pledge of Allegiance and allow flag burning, among other items.

One by one, Pritt took aim at each ad. She substituted what she called the illogic of the language of the ads and replaced it with an explanation of her legislative record. Before she ran for governor, Pritt was a member of the House of Delegates and the Senate.

For example, one ad said she voted against honoring West Virginia’s Gulf War veterans, she said.

“I was a Marine Corps wife ...” she said. “My high school sweetheart came back in a body bag.” She voted to give veterans a bonus, but she voted against a resolution to authorize the president to send people to war, she said.