Terror ad roils Deutsch-Castor rivalry

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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2004/08/23/a5a_demsen_0823.html

Terror ad roils Deutsch-Castor rivalry
By S.V. Dte and Larry Lipman

Palm Beach Post Staff Writers

Monday, August 23, 2004

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Democratic race for U.S. Senate has seen its first large-scale negative ad, with U.S. Rep. Peter Deutsch attacking former University of South Florida President Betty Castor for her handling of a terror suspect.

The television ad running since Saturday in Tampa and Orlando markets opens with a black screen and two voices whispering about the secret no one in the Democratic primary is supposed to talk about: front-runner Castor's biggest vulnerability, former USF engineering Professor Sami Al-Arian.

"Betty Castor didn't speak out about terrorist Professor Sami Al-Arian when she was USF president," one voice says.<snip>

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1. Nasty ad ...

wife says he won't get her vote just because of the tone.