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American Taxpayers Alliance

Posted on 11-15-2004 10:24 AM EDT

Democrats in Vermont complained about an advertising campaign run by the American Taxpayers Alliance that criticized lieutenant governor candidate Cheryl Rivers, the Montpelier Times Argus reported. The paper termed the ads' characterization of Rivers’ remarks as "out-of-context and distorted."

The ad provided Rivers' home telephone number, then urged people to call her at home and tell her they would not vote for her.

"We have a campaign finance law to make sure that when some media goes on the air, we all know who is doing it and what they're paying for it," Rivers said.

Rivers won by more than 20 percentage points.