POLITICS
Campaigns move to Christian radio
Frohnmayer pulling out all stops to get vote from Mobley supporters
By Joe Kidd
Emerald Politics Editor
A firestorm of negative ad
vertising on Christian radio sta
tions throughout Oregon mas
be Republican Dave Krohnmay
er’s last crucial maneuver
against Independent Al Mobley
for the governorship.
Despite the fact that Demo
crat Barbara Roberts holds a
slight lead over Krohnmayer in
the polls, third-party candidate
Mobley oddly appears to have
become Frohnmayer's primary
challenger by becoming his
biggest stumbling block
A barrage of ads aired over
Christian airwaves the last two
weeks attests to that.
The ads — potshots ex
changed by Krohnmayer and
Mobley — have become both
the focus of Frohnmayer’s at
tempts to pull voters from Mob
ley’s camp and a subject of de
bate among Christians around
the state.
Campaign spokesman Dave
Henderson admitted that
Krohnmayer's campaign has
targeted Christian radio ste
tions in an effort to win support
for Krohnmayer. who is trailing
Roberts by (i percent (42 to ;tti
percent) in the polls.
"There certainly is .1 segment
of voters who listen to Chris
tian radio, and Dave is trying to
reach out to those people.’’
Henderson said. "There are
some folks who recognize that
Mobley is not going to win.
and w e want to pul I them in
Mobley has about 14 percent
of the vote, according to the
most recent poll, with the ma
jority of his support being vot
ers that Krohnmayer might
have gotten it Mobley were not
in the race.
The question both candi
dates' ads direct to (Christians is
"Do you vote for the candidate
who most closely shares your
own values, or do you vote for
the ’lesser of two evils.’ if that
lesser evil is more likely to
win?”
One of Mobley's most recent
ails tries to answer that ques
tion for Christians by exhorting
them to vote their conscience
by supporting Mobley, the only
anti-abortion candidate on the
ballot. It also labels Krohnmay
er as “the lesser of two evils"
Dave Frohnmayer
when compared to Roberts.
"Professional politicians are
worried because hundreds of
thousands of Christian voters
have forever denounced the
practice of voting for the lesser
of two evils." the radio ad says
"Forty years of watching our
society degenerate has shown
us clearly that the lesser evil
doesn't help.''
Frohnmayer's ads. however,
are telling Christians that Mot)
lev is a lost cause, and instead
of a lesser evil. "Dave Frohn
mayer is a true fist al conserva
tive."
”A1 Mobley cannot win this
election," says Rep. Robert
Smith. K-Ore. in one ol the ra
dio ads for Fruhnmayer "He's
not running to win He's run
ning to send a conservative
message to Salem. If you sup
port Al Mobley, you could help
elect the most liberal candi
date. Barbara Roberts, ”
Smith's congressional dis
trict of Kastern and Southern
Oregon has given the highest
levels of support to Mobley
up to in percent in the most re
cent poll
Smith's pitch for Frohnmay
er. a similar ad narrated by lor
mer Gov. Victor Ativeh and a
plea by Frohnmayer himself be
gen airing on both set ular and
Christian radio stations over
the last two weeks.
Moreover, as the dispute
among Christians has heated
up over whether to support
anti-abortion Mobley or morn
likeiy-to-win Frohnmayer. oth
er conservative groups have
come out with their own ails
AI Mobley
And tliti onslaught of »ds. often
times airing within minutes of
oat h other, has raised concerns
about division in the Christian
community.
A group called Christians for
Responsible Politic a I Involve
ment has emerged this fall, re
centlv airing atls on Christian
stations in support of Frohn
maver Th«» group's most recent
ad, released last week harshly
denounces Mobley as decop
live
“A! Mobley would have vou
believe that he has the experi
ence net essarv to manage the
state of (tregon But a review of
Mobley's background tells a
different story.” the ad says,
claiming th.it Mobley's resume
of having managed large budg
ets as an engineer with the
Army Corps of Kngineers is
false
Hut Mobley's campaign sees
the group as nothing more than
"a branch of the Frohnmayer
campaign” with the "veil” ot a
Christian name said campaign
spokesman Darrel Fuller.
Henderson denied those
charges and said Frohiimaver's
campaign has had nothing to
do w ith the ( liristian group
Hut despite the Frohnmayer
• ampaign's let k of involvement
with the group, the Oregon Re
publican Party did handle the
investigation into Mobley's
bai kgrnund that resulted in the
Christian group's radio ad And
members ol the Republican Par
ty were responsible last week
for publicizing the Christian
group's press conferences held
in larger ( ities around the state
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