Are you kidding me?
Elizabeth Dole, in her concession speech after she lost the North Carolina Senate race to Kay Hagan, said this:
“People from faraway places poured tens of millions of dollars into North Carolina, funding tough, unfair negative ads against me. I responded forcefully. I’m not happy with the tone this race acquired, but I must say I will never regret fighting as hard as I could for the privilege of continuing to serve the people of my state.”
This from the woman who implied that her opponent was palling around with atheists in an effort to smear her.
The money quotation is at the 2:35 mark.
(via Dispatches from the Culture Wars)