-Schmidt Oard Ad Raises Ruckus

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WASHINGTON -- A billboard criticizing Rep. Jean Schmidt for a speech she gave on the floor of the U.S. House has spurred a political squabble of its own.

The Democratic National Committee last week tried to buy a billboard in Portsmouth and one in Cincinnati criticizing Schmidt, R- Loveland, for her speech implying a congressional colleague was a coward for wanting to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. She later apologized and withdrew the remarks.

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-Schmidt Oard Ad Raises Ruckus

The Democrats' plan was stymied when the Lamar Advertising Co., which owns the billboards, rejected the proposed ad,...

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