Elizabeth Dole attacks Democrat with Godless ads

On October 31, 2008, The Hill had an article about an attack ad:

Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) has released a second "Godless Americans" ad attacking Democrat Kay Hagan in what increasingly looks like the nastiest battle of the cycle. The new ad appears to take a step back from Dole's earlier controversial ad this week that suggested Hagan, who is ahead in polls, is an atheist. "If Godless Americans threw a party in your honor, would you go?" the ad concludes.

It was posted to a message board on November 1, 2008. On November 2, I responded with this:

This is what Wikipedia has:

Hagan...is active in her Greensboro Presbyterian church...Hagan called the ad "fabricated and pathetic", and stated that she does not support the agenda of the Godless Americans PAC and is not an atheist. Prominent Republicans such as Carter Wrenn and Ed Rollins criticized Dole for the ad.

If the group has the name "Godless" in their title, then using that word isn't by itself offensive.

Here are the two ads: