Did Jack Conway go too far?
Posted: October 19, 2010.
Print: The Washington Post
Jack Conway, the democratic candidate for the Kentucky Senate seat runs an ad that accuses his republican opponent Rand Paul of not being Christian, based on a college prank.
> “Why was Rand Paul a member of a secret society that called the
> Holy Bible a ‘hoax’,” asks the ad’s narrator. “Why did Rand Paul
> once tie a woman up, tell her to bow down before a false idol and
> say his god was ‘Aqua Buddha’.”
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> ...Paul vehemently denied being involved in any kidnapping, saying
> only that he went along with a college prank… The “anti-
> Christian” charge comes from Paul’s membership in a secret society
> while at Baylor University that published mocking statements
> regarding the Bible in newsletters.
Rand Paul is forced to counter with ads which declare that Paul “keeps Christ in his heart” and which attack Conway for “bearing false witness”.
The reporter notes similarities with a 2008 campaign for the North Carolina Senate seat, where Republican candidate Elizabeth Dole “launched what is now commonly known as the ‘Godless American’ ad —insinuating that [her opponent’s] attendance at a fundraiser sponsored by a leader of the Godless Americans PAC raised questions about her religious beliefs.”
The opponent countered with ads accusing Dole of “bearing false witness against fellow Christians”.
This tea party movement is stocked with amateurs. One was a witch, one was a re-enactor dressed as a nazi, there was talk of headless torsos and internet porn. This is a distraction. We have real issues. This tea party movement is promising to change fundamentally our social structure. It looks to me like they want to return to the guided age at the turn of the century, they are certainly supported by our modern robber barons.
It is unfortunate that we just can’t call them out for the crap they want to do and have to try and tie them to their past. Their constituencies don’t care about that stuff. They hate Obama more then the aqua buddha.
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