Mr. Shaman
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- May 4, 2010
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Really? He's going to get reelected with 36% of the vote?
Even if you like that dick weed, the fact that you would still defend an ad he puts out with blatantly false attacks and slandering another man's character is pretty despicable on your part. This type of sleaze should not be defended on either side of the aisle. I actually feel embarrassed for you.
I neither need, nor want your pity. Is it blatantly false? Not hardly. His opponent, Taliban Dan, is a religious extremist. It's a clear caricature, but not a blatantly false attack.
Since you're more or less a fence sitter, here's a clue. Politics isn't nice. It isn't gentle. It's war, using words as weapons. It's bare knuckles street fighting. You, and the other milquetoast pretentious nambie pambies, can whine about gutter politics all you want. It makes no difference. The fact is that attack politics works, and has always worked. I have respect for Grayson taking the gloves off, and it's something more Democrats need to do.
The ad is a flat out lie perpetuated by a dishonest and dishonorable man.....
So........
"Grayson spokesman Sam Drzymala told FactCheck that "the campaign interpreted Webster's remarks to mean that he believes wives should submit to their husbands."
The ad also claims Webster opposes abortion in cases of rape (something Webster has not denied)http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upsho...yson-receives-pushback-for-taliban-dan-attack, wants to "make divorce illegal," tried to prohibit alimony payments to an adulterous wife but not to an adulterous husband, and "denied abused women health care."
Sarah Posner at Religion Dispatches raises the question of whether Webster's complete remarks really do show a different context. Posner interviewed author Kathryn Joyce, who said the following:
"Saying that a woman should pray for God's guidance in submission, if she wants to, is not leniency, but rather standard evangelical language that emphasizes individuals must obey biblical mandates regardless of how others around them behave. So, Webster is saying, men must be accountable to God for their responsibility to love their wives regardless of whether she submits -- that they must pray to do right, even if she doesn't."
Webster's camp hasn't spoken directly about the submission statement, but it continues to blast the ad overall."
......where are all o' the CONFLICTS??????