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[The Happy Warrior]

This race is getting ugly. At UofL today, Chris Matthews grilled Conway on his attack ads which paint Rand Paul as someone who mocks religion. You can see some of the animus in the debate this Sunday, where it gets started immediately. Paul is milking the shame card and trying to take the high road. He takes to being prickly naturally. But so, too, does Conway to being a sleezebag.

Conway likes to demagogue the budget, incessantly raising fears that Paul will cut payments to seniors. Uh, exactly, we can't afford it. Paul is the only Republican who has mentioned what he will cut (Dept of Education and Dept of Agriculture), and he is getting major shit for it. He should be acknowledged for his forthrightness and honesty, which is more than I can say for Conway's doublespeak and accusations. Meanwhile, Conway backs extending all the Bush tax cuts and is selling his hometown tax credit.

Paul is calling for a reasonable discussion about drugs. And Conway is playing the 'you don't know Kentucky, our oxycotin/meth problem is serious here,' even as Paul is suggesting moving away from law enforcement approach.

Conway is a perfect example of the kind of wretched, middle-of-the-road, Midwestern Democrat who stands for nothing but his own ambition. He's not one of the good Democrats who are languishing in the polls in other states.

Edit: I think this is the distinct difference between Paul and Conway. Watch from the 8:05 mark, and the summary at 9:15 where Rand Paul briefly becomes the most sane man in national politics.

[The Happy Warrior]

Chris Matthews Nearly Makes Jack Conway Cry

[mises]

That debate is tough to watch. Conway is a snake.

[geldedgoat]

[Fox]

Rand Paul is such an easy political target. Jack Conway is a total idiot; bringing up inane crap like "aqua buddha" or things from Paul's college days is unnecessary and reflects poorly on him. Paul has enough vulnerable points based purely on his current positions, and bringing up this kind of nonsense just allows Paul to feign offense and turn Conway's own pettiness back on him. "Rand Paul wants to end faith based initiatives and deductions for donations to religious charities," would have been a perfectly fine -- and, according to politifact, fairly accurate -- attack ad (insofar as that's an attack; I consider wanting to end those things positive) without bringing up the rest of this stupid crap.

I also don't think it's wrong to mock people of faith. Mockery is an important part of our culture.

[The Happy Warrior]

[mises]

Is the drug problem there the legal kind now? Oxy and the rest? I've read that the legal opiates are the new big thing.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/100279/vanguard-the-oxycontin-express

Rand Paul is up by 4%. Very close. Warrior says he's a libertarian pretending to be a neo-con. I hope that is true.

[bucheon bum]

[The Happy Warrior]

For the sake of fairness, here's another perspective. Now, Josh Green is a national reporter, and he's focusing on atmospherics, not issues. Normally I wouldn't post this kind of thing. But Josh did actually drive down to the real Kentucky (I live in Louisville) and do some reporting, so its worth a read.

[mithridates]

Pretty much entirely unrelated, but Kentuckians have a pretty nice accent. Also, the state should change its name back to Transylvania.

[mises]

Transylvania? I did not know that.

http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/26/poll-jack-conway-aqua-buddha-ad-backfired-in-race-for-kentucky-senate/

[caniff]

[mithridates]

And looks like he's projected to win with 10% of the vote counted. I hope he takes up the Transylvania issue post haste.

[Louis VI]

[mises]