sailingaway
10-31-2010, 11:04 AM
http://ethicsalarms.com/2010/10/31/schemes-slander-and-deception-the-most-unethical-maneuvers-of-campaign-2010/
"5. Jack Conway’s low-blow attack on Rand Paul’s religion (or lack of it). Losing in the Kentucky race for the U.S. Senate against eccentric Republican Rand Paul, Democrat Jack Conway dug deep, avoided his conscience, and decided to mine a ridiculous and irrelevant G.Q. article that spun out tales from an anonymous co-ed from Rand’s college days. She told tales out of school, literally, painting the libertarian as acting, like, well, a lot of college kids, and specifically one who liked to challenge Baylor’s overtly Christian culture. In Conway’s media hitmen’s hands, however, the non-story became a sinister scandal about secret societies, paganism ( as if anyone seriously worships something called “Aqua Buddha”—talk about screaming “joke”! ) and kidnapping, which the “victim” herself denied. For a member of a party that has been condemning those who have questioned Obama’s religious beliefs to use college pranks to raise questions about a Republican candidate’s religion is bad enough; to suggest that Paul committed the federal crime of kidnapping when he obviously didn’t is worse."
"5. Jack Conway’s low-blow attack on Rand Paul’s religion (or lack of it). Losing in the Kentucky race for the U.S. Senate against eccentric Republican Rand Paul, Democrat Jack Conway dug deep, avoided his conscience, and decided to mine a ridiculous and irrelevant G.Q. article that spun out tales from an anonymous co-ed from Rand’s college days. She told tales out of school, literally, painting the libertarian as acting, like, well, a lot of college kids, and specifically one who liked to challenge Baylor’s overtly Christian culture. In Conway’s media hitmen’s hands, however, the non-story became a sinister scandal about secret societies, paganism ( as if anyone seriously worships something called “Aqua Buddha”—talk about screaming “joke”! ) and kidnapping, which the “victim” herself denied. For a member of a party that has been condemning those who have questioned Obama’s religious beliefs to use college pranks to raise questions about a Republican candidate’s religion is bad enough; to suggest that Paul committed the federal crime of kidnapping when he obviously didn’t is worse."