Welcome to your Wednesday open thread. Did you know there’s yet another Senate debate tonight? This is a WHYY studio debate and I don’t think it’s being carried live. I just wonder what crazy thing Christine O’Donnell is going to say this time.
Ben Smith breaks the news that the Spanish-language network Univision will not be airing a controversial segment by the conservative group Latinos for Reform urging Hispanic voters to stay home on election day in Nevada.
“Univision will not be running any spots from Latinos for Reform related to voting,” according to network spokeswoman Monica Talan. “Univision prides itself on promoting civic engagement and our extensive national campaigns encourage Hispanics to vote.”
That’s stunningly cynical, even for the GOP. This has been one election dominated by lies backed by big money.
Certain liberals have been wringing their hands about how mean Jack Conway is because he ran an ad questioning Rand Paul’s pronouncement of faith. I guess it’s paying off for Conway because the latest poll had Conway up by 2%. Now the victim of the prank has given an interview supporting Conway’s ad.
The woman, who again asked for anonymity because she’s a clinical psychologist who works with former members of the military, including Tea Partyers, said she was surprised that Paul is still refusing to acknowlege his past views and the college antics they spawned.
“My whole point in sharing [the episode] was that Randy used to be a different person with different views that have radically changed, and he’s not acknowledging that,” she told me. “That is why I shared it in the first place.”
She added that his college years and views should raise questions “as to how genuine he is about his beliefs now. I have a hard time seeing how someone who espouses beliefs that he used to would turn around and become a conservative Christian.”
She confirmed the ad’s accuracy, and wondered aloud why Paul doesn’t just admit what occured and move on.
I’m sure this is what Rand Paul wanted to be talking about in the last two weeks before the election.