Posted on 09/28/2010 8:40:54 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
Rep. Alan Grayson's attempt to equate his Republican challenger with the Taliban is having a big impact — just not the one Grayson may have hoped.
In an ad, Grayson's campaign calls Republican Daniel Webster a "religious fanatic" — a charge it supports with video in which Webster seems to encourage wives to "submit" to their husbands.
But FactCheck.org says the narrative crafted by the Florida Democrat's campaign distorts what Webster was actually saying.
"Grayson has lowered the bar even further. He's using edited video to make his rival appear to be saying the opposite of what he really said," the nonpartisan site, sponsored by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, wrote on its blog Monday.
"Grayson manipulates a video clip to make it appear Webster was commanding wives to submit to their husbands, quoting a passage in the Bible. Four times, the ad shows Webster saying wives should submit to their husbands," the site points out. "In fact, Webster was cautioning husbands to avoid taking that passage as their own. The unedited quote is: 'Don't pick the ones [Bible verses] that say, 'She should submit to me.'"
Grayson was also reprimanded by the Orlando Sentinel, which posted a story Monday headlined "Grayson's 'Taliban Dan' Ad Takes Webster's Words Out of Context, Twists Meaning."
"By twisting Webster's words, Grayson risks eroding some of the support he may have won from independent voters," the paper concluded.
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Grayson is a kook to the nth degree.
ISLAM means SUBMIT.
Someone should ask the rival about that factoid.
Pretty much what you would expect from Grayson.
Bible verses must be taken in context, reading the passages before and after a verse is helpful.
How sad. I've often thought that people who spend $30 million for a job that pays $100,000 must be making some promises behind the scenes to raise that kind of money. My guess is that Grayson takes that line of reason to new lows.
bttt
He should be censured.
Grayson is truly deranged. The people that vote for him are equally deranged.
This man is an embarrassment.
Grayson just torpedoed his own boat - what a total asinine moron. He deserves the political death by lethal injection (of stupidity) that he gave himself. ROR.
Grayson is overdue to be kicked to curb politically.
HE HIGHLY EDITED the actual speech.
Dan Webster was my Sunday School teacher as a teenager in the 70s. He was an inspiration to me.
Have there been any polls released from this race?
And if he's in a room with other Democrats, that greeting will get you 280 people saying "Yo!" Grayson is merely the most egregious example.
Alan Grayson could make a mental health worker throw their hands up and quit.
What a Meathead!
What is Polling on this race, unless he is in a district that can’t think he should be gone. I used to know this district went GOP for about 20 years.
He’s toast. Blackened, cold, crumbling toast.
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