Rand Paul, Trey Grayson, Adolph Hitler, Goofiness

EDITORIAL:

Last night I attended one of the only Christmas parties I will attend in any given year and had a nice conversation with some old friends.  Of course part of our visit touched on politics.

One person commented on how much attention Rand Paul has been getting over Trey Grayson.  He was right, but for our readers let me put this in perspective.

There is a vast difference in the way the two campaigns are being run.  Paul on the one hand sends out several public statements every day.  In the news business the first thing you look for is content.  Paul has been all too willing to oblige in that regard.

Second, Grayson has been virtually silent with regard to the campaign.  His press releases tend to deal with issues within his office as Secretary of State.  Even his Facebook postings avoid campaign related content and instead report on things he is doing with his family.  All well and good but for a news industry hungry for the imbroglio of a hard fought campaign, nice as they are, these updates don't inspire much in the way of reporting.

But then out of nowhere someone made and posted a video putting subtitles over a scene from a 2004 film "Der Untergang" as if the Trey Grayson camp was in disarray using the theatrical interpretation of Hitler's last days as a vehicle of expression.  It didn't take long for the goofiness to set in.

First the Rand Paul campaign had to deny that it was responsible for the video posted by a fan to his own website.  Then Paul's campaign staffer, Chris Hightower, was called on the carpet for admitting that he thought the video was funny. (It had been used in other campaigns before as well)

Then came the really goofy suggestion that the whole thing was cooked up by Trey Grayson and the entire uproar was concocted by him just to get his name back in the news.

I get it.

Rand Paul has said about all he can say on nearly every topic that needs to be discussed.  He has attracted so much attention that just another helping of the same old fare is starting to taste a little bland.

Grayson on the other hand has been relatively quiet.  He has long and deep roots within the republican party, good name ID, a solid record of accomplishment in wining statewide and in executing his job as Secretary of State and he has the blessing of Kentucky's political Godfather, Mitch McConnell.  With no real controversy over issues and both men being likable chaps, unless one of them drives his car into a tree and has a Tiger Woods moment, something had to be cooked up to fan the flames of interest.

Uh, sorry guys.  I know it's the holiday season where "gooey-ness" is acceptable fare, but these are serious times for America and we voters have lost our taste for goofiness.

Get on with it.

Comments

[Noah Meeks]

Rand Paul hasn't said much, he's just repeated his talking points ad nauseum.