Forget the absolute irrelevance of attacking a public figure on religion – who’s the genius with the Democratic Party who decided to launch attacks on Bob McDonnell’s faith on a holy day?
Today, as most people know is the first day of Passover and, for Christians, Holy Thursday. But that didn’t stop the Democratically-funded (Democratic Governors’ Association) “Common Sense Virginia” from launching their web site “The Real Bob McDonnell” and attempting to make religious right out to be something to be ashamed of.
But there is more irony beyond picking a holy day to attack people of faith.
As you all know, Gov. Tim Kaine is a Democrat – and a member of the DGA. He is also chairman of the DNC. So, as this is an attack being launched in his state, one can rightfully presume he knew about this site and its line of attacks.
The irony is that this is a long way from where Kaine was in May of 2005. In an interview with “The American Prospect” magazine, Kaine had this to say:
“….it always strikes me as a little unusual when a candidate can talk easily about relatively peripheral or minor things but not talk with the same enthusiasm about what is the central belief system of their life.”
In addition to actively talking about their own faith, Kaine says, Democrats need to temper their comments about other peoples’ faith. The second thing that Democrats have to do better on is not attacking the ‘religious right,'” he said. “I think that has been a standard bogeyman that Democrats have often used in campaigns, including campaigns in Virginia. If somebody advances an idea or position that’s wrong, then attack them for having a bad idea. But they are not wrong because they are religious.
“When Democrats kind of cavalierly attack the religious right or go after Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell, our candidates have sent the signal to a lot of religious people, ‘Well, I guess they are not interested in me.’ And I think this includes a lot of people who would fit very naturally within the Democratic Party.”
It is apparent Kaine has changed his philosophy.
