Monday, October 25, 2010

 

Activist Injured At Paul/Conway Debate



KENTUCKY....
Lexington police say a MoveOn.org activist apparently trying to get close to U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul on Monday either fell or was tripped, and witnesses said she was either kicked in the head or had her head stepped on. Police Lt. Edward Hart says, about 7:30 P.M., as Paul walked toward the Kentucky Educational Television studio in Lexington for a debate against Democrat Jack Conway, the woman ran through a crowd of the candidates’ supporters to try to get close to Paul as some sort of campaign stunt, apparently to get her picture taken with Paul with a sign labeling Paul as a friend of big business. MoveOn.org has bought television advertisements in support of Conway.

In a nationally televised debate Monday night, U.S. Senate candidates Democrat Jack Conway and Republican Rand Paul accused each other of misrepresenting their views on issues ranging from civil rights to a national sales tax. The hour-long debate, carried live on Kentucky Educational Television and C-Span, was the final debate before the November 2nd election. Host Bill Goodman told the two that Kentuckians wanted to hear why they should vote for them, and did not want to hear their attacks. The two agreed that the most important issue facing America is jobs.
Paul placed the blame for the nation's sour economy on President Barack Obama's agenda that includes health care reform and increased regulation of financial institutions, and he linked Conway to the Democratic president. Paul said the answer to improving the economy is more involvement by entrepreneurs and less government regulation. Conway said he is the only candidate who has a plan to create jobs. His plan includes measures to increase lending to businesses and a tax credit program that he said would create about 750,000 jobs nationwide. Conway said the government must police large financial institutions and keep prudent regulations in place to make sure Wall Street isn't gambling with our money. Paul said he is completely opposed to abortion, while Conway said abortion should be rare, but also safe and legal.





<< Home

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?