On Political Attack Ads and Christian Forgiveness
Hugh Hewitt has an interesting post today about his experience in Colorado Springs, where Hugh reports that Jeff Crank, a candidate for Congress, was the victim of attacks that “did not come from the left, but from the ‘Christian Coalition of Colorado,’ the operator of which has a brother running the campaign of one of Jeff’s competitors.”
A Google search revealed this PDF of an anti-Crank mailer/hit piece, to which I was directed by a July 18 post on ColoradoPols.com. Reportedly, The Christian Coalition of Colorado did indeed finance the direct mail campaign.
I agree with Hugh: “Such tactics play into the hands of those who would discredit the efforts of people of faith to influence politics.” I commend to you Hugh’s other thoughts on such campaigning viewed in the light of Christian forgiveness. It seems to fit the general purpose of this blog.
I won’t delve further into this sordid business, except to say that it is interesting and alarming that the folks behind this attempt to slime Mr. Crank seek to cloak themselves in Christianity. I said below that attacks on Mitt Romney’s Mormonism during the primaries by groups claiming to be evangelicals would seem like “child’s play” compared to what the left would come up with in the general election. Now I am not so sure.
John adds: There is little I can say that Hugh has not already said quite well, but as a creedal Christian I am compelled to add my voice to pile shame on those that did this. It not only is awful politics, but it pushes away souls that need what we have on a spiritual level.
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