Rick Lazio, having found the ticket for actually getting people to notice he exists, has resorted to straight-up bigoted lies in his crusade against moderate, peace-loving Muslim New Yorkers. Check out this ridiculous advertisement:
He calls Imam Rauf a "terrorist sympathizing Imam."
If someone like Imam Rauf is "terrorist-sympathizing," then Rick Lazio is a bigot who hates all muslims. If the Cordoba House is something repugnant to conservatives like Rick Lazio, they are saying that no muslim can be moderate enough to not be a terrorist. And that is called bigotry, ladies and gentlemen.
At least most New Yorkers aren't falling for his strategy of demonize and divide:
Cuomo leads Lazio 60-26% and Paladino by 60-27% percent.
In a three-way race, Cuomo garners 56% to 19% for Lazio (identified as a Republican) and 12 percent for Paladino (identified as an independent). In a three-way race identifying Paladino as the Republican and Lazio as the Conservative, Cuomo leads 56% to 16% for Lazio, and 14% for Paladino. Lazio's primary lead over Paladino among enrolled Republicans is down to 13 points, 43-30%, down from a 20-point lead in July, the poll shows.
But then, isn't it always true that bigots are usually people who are failures in their own lives who seek to divert attention to others to distract from their own failures? Thanks for reminding everybody of that, Mr. Lazio.
