Alan Grayson's hometown newspaper, The Orlando Sentinel, claims that Grayson's "Taliban Dan" advertisement is misleading, and that Grayson "edited the original video, chopping it up and taking Webster's words out of context".
Alan Grayson's hometown newspaper, The Orlando Sentinel, claims that Grayson's "Taliban Dan" advertisement is misleading:
The Grayson campaign edited the original video, chopping it up and taking Webster's words out of context. Webster actually was advising husbands to bypass those particular Bible passages, according a longer video clip released Monday by Webster's campaign.
Grayson's 30-second campaign ad, which has gained national attention since it first aired on Saturday, also cites votes and legislation from Webster's time in the Legislature that some voters — particularly women — still could find objectionable. Webster has since refused to talk about those issues, including abortion.
Grayson's campaign is not reported as responding to the specific allegation that the ad takes "Webster's words out of context", but instead defended the ad by pointing
to Webster's ties to the Institute in Basic Life Principles and its founder Bill Gothard, who has taught that women should be subservient to their husbands and not work outside the home. While in the state House in 1990, Webster spent $4,340 of taxpayer money to print and mail a district flier urging constituents to attend one of the group's seminars.
The article is here: "Grayson's 'Taliban Dan' ad takes Webster's words out of context, twists meaning".