By Travis Gettys
A fringe candidate for Nevada governor debated a cardboard cutout of his incumbent opponent about the Cliven Bundy standoff with federal agents in a video posted online over the weekend.
Crowing roosters repeatedly interrupt the 21-minute “debate” between David Lory VanDerBeek, the Constitution Party candidate for governor, and Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval – identified by the conspiracy theorist as a “Democrat Socialist” – on the federal government’s role in regulating land it owns.
VanDerBeek levies some serious charges against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), accusing the lawmaker of conspiring to take away land owned by the cattle rancher to give to his own son as part of an agreement with a Chinese energy company.
“Let’s set aside everything,” VanDerBeek says to the cardboard cutout. “Let’s say, for example, Harry Reid isn’t a domestic terrorist and he wasn’t ready to slaughter men, women, and children – even though he was – to take one man’s inheritance to give it to his own family for their inheritance.”
Read the full article here.
Thanks to Cody Quirk for the link.
I like that tactic as well and have suggested it before.
I know this article is making fun of him, but I love the idea of arguing to a cardboard cut-out! It got the media’s attention, and made the point that the incumbent is useless.