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Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD.
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November 01, 2004

If Kentucky Republican Jim Bunning is willing to break the Ten Commandments to get elected, what else would he do?

Fighting to keep his seat in a bitter contest, Sen. Jim Bunning on Saturday tried to deflect criticism from his Democratic opponent that recent rhetoric from his campaign broke two of the Ten Commandments.

"I think we've all broken the Ten Commandments,'' the Republican told supporters in Boone County. "No one is an exception to that.''

Bunning's opponent, Daniel Mongiardo, said Friday that comments by Bunning supporters violated the commandments against false witness and killing -- the latter because he said his character had been attacked. Mongiardo said comments made by legislators who support Bunning were intended to suggest that he is gay, although he says he is not.
[Kentucky senator deflects challenger's charge that his campaign broke two commandments - AP - 10-30-04]