Gettin’ Ugly In Kentucky: Rand Paul, TV Ads, and Honor

The Kentucky Senate race has always been sort of ugly, but over the weekend it got uglier.

During a televised debate Sunday night, Rand Paul told Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway that he demeans the state; Conway, in turn, brought up Paul’s alleged pot-fueled kidnapping escapade. Paul refused to shake Conway’s hand. From TPM’s Evan McMorris-Santoro:

Republican nominee Rand Paul lashed out at his Democratic opponent, Jack Conway — even refusing to shake his hand at the end of the debate — saying to Conway at one point “you demean the state of Kentucky.”

For his part, Conway was not afraid to climb down into the muck and take Paul on. He accused Paul of “joining a group known for mocking Christianity” while the Republican was a student at Baylor University and called on Paul to explain why he once “tied a woman up and asked her to worship a false idol.”

And Paul, the AP reports, says he may skip the next debate.