Values voters

Kentucky is one of the few states with gubernatorial elections in odd-numbered years--one of them being 2007. The Repub, incumbent Ernie Fletcher, is way behind in the polls. So what has his campaign done? His campaign is using a robo-call by crooner Pat Boone (they must have had to exhume him?) warning that Steve Beshear, the Democratic nominee, will work for "every homosexual clause." And just in case the GOPhers try to make that seem like some rogue operation, their nominee for Lt. Governor asked at a campaign stop, "Do you want a couple of San Francisco treats or do you want a governor?"

If Kentuckians--among the most conservative voters in the nation--reject this kind of pandering, they'll strike a blow for American values.