Before writing that past post, I wrote to Leighton Lord to ask:
Leighton, does this video have anything to do with your campaign? If not, do you know who’s doing this?
He wrote back:
B, this is our spot, below, don’t who the Truth Squad is. Not my campaign.
Above (not below) is the ad that he takes responsibility for. As you see, it starts out with a MUCH milder, less wacky Tea Party-ish version of the same sentiment Henry McMaster was going after in “Vultures.” Or perhaps the same IDEA, I should say. Lord is very much about reason, not emotion.
Beyond that, I think he makes his case well that he’s better prepared to be the state’s attorney general than Alan Wilson is. (And you’ll note he makes the same points as the mystery video, except for the “Daddy” part.) That’s not so say anything bad about Alan; I think he’s a good guy. But he doesn’t have Lord’s resume. And that business about Lord not being a prosecutor is a red herring, given the job they’re running for.
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Query: Since Leighton surely knows better, why did he say “Attorney Generals”?
Being Attorney General is more than being a prosecutor.
McMaster surpised me as AG. As past GOP chair, I thought he would be extremely partisan, but he wasn’t.
Henry McMaster blew that case of the Kershaw county sex criminal, kidnapper.
The Attorney General’s job is to represent South Carolina. One of the cases is the lawsuit against North Carolina with their Catawba River diversion.
Another Henry miffed job was filing a lawsuit against the Federal Government on the Obama Health Care Plan before it was signed into law.
Henry should have let better trained lawyers handle the Kershaw case.
Neither Leighton nor Mr. Wilson have much experience as prosecutors–Wilson’s only been a lawyer 7 years–I can testify that in my personal and professional experience Leighton Lord has a fine legal mind. He’s also the best law firm manager I’ve known, and that’s saying a lot.The AG’s Office is really a large law firm. You don’t need the top guy to be a wizard at all the courtroom tricks. You need him to be a great delegator and motivator, and the fact that Leighton has also argued before the US Supremes means he has exactly the only kind of court room experience an AG needs.