Ad Questioning Candidate's Faith Jolts Alabama Governor Contest
A mysterious ad that accuses a candidate for governor in Alabama of supporting the theory of evolution
and questioning the Bible has triggered a dizzying and nasty shouting match in the state's hotly contested Republican primary race.
The ad -- part of a campaign against Republican candidate Bradley Byrne by a group called the True Republican PAC -- questions Byrne's faith and accuses him of being a "liberal."
Referencing Byrne's time on the state school board, where he was first elected as a Democrat in the 1990s before switching parties, the ad's narrator says in a quizzical voice: "On the school board, Byrne supported teaching evolution, said evolution best explains the origin of life -- even recently said the Bible is only partially true." Another voice closes the ad by saying Byrne is "trying to look conservative."...