Earlier this week we announced that Thomas Manion had announced his plan to run against Rep. Patrick Murphy in the 8th Congressional district. Many people had criticized Manion for using his son’s death as a political ploy to win votes. I disagree with that assessment since it involves a personal matter for Mr. Manion, one that I am sure is painful to deal with on a daily basis.

What bothers me right now about Mr. Manion’s fleeting campaign so far is his desperate and pathetic attempts to win supporters. Someone from his campaign (or perhaps Manion himself) has been posting pleas for campaign contributions and support on this site. It is fine for his supporters to read out site and make reasoned arguments as to his qualifications for service, but so far they have only cluttered our community with trite spam. We will continue to delete these messages and encourage Mr. Manion to run a campaign like a grown-up.

I have already spoken to a few KP readers that are sending protest contributions to Representative Murphy’s campaign as a result of Thomas Manion’s harebrained blunders.