LOUISIANA: Teabagger Duck Dynasty Kin Zach Dasher Loses Bid For US House

Dasher, whose campaign slogan was "My platform begins with God," was seeking to unseat sanctity of marriage champion GOP Rep. Vince McAllister, who was busted cheating on his wife earlier this year. Both finished behind Democrat Jamie Mayo and Republican Ralph Abraham, who will now proceed to a December runoff. McAllister spent less than a year in the House after winning a 2013 special election to replace retiring GOP Rep. Rodney Alexander.

New Zach Dasher Ads: Bibles And Guns Brought Us Here & They'll Keep Us Here

In three new campaign ads, the US House bid of Louisiana's Zach "My Platform Begins With God" Dasher is endorsed by Phil Robertson (Dasher's uncle), and Sen. Ted Cruz, who's apparently OK with vertical cellphone video ads. Via NOLA.com:

Fifth Congressional District candidate Zach Dasher's new ad says he believes in guns, and he's just unloaded the biggest gun he has. Dasher's uncle, "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson, appears in two new television ads that will run district-wide Monday until Election Day on Nov. 4. The campaign described it as a "significant buy" but would not disclose exact figure for the buy.

Dasher, a Republican, is trying to unseat incumbent Rep. Vance McAllister, R-Swartz. McAllister is a former Robertson family ally, but he lost favor with the famous family from West Monroe after video surfaced earlier this year of the married congressman kissing a married female staffer.

The two 15-second ads show images of Robertson and Dasher while Robertson touts Dasher's conservative and religious values while praising his nephew for his strong moral character. One ad shows Robertson holding an assault-style rifle while he explains the importance of "Bibles and guns." "Bibles and guns brought us here, and Bibles and guns will keep us here," Robertson says in the ad. "Zach Dasher believes in both. That's why I'm voting for him."

Dasher has also been endorsed by Sarah Palin and by fellow Louisiana native Tony Perkins.

FRC's Anti-Gay Roadshow Hits Louisiana

Yesterday the Duggar family took the Family Research Council's anti-gay bus tour to Louisiana, where they campaigned for US House candidate and Duck Dynasty cousin Zach "My Platform Begins With God" Dasher. Friday the hate tour was in Kansas, today they hit Georgia.

LOUISIANA: GOP Rep. Vance McAllister Says His Christian Wife Forgives His Cheating So Send Him Back To Congress

Philandering opposite marriage champion Vance McAllister wants you to know that his "Christian wife" is giving him a second chance. Therefore the voters of Louisiana should do the same. Praise! Glory! As I noted earlier today, McCallister is up against five other GOP candidates in the primary, including Zach Dasher, the nephew of Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson.

(Tipped by JMG reader Ken)

Duck Dynasty Kin Runs For Congress

Zach Dasher, nephew of Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson, is running for the US House in Louisiana. As you'd expect, his wife has an opinion on homosexuality.

In one blog on the controversy surrounding Phil Robertson’s suspension from A&E for anti-LGBT comments made to GQ, Dasher’s wife, Jil, writes that she’s seen people who have “come out of” addictions like homosexuality in her home. Dasher compares it to an addiction, akin to heroin and alcohol. “I have had folks sit on my couch who have come out of all kinds of addictions; alcohol, heroin, homosexuality, etc and hear them talk of healing and how they were able, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to overcome a life that was destroying them. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of that?” Dasher has made his religion a central part of his platform telling Sean Hannity, “my platform begins with God.”

Dasher is one of five Republicans running against incumbent Rep. Vince McAllister, the sanctity of opposite marriage defender who was busted on video in April as he made out with a female employee. The Dashers home school their four children. Of course! Louisiana's primary is November 4th.