Democrats better be taking notes on Beshear. This is how you defeat maga. With integrity, candid dialogue directed at the voters that alleviates their fears, not inflame them. Even in Kentucky, a good and reasonable democrat can thrive. Ignore the polls. Dems can win 24 big if in a year America is anything like it is today.
I sincerely hope Daniel Cameron will just return to his former law firm, and get out of KY politics. But he is a McConnell disciple, so I doubt he is going anywhere. The 80% MAGA KY lege passed legislation forcing the governor to choose from a list of three possible MAGA candidates, if a US Senator is unable to complete his term. McConnell is in frail health. If a replacement is necessary, at some point, I predict the three MAGA candidates the MAGA lege will approve will be:
1. Daniel Cameron
2. Daniel Cameron
3. Daniel Cameron
I hope I'm wrong, but these MAGAs don't know when to quit.
And I predict that Beshear - who already tried to veto that law on the grounds that it's unconstitional - will appoint whoever he wants and dare the General Assembly to sue him.
Just last week we were told that polls showed Beshear likely to lose.
Re: a recent one that said that Trump would win the Presidency with ease in 2024 but also said that 22% of Black people wanted Trump, that people in a state where Gretchen Whitmer is hugely popular wanted Trump, that a state that repeatedly mobilized to send a Black Democrat and a Jewish Democrat to the Senate wanted Trump, and that Biden and Trump were closely popular on abortion, polls may not be, well, accurate...
“He went on: “I know you guys are obsessed with pronouns these days, but come November, yours are going to be: has and been.” That pronoun construction “joke” was old and tired when Ted Cruz first wheeled it out and it hasn’t gotten any better. They are nothing if not unoriginal. And another thing the right doesn’t understand about the “identity politics” they are constantly accusing the left of practicing: what identity actually means. The left, when they have their act together, like Beshear does (not to mention the legacy of his family in KY) IDENTIFIES with the needs of marginalized groups, the wounds left by historic injustices, the value of access long-denied, the overwhelming need to address inequities and having the common decency to not treat “the other” like 💩. Republicans don’t want to put in that kind of work, most likely because that is SO not their brand, and would alienate at least half, if not more, of their slobbering, racist, sexist, xenophobic, transphobic, homophobic base. So instead they think they can take a short cut and trot out a Daniel Cameron, or a Herschel Walker, or a Clarence Thomas, or a Ben Carson, or a Sarah Palin, assume that checks off the “identity” box, wipe their hands and call it a day. It doesn’t work, it has never worked, and will never work. Let’s hope they continue to not learn that lesson and we may end up with a Beshear for a MS, or AL, or AR one day too. Lord knows they need it.
a few days ago Trump was promoting Daniels. Claiming Daniels wasn't a "McConnell guy" and boasting Daniels had a great surge in support because of his endorsement
"But the following morning, Donald Trump was bashing GOP Attorney General Daniel Cameron as a shill of Mitch McConnell after he went down in defeat to Gov. Andy Beshear.
Ranting on his personal social media account, Trump absolved himself of any blame for Cameron's loss.
"Daniel Cameron lost because he couldn’t alleviate the stench of Mitch McConnell. I told him early that’s a big burden to overcome. McConnell and Romney are Kryptonite for Republican Candidates. I moved him up 25 Points, but the McConnell relationship was 'too much to bear,'""
Kentucky Democrat Defeats Anti-Abortion Challenger in Governor's Race
Throughout the campaign, Gov. Andy Beshear (D) repeatedly challenged Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) on his anti-abortion stance in this ruby-red state
We should not ignore what this says about Trump's "power". Here he endorsed a telegenic conservative Attorney General in a state Republicans normally win by a massive margin, and his guy lost by five points to a Democrat who wasn't hiding the fact that he was a Democrat. If the media wasn't still so awed with Trump they might note that this suggests some areas of weakness for the MAGA brand if even Kentucky would go this way.
As for Dems, study what Beshear did--he obviously won over a lot of voters that Dems don't normally win, and he did it without pretending to be a Republican. Figure out how, and if that can be replicated.
Kentucky Connects or whatever their Medicaid is called is enormously popular...what a surprise, people like getting Healthcare instead of meaningless "access" to Healthcare.
WHAAT? A MAGA candidate running on nothing but culture war bullshit LOST AN ELECTION?!?
WAIT A MINUTE...seems like this MIGHT have happened before...
"Has" and "been" are actually verbs, not pronouns. My inner English Major just had to say something.
They do that all the time — it's their One Joke and yet they still always say words that aren't pronouns.
The Conservative Troll Stylebook requires that when you make a crack about personal pronouns, you don't use any pronouns.
On behalf of former English majors everywhere, thank you for your service.
On behalf of former English majors everywhere, thank you for your service.
Democrats better be taking notes on Beshear. This is how you defeat maga. With integrity, candid dialogue directed at the voters that alleviates their fears, not inflame them. Even in Kentucky, a good and reasonable democrat can thrive. Ignore the polls. Dems can win 24 big if in a year America is anything like it is today.
I sincerely hope Daniel Cameron will just return to his former law firm, and get out of KY politics. But he is a McConnell disciple, so I doubt he is going anywhere. The 80% MAGA KY lege passed legislation forcing the governor to choose from a list of three possible MAGA candidates, if a US Senator is unable to complete his term. McConnell is in frail health. If a replacement is necessary, at some point, I predict the three MAGA candidates the MAGA lege will approve will be:
1. Daniel Cameron
2. Daniel Cameron
3. Daniel Cameron
I hope I'm wrong, but these MAGAs don't know when to quit.
And I predict that Beshear - who already tried to veto that law on the grounds that it's unconstitional - will appoint whoever he wants and dare the General Assembly to sue him.
Ahhhh. Poor Cameron. And here he thought that trump's endorsement would catapult him into the governor's mansion. But I guess not. Winning.
Just last week we were told that polls showed Beshear likely to lose.
Re: a recent one that said that Trump would win the Presidency with ease in 2024 but also said that 22% of Black people wanted Trump, that people in a state where Gretchen Whitmer is hugely popular wanted Trump, that a state that repeatedly mobilized to send a Black Democrat and a Jewish Democrat to the Senate wanted Trump, and that Biden and Trump were closely popular on abortion, polls may not be, well, accurate...
The only polls worth a goddamned thing are the ones where they count the actual votes.
He went on: “I know you guys are obsessed with pronouns these days, but come November, yours are going to be: has and been.”
Which are verbs - FFS.
go woke, make the people in your state happier on average
“He went on: “I know you guys are obsessed with pronouns these days, but come November, yours are going to be: has and been.” That pronoun construction “joke” was old and tired when Ted Cruz first wheeled it out and it hasn’t gotten any better. They are nothing if not unoriginal. And another thing the right doesn’t understand about the “identity politics” they are constantly accusing the left of practicing: what identity actually means. The left, when they have their act together, like Beshear does (not to mention the legacy of his family in KY) IDENTIFIES with the needs of marginalized groups, the wounds left by historic injustices, the value of access long-denied, the overwhelming need to address inequities and having the common decency to not treat “the other” like 💩. Republicans don’t want to put in that kind of work, most likely because that is SO not their brand, and would alienate at least half, if not more, of their slobbering, racist, sexist, xenophobic, transphobic, homophobic base. So instead they think they can take a short cut and trot out a Daniel Cameron, or a Herschel Walker, or a Clarence Thomas, or a Ben Carson, or a Sarah Palin, assume that checks off the “identity” box, wipe their hands and call it a day. It doesn’t work, it has never worked, and will never work. Let’s hope they continue to not learn that lesson and we may end up with a Beshear for a MS, or AL, or AR one day too. Lord knows they need it.
"He went on: “I know you guys are obsessed with pronouns these days, but come November, yours are going to be: has and been.”"
WHO again is obsessed with pronouns?
"Daniel Cameron is scum, is what I’m saying, and Republicans still couldn’t turn out in force for him"
That's like someone dropping some dog shit in the middle of a park and the flies saying...nah, hard pass
That takes DISCIPLINE!!!!
a few days ago Trump was promoting Daniels. Claiming Daniels wasn't a "McConnell guy" and boasting Daniels had a great surge in support because of his endorsement
https://x.com/dennis_scott007/status/1722278042780012778?s=20
and now today:
"But the following morning, Donald Trump was bashing GOP Attorney General Daniel Cameron as a shill of Mitch McConnell after he went down in defeat to Gov. Andy Beshear.
Ranting on his personal social media account, Trump absolved himself of any blame for Cameron's loss.
"Daniel Cameron lost because he couldn’t alleviate the stench of Mitch McConnell. I told him early that’s a big burden to overcome. McConnell and Romney are Kryptonite for Republican Candidates. I moved him up 25 Points, but the McConnell relationship was 'too much to bear,'""
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mitch-mcconnell-daniel-cameron/
Under Da Bus he goes....
The wheels of the bus go thump, thump, thump...
Or ::obligatory:: trump, trump, trump.
also, abortion:
Kentucky Democrat Defeats Anti-Abortion Challenger in Governor's Race
Throughout the campaign, Gov. Andy Beshear (D) repeatedly challenged Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) on his anti-abortion stance in this ruby-red state
https://jezebel.com/kentucky-democrat-defeats-anti-abortion-challenger-in-g-1850974341
I found a slight error in your definition of wokeness: it should be
“right-wing code for any demonstrated concern for" anyone or anything at all other than yourself
We should not ignore what this says about Trump's "power". Here he endorsed a telegenic conservative Attorney General in a state Republicans normally win by a massive margin, and his guy lost by five points to a Democrat who wasn't hiding the fact that he was a Democrat. If the media wasn't still so awed with Trump they might note that this suggests some areas of weakness for the MAGA brand if even Kentucky would go this way.
As for Dems, study what Beshear did--he obviously won over a lot of voters that Dems don't normally win, and he did it without pretending to be a Republican. Figure out how, and if that can be replicated.
How can a state that loves repub assholes elect a Democrat for governor--twice? The only explanation is that Andy Beshear is magic.
Kentucky Connects or whatever their Medicaid is called is enormously popular...what a surprise, people like getting Healthcare instead of meaningless "access" to Healthcare.