Take A Break From The Crazy With Governor Polling Funtimes!
Don't worry, crazy will be right back.
WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING TODAY? OMG WE HAVE NO IDEA! Should we distract ourselves from the Kavanaugh/Rosenstein/UN Fiascopalooza with these polling funtimes?
Yes, we should. So, let's talk about governor's races, which are just as important as Congress. Because, assuming democracy survives Donald Trump, 2020 will be a census year. After which we'll redraw congressional districts nationwide. And the only way out of this nightmare is to un-ratfuck the maps so that Republicans can't steal all the House seats. So we need to start taking back those statehouses, STAT!
Luckily, we've nominated some really great candidates. Also luckily, the GOP is not sending their best. They're sending their racists. They're sending their morons. They're sending their gun-toting nationalists. And some, we assume, are good people. (No, not really.)
First up, GEORGIA!
Former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams is running neck and neck with Secretary of State Brian Kemp. You'll recall that the Georgia GOP begged Trump not to endorse Kemp in the runoff, but President ADD's last second tweet pushed Kemp over the edge. So now they're stuck with this idiot.
Which is why the Atlanta Journal Constitution had the race tied in Georgia three weeks ago, and Abrams's own internal polling now shows her ahead.
WOMP WOMP.
Movin' on to IOWA!
Is it THE LAW that all lady politicians in Iowa have the same haircut? Is there only one hairstylist in the whole state? It's a mystery.
What is clear is that Iowa's sitting governor -- Kim Reynolds, who took over for Terry Branstad (and who is NOT Joni Ernst) -- is losing ground to Democratic businessman Fred Hubbell. The Des Moines Register gives Hubbell a two-point lead on the GOP incumbent.
This is the second poll in a month that shows Hubbell in the lead, so ... GO, HAWKEYES!
FLORIDA Man is ... okay, actually!
We admit it, on election night when Andrew Gillum won the primary, our hearts sank. [FDF is speaking for FDF.] Would Florida really elect an African American governor? But turns out Trump pal Ron "Sinus Infection" DeSantis can't go a day without stepping on his own racist wiener.
Via RCP
The latest University of North Florida poll showing a four-point lead for Gillum makes six consecutive polls with Gillum up. Did Trump endorse DeSantis, saddling the Florida GOP with a weaker candidate, just like in Georgia? Ayup. Well played, Poppy!
And let's bring it on home with ... KANSAS???
Once again, Trump's handpicked guy is throwing away a race which should be a slam dunk. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is polling just ONE POINT AHEAD of state Senator Laura Kelly in a state Trump took by 20 points in 2016.
Via RCP
Former Republican Governor Bill Graves endorsed Kelly to right Kansas's ship after Sam Brownback's disastrous tenure, and former Republican Senator Nancy Kassebaum is throwing her weight behind Kelly as well.
But never fear, because Kobach has A PLAN.
Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer fundraising for Kris Kobach at a $15,000-per-person "European style pheasant hunt" to benef… https: //t.co/GHGOOSafMr
— Lindsay Wise (@Lindsay Wise) 1537812230.0
Yes, nothing says FIGHTIN' FOR THE LITTLE GUY like a $15,000 per person fundraiser in the style of actual European aristocrats in a state facing devastating budget cuts. Shine on Kris Kobach, you crazy, crazy diamond!
Blue wave, y'all! Now get your ass out there and VOTE!
[ Abrams Internal Polling / Des Moines Register ]
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I wasn't being mean, it was an observation. I have long, thin hair. If I got one of those shorter haircuts, I'd have short thin hair. If it gets much worse, I'm buying wigs. I want a wig that looks like Chris Robinson's hair in the "Remedy" video.
Anyway, it's a question that's always fascinated me, so in my very feminist Sociology class our final was a 10 page paper on a subject that involved, well, almost anything Sociologically related. My paper was about why women past a certain age tend to cut their hair, and is it a result of years of male societal pressure?
I concluded that yes, in a lot of cases, it was. I surveyed 100 women over 45, with long or short hair. Historically, long, flowing hair in women symbolises youth, beauty and fertility. Hair is a pretty powerful symbol, for women and men. Hair-cutting is featured in the Bible and Greek and Roman mythologies. Men respond to hair, among other things. It's why women in some cultures have to cover their hair, and in other cultures, you are made to cut your hair right after you get married. In the latter culture, it tells all the single men that the woman is spoken for.
I had to give the paper in front of the class, who were mostly young women 18-20 years old. It went well. I was given an A from the teacher, and an A from my classmates.
I really wasn't trying to be mean. I fully realise that women cut their hair for many reasons, not just the one I examined above. Hell, I've had Rod Stewart haircuts, a Mohawk, pixie cuts, etc. I just decided I want a long grey braid like Granny Clampett, who is my spirit animal. Sorry for the novel, and I'm sorry if I hurt you in any way.
So very sorry. Hope the flooding doesn't ruin your home.