Discussion: As The Kentucky Governor Flails, Trump Scurries To The Rescue To Save His Own Skin

Trump to Hispanic and African American voters: ‘What do you have to lose?’

Trump, McConnell and Bevin to Kentucky voters: Vote for us.You still have more to lose

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Maybe trump will hold one of his rallies in Kentucky with the Governor and MAGA hat boy as his special guests.

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Matt Bevin never disappoints when it comes to displaying just how unworthy he is to be Kentucky’s governor. And there is no tragedy or grave he won’t dance on in order to make political hay.

Last week he announced that Kentucky Teachers are to blame for the death of a child that found its guardian’s unsecured firearm and the subsequent fatal self-inflicted wound, because the teacher attended a rally in Frankfort.

Whatever karma has in store for this man, I have a feeling it’s really not enough.

But let’s also remember, Matt Bevin is America’s most hated governor.

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The female combat pilot who almost won a house seat in KY, is she running against Blevin, or is she considering running against McConnell (if you happen to know)?

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There are two- Beshear and Edelen.

Con- Beshear was the defense counsel in a child abuse suit against the BSA. Edelen’s running mate is hiding his taxes like Trump and Bevin.

Pro- They’re not Bevin.

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he is among the annals of “Best Forgotten.”

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Chuck Schumer is urging Amy McGrath to run against Turtle. She hasn’t announced yet.

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I’ll set up an actblue monthly donation as soon as she does. If she were to knock out the turtle… there might be tears of joy on election night.

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Another of the groups that Bevin has run afoul of are retired coal miners dependent on Medicaid for their health care. When you’re poor and suffering from black lung disease, you need a lot of government assistance. Bevin has taken that away.

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That’s right Kentucky, re-elect a Governor who exposed his kids to Chicken Pox deliberately.

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excellent

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They also have to juggle rattlesnakes before they can have their dinner.

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Manchin’s right: that settlement sells out W.Va. Make it 100x larger, and you’re starting to talk real penalty (and enough cash for the state to do something with).

$37M? When the company posted $200B+ last year? That’d be like someone with a $100k/yr salary paying $18.

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I’m waiting to see what Matt Jones is going to do. Matt Jones is the voice of Big Blue Nation (University of Kentucky sports). He’s been threatening to run against McConnell and has said he’ll make an announcement soon. He would absolutely trounce McConnell, it would be a blood letting. McGrath will lose. She couldn’t beat Andy Barr in a far bluer part of the state and she won’t beat McConnell statewide.

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Yeah, it’s like his coattails are anchors.

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His campaign featured taking away health care. KY voters convinced themselves he really didn’t mean it and voted him in. Then he took away their healthcare and they cried out in bewilderment.

Can’t fix stupid.

I don’t mean to disparage all the voters who knew better and are now suffering. Let’s hope they can convince their fellow Kentuckians that Benin is a lying turd.

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You can bet that the company is actually dishing a lot more, it’s just not going to the state treasury, but to numbered accounts in Cyprus or the Cayman Islands.

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$37M settlement after doing billions in damage. Works for pharma.

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Matt Bevin (R) is gasping for air with an approval rating in the low 30s, prompting President Donald Trump to bail the governor out

The asshole with an approval rating in the low 30’s is being bailed out by another asshole with an approval rating in the low 40’s. May they both drown.

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You know the “lawyer who represented bad people is bad because he represented bad people!” thing makes me even crazier than the “taking money from people who work in an industry is the same as taking industry money” thing, right?

Because I have a whole Oliver Douglas Green Acres civics lecture, complete with fifing in the background, I can unroll here, if not.

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