They should be.
They couldnāt run away faster. Bush appeared via satellite at the NRC in 2008.
Really? He was poison and still is. Cheney and spawn are even more so.
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I agree that the Kentucky response would had to be a little different. My suggestion: āGovernor Bashear voted for Obama and so did I. Bashear and I have been fighting for Kentucky jobs and health care. McConnell says Kentucky jobs arenāt his job and he thinks a website is a health insurance policy.ā
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The only smart answer is āOf course. Iām a Democrat.ā
Democrats who duck this question, who fudge, who dissemble, who bob and weave, look weak and shifty, and by their irresolute, craven behavior, increase the probability that on Election Night they will deliver concession speeches.
Did you vote for Obama? āHell, yes, I voted for President Obama!ā
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I think a better response would be: āWho the hell do you think I voted for, Mitt Romney?ā
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This is complete Horseshit started by Chuck Todd and Joe Scarborough
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Arenāt there more important things to talk about. What difference does it make who votes for whom. Does that put food on the table?
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She should reply yes I did. She should follow it up why she did not vote for Romney by saying he outsourced jobs to other countries and I did not want to vote for someone who did that.
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In both Georgia and Kentucky, more people voted for McCain and Romney than Obama. The path to victory for Nunn is to grow the size of the minority vote and woo a small percentage of moderates/indys to vote for her. And of course, turn out all of those people.
So your advice would be counter to the second part of her strategy to reach moderates and indys.
Its much like trying to woo a partner. You donāt start pointing out all of the things you disagree with on the first date. Otherwise there wont be a second date.
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Any situation in which sheās admitting she voted for Obama is a really bad one for her. Thereās no way to phrase it or hide it in a statement that wouldnāt ultimately be a net negative for Grimes. KY voters have hated Obama since the day his daddy was born and nothing is going to make supporting him acceptable.
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I disagree with the idea that who you voted for is out of bounds as a question for a political candidate. When you run for public office, itās fair game to ask pertinent questions that might be personal. It seems hypocritical to me that many liberals were fine with going after Mitt for his taxes, but defend Grimes because voting is private.
She has every right to refuse to answer the question and not fear any legal prosecution over it, but she canāt expect for it not to be asked, and canāt expect it not to affect the election.
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Itās called secret ballot for a reason.
Besides, sheās a democrat.
Providing soundbites for racists?
Nah.
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Romneyās tax return problem was a self inflicted wound, in that he made it an issue himself when he refused to follow a decades long norm set by his own father. And the information in them is pertinent in evaluating a candidate because he is information we donāt know.
Trying to call out Grimes or Nunn for who they voted, even though its a constitutional protected right to keep it secret is the opposition trying to inflict a wound upon the campaign, nor does either of them saying the obvious provide the voters with any new information.
So they arenāt comparable situations at all. This is blatant attempt at saying āThey are Obama clones!!ā, which neither of them is by any degree.
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Any verbal response is bad because it can be used as edited soundbites in negative ads.
That being said, I prefer that Ms. Nunn ask the tracker 3 questions and wait for his reply to each one before asking the next one: 1) What year is this? 2) What office am I running for? 3) How then is your question relevant to Georgia voters?
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Word! I canāt imagine the deluge of ads Mitch would run in which, āI voted for Obamaā would be repeated over and over again. Heād probably drop all other ads and just run ads with Grimes saying she voted for Obama. I donāt think folks understand the level of absolute hate these assholes have for our president and everyone who looks like him who dares to get ahead.
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Actually Austin_Dave it DOES matter. Iām looking for a senator who is willing to go to Washington and get something done!
We need a comprehensive immigration bill, infrastructure funding, congress to make up their minds whether we are going back to war in the Middle East, a jobs bill. The House republicans have been obstructionists! Do you realize that we donāt even have a surgeon general? In the middle of an ebola panic? The Repubs wonāt vote the doctor in!
So if Michelle Nunn and Grimes refuse to say that they support this president then how the heck are they going to support ANYTHING he does? Grimes and Nunn are wimps. Carefully scripted, terrified of saying ANYTHING. We need legislators who are strong, ,creative, intelligent. If these two women donāt have the guts to say āYeah, Iām a Democratā¦of course I voted for Obama. I may not agree with all of his policies, but we need to work together to get things done to make America a stronger nation!ā Instead they mumble and hide.
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I think KY is one of the few states Iāve never been too, but my impression is that Kentukians hate Obama so much that many can probably believe that even though sheās a Democrat, she still wouldnāt vote for that Democrat, and that sheās not answering so she doesnāt piss off the Demsā¦ Letās hope so!
Better you should be looking for a legislator who can get elected to Washington first! That is the sine qua non for all of the rest of the agenda.
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Surprising that they have not planned how to address that question beyond remaining silent. Indeed, they could go into something like: ācertainly I didnāt vote for neither the cuckoo clock of McCain, or the candidate of the 1%, Romney.ā
Have a cartoon.
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