No wonder Alison Grimes is trailing in Kentucky - must read NYT article

[Hawaii Hiker]

In the article, a 49 year old woman earning $9/hr with serious health issues was able to get health care because of the ACA (by the way, she loves her health care)....Despite that, she still hates Obama and plans to vote for McConnell in Nov......Isn't McConnell the same guy who also voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act, Minimum wage, and Violence Against Women's Act (though that did pass)....And the woman in this story still plans to vote for him???.....I guess the old Confederacy is still alive and well in Kentucky....



http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/us/politics/kentucky-elections-obama-health-care-act.html?ref=politics&_r=1

[merrily]

1. Scarborough said the other day

that her numbers went down dramatically after the golfing brouhaha. I didn't believe him. I believed him as to timing, because someone can check that easily. But because the mailman arrives arrive the sun rises, doesn't mean the sun dragged him to your door.

Then again, I never believe Scarborough's spin, so you can't assess by anything I say.

[unblock]

2. old confederacy?

kentucky wasn't in the confederacy; it was a "border state". there were certainly some sympathies, but then again, the same could be said of southern parts of ohio, indiana, and illinois.

[hollowdweller]

3. The invincibility of ignorance.

Great article. I kept thinking if ACA had been associated with Clinton or some southern white guy they'd be voting on it.

[SunSeeker]

4. Yup. The invisibility of racism.

Why would people like Ms. Evans who are benefiting from the law vote for candidates who would dismantle it? Gov. Steven L. Beshear, one of the few Democrats forcefully promoting the law here, said many were driven by a dislike of Mr. Obama.

And that's why McConnell is blanketing the air waves with ads tying Grimes to Obama. It's cynical but effective. Those ads stopped Grimes' earlier upward swing in the polls and having slowly been eroding her support.

[Jamaal510]

5. Obama should start

stumping for McTurtle so that Grimes will start winning.

[A Little Weird]

6. It all comes down to money

There are plenty of ignorant people around and they are often quoted in these stories. But I think the biggest reason she is trailing is because she is being outspent. This is the most expensive election in Kentucky history and most of the money (from both sides) is coming from out of state.

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/09/both-mr-mcconnell-and-ms-grimes-go-to-washington/

[KamaAina]

7. But, but, but Alison has already proven she's not Barack Obama!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251377038

[KamaAina]

8. The Rude One absolutely hammered this point out of the ballpark

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025548327

[kimbutgar]

9. The spot light is now on this woman and someone is now pointing out how stupid she is....

I will bet she will receive a backlash from people who know her pointing out she is an idiot. People like that become poster children for idiocy and it might cause her to sit out in November. (I'd rather this stupid person stay home then vote for McConnell) If anyone knows this woman appeal to her humanity. Because if Turtle gets control of the Senate she will lose her ACA. Turtle already promised the Koch's he would deliver on that. Right after that kiss social security and medicare goodbye.

I just want to slap the stupidity out of people like that.

[Stonegonads]

10. Alison Grimes

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias manifesting in unskilled individuals suffering from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than is accurate. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude. In other words they are too stupid to realize they're stupid.

[Ikonoklast]

16. Yep. Lots of people in the Army just like that.

Good thing Alison Grimes isn't in the Army.

[GeorgeGist]

11. Racism runs deep in Stupidstan.

[blkmusclmachine]

12. KY has a taxpayer-funded Creatonism Theme Park and that ridiculous Noah's Ark thing.

[UCmeNdc]

13. There is a great deal of peer pressure among poor whites to hate President Obama

The GOP is using peer pressure among whites to make it seem you are a traitor if you vote for Grimes, The GOP has a lock on on propaganda and hating Obama is the hip thing for a person in KY to do. A person has to stand up to this pressure to support a democratic candidate.

[CTyankee]

14. why do they hate Obama? Did he do anything to them (besides getting them healthcare)?

[Wounded Bear]

17. He's coming for their guns...

Any day now, he's gonna come get their guns.
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Any day now.

[UCmeNdc]

18. It is mostly about peer pressure and a need to conform.

The GOP has whipped most KY whites into willing slaves for the GOP's agenda.

[1StrongBlackMan]

15. I would love for a ...

"It's YOUR vote that YOU get to cast in the secrecy of the voting booth" campaign run. If Grimes (and all Democratic candidates in red/purplish districts) could end every ad with that tag line, it would allow/remind voters to consider their interests rather than what other people might think of them.

[UCmeNdc]

19. I think it is the ultimate "sheep following the herd"propaganda tactic.