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TwilightGardener

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5. Honesty and some party loyalty might help her next time around.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Nov 8, 2014, 02:49 PM

Nov 2014

And by party loyalty, I mean she should have demonstrated some.

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Alison Lundergan Grimes stays out of sight as speculation swirls [View all] kentuck Nov 2014 OP

You can keep her if you want her. I'd like to see actual progressives who can admit who they world wide wally Nov 2014 #1

I didn't want her but the power players and the Clintons did so I worked for her to remove the turtl TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #3

I wonder how much of her dark PAC money came from Yertl's in-laws and friends. Electric Monk Nov 2014 #59

+1 valerief Nov 2014 #55

She should switch parties MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #2

Obviously the pup tent is not big enough for her to fit in? kentuck Nov 2014 #4

There's a natural place for people who MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #14

It depends on how far to the right you want the party to go.. SomethingFishy Nov 2014 #17

I understand where you're coming from... kentuck Nov 2014 #22

Immigration. AtomicKitten Nov 2014 #29

Yes, that was a mistake. kentuck Nov 2014 #30

yep AtomicKitten Nov 2014 #31

I think she was blind-sided by that ad? kentuck Nov 2014 #33

Dude, I'm not sure why you are so enamored with Grimes. She is just a typical Clinton machine hack TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #61

Not a smart woman. LawDeeDah Nov 2014 #39

Keep digging. GeorgeGist Nov 2014 #60

So President Obama is real Democrat for Manny? aikoaiko Nov 2014 #6

Yes, she got her butt kicked... kentuck Nov 2014 #8

And I think so too aikoaiko Nov 2014 #35

Probably closer than Grimes. nt MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #13

Right. Even if she said I am Obama 100% you'd still be saying she should have run as a Democrat. aikoaiko Nov 2014 #34

No. treestar Nov 2014 #20

The only real Democrat? aikoaiko Nov 2014 #37

I'm pretty sure he's being sarcastic. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #53

Thank you. It's hard to tell around here sometimes aikoaiko Nov 2014 #56

Do you have the questionaire ready? Do we have to get 100% of the answers "correct"? aquart Nov 2014 #46

She is a Democrat in good standing, and I was proud to work for her msanthrope Nov 2014 #16

Absolutely, and she did quite well with the odds against her still_one Nov 2014 #54

I guess you must be from Kentucky, right? Oh no you are from Mass. Who did they put in as governor still_one Nov 2014 #51

Honesty and some party loyalty might help her next time around. TwilightGardener Nov 2014 #5

We do not know for sure if the DSCC asked her to not embrace Obama? kentuck Nov 2014 #7

Ya know she has to pass a purity test here on DU? GGJohn Nov 2014 #10

She did, she's very loyal to the party demwing Nov 2014 #9

Sorry, the whole not-admitting-vote for Obama thing was ridiculous TwilightGardener Nov 2014 #11

That may have hurt her? kentuck Nov 2014 #12

She is an appealing person, with talent, but she needed better advice of how TwilightGardener Nov 2014 #15

+1 ...it made her look like a coward... joeybee12 Nov 2014 #42

Maybe it's just that KoKo Nov 2014 #18

KoKo.. The President's name was mud after the character assassination he took in Kentucky. kentuck Nov 2014 #26

Same thing with NC... KoKo Nov 2014 #44

No she would have won this had she only been treestar Nov 2014 #21

Breaking: She is now claiming she has never heard of Kentucky Old Nick Nov 2014 #19

Kentucky Dems have a VERY deep bench BluegrassDem Nov 2014 #23

I like Jack Conway and Steve Beshear. kentuck Nov 2014 #24

gun totin', Obama bashing and stunned. Sounds like our Sarah Palin. LawDeeDah Nov 2014 #25

I don't think that is a fair comparison. kentuck Nov 2014 #27

If she can't stand for anything, she stands for nothing. LawDeeDah Nov 2014 #28

She did say that she would not "rip" health coverage out of the hands of 500,000 Kentuckians... kentuck Nov 2014 #32

She's very young and it took guts to go after McConnell the way she did BeyondGeography Nov 2014 #36

That's the way I look at it also... kentuck Nov 2014 #38

She probably listened to the wrong people steve2470 Nov 2014 #45

I agree. She made campaign mistakes, but she is very young. She took on one of the most powerful stevenleser Nov 2014 #62

She's a fool bluestateguy Nov 2014 #40

How do the black voters of Kentucky feel about her? tularetom Nov 2014 #41

She received 95% of the black women vote but... kentuck Nov 2014 #43

Not one mention of the Indigenous peoples of North america n/t TshaiRedhair Nov 2014 #47

I believe Native Americans to be important EVERYWHERE in this country. That said hlthe2b Nov 2014 #48

I mean in the whole campaign this year. TshaiRedhair Nov 2014 #57

Huh? In what context? arcane1 Nov 2014 #49

I mean in the whole campaign this year. n/t TshaiRedhair Nov 2014 #58

If GOP voters have a choice between real Republicans and Repub Lite, Dems lose. Vinca Nov 2014 #50

The governor's race is next year. RandySF Nov 2014 #52