Welcome Governor-elect, Steve Beshear!
Kentucky voters on Tuesday dumped scandal-stained Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher, electing Democrat Steve Beshear, while Mississippi Republican Gov. Haley Barbour coasted to re-election.
With all precincts reporting, Beshear, a former state attorney general and lieutenant governor, had 59 percent of the vote to 41 percent for Fletcher, who had trailed badly in pre-election polls following a hiring scandal.
With any luck, this is the start of a trend. Gee, maybe every Democratic candidate should solicit the support of gay organizations!
Cinderella Ferret
Ummmm. The title of this post is, uh … well … how you say it? Funny? Hilarious is more like it … Sorry, just my juvenile sense of humor at work.
just me
Fletcher was actually the outlier for KY politics.
Democrats have controlled the state forever. When I was growing up there I don’t recall a single GOP governor ever.
Helena Montana
Just always remember and never forget–the GOP courts its base, the Democrats ignore theirs.
jake
Amended.
Thanks to the wonders of lysdexia and a filthyI think of the KY GOP candidate as Feltcher.
Zifnab
If Dem spokemen want to be cute, they can use this as a mandate from the people that Kentucky wants gay-happy Governors in office after all.
Hehe. A mandate.
chopper
the KY goopers take a wide stance when it comes to getting beat off by the dems.
jesus, that’s about the most double entendres i’ve ever written in one sentence.
Tim C
If you want an interesting story, you should consult back issues of the Louisville Courier-Journal or the Lexington Herald Leader. How Fletcher and the GOP ever thought he could be re-elected is completely beyond me. It’s so bad that he actually issued blanket pardons to his entire cabinet so they couldn’t be prosecuted for their alleged activities. He’ll be lucky to avoid the federal slam.
magisterludi
Haley Barbour spent A TON ‘O MONEY on this race. Lots and lots of TV spots in the Memphis market ever since late Aug. then won with 56%. Wonder why he was so nervous?
BTW- Pat Robertson just endorsed Ghouliani!
Fwiffo
That’s odd. I could have sworn that the Dems were in charge of giving oral, and that congressional pages handled the handjobs.
Tax Analyst
I didn’t really think you needed KY to beat off…it’s just your hand – if you get too much friction you can just re-adjust your grip. Now anal, well, that’s an entirely tighter situation.
But speaking of assholes, hopefully Fletcher’s loss will grease the tubes for the GOP and slide as many of them out of orifice as possible.
The Populist
I firmly think this is the opening salvo on America’s war on GOP politics.
I love it.
fishbane
Dear god I don’t want to see the pictures.