Posted on 10/26/2014 6:44:13 PM PDT by Din Maker
In a new ad from Kentucky Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes, a handful of women from the Bluegrass state stare straight into the camera and blast Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell for his shameful 30-year record on women.
“Shame on you Mitch McConnell,” an African-American woman says, arms crossed.
“You’ve turned your back on our mothers, our daughters, and me,” another woman continues.
More women lambaste the Senate minority leader for voting against the Paycheck Fairness Act and declining to vote for an expanded Violence Against Women Act in 2012: “Instead of enforcing equal pay for equal work, you called it preferential treatment” // “You’ve stood against stronger laws on domestic violence.”
With a recent Bluegrass poll released on October 20 finding the candidates in a dead heat without a gender gap in either direction, both candidates are fighting aggressively over the women vote with the little time left until the midterm election on November 4.
In an ad last week, the McConnell campaign also showed women speaking into the camera, accusing Grimes of thinking she’s got the vote just because she isn’t a man. “She thinks I’ll vote for the candidate that looks like me, rather than the one who represents me,” one woman said.
But based on his track record, McConnell positioning himself as a champion of women is a tough sell.
“How dare you claim to be pro-women,” a woman in the Grimes ad says. “Real Kentucky women know better,” another woman concludes.
Grimes on Sunday was endorsed by two of the biggest news outlets in Kentucky, The Courier-Journal and Kentucky.com. Both commended her support of women, particularly in closing the wage gap.
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Grimes on Sunday was endorsed by two of the biggest news outlets in Kentucky, The Courier-Journal and Kentucky.com.
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Wow! What a shocker! (/s)
Maybe if he came crawling back..... - Naw....
Nobody is swayed by Newspaper endorsements.
No I’m not campaigning for Grimes. There are a lot of Articles posted on here that I don’t agree with (especially the ones from NPR) but, I like to know what the Liberals are doing. But, just for the record I do hate Mitch McConnell because he hates the Tea Party, Conservatives and websites like Free Republic. But, I could never vote for a baby-killer.
They both suck. Grimes pulling out all the stops that the Marxofascists can muster.
Sadly, those are effective among so many who are low informationistas and/or who are a subsidy of some sort.
McConnell blew any chance of Conservatives voting FOR him, those who do, are simply doing so to prevent Grimes from getting the seat.
Me - I would rather Grimes win that see McConnell remain in it.
I plan to vote 3rd party or write in in two weeks and am working hard to get everyone I know to do likewise.
McConnell may be in for a very big shock (I hope) unless his machine can yank out more fraud than the DNC can muster in this commonwealth.
The Turtle screwed himself - and he justifiably needs to go.
Did she show an empty turtle shell like Wendy Davis did with Greg Abbott’s wheelchair?
And now McConnell has nobody left in his corner.
You would think their mutual hatred for conservatives would unite them
Apparently Ditch is too “ideologically pure”...
“Me - I would rather Grimes win that see McConnell remain in it.”
No matter what problem McConnell has, he’s better than the leftist Grimes.
“I plan to vote 3rd party or write in in two weeks and am working hard to get everyone I know to do likewise.”
Your protest vote will only help the Democrats. I just don’t see the point.
The “wage gap” is a myth of course.
Not that I really give a turd whether McConnell wins or not
In The Ditch Mitch!
Nail-biter? I hope not.
I hope Grimes wipes the floor with His Turtleship.
He can and will continue his war on conservatives if he wins.
McConnell is pretty much under assault for conservative positions in this campaign - not supporting the phony “equal pay” act and not voting for minimum wage increases - and the “true conservatives” pray that it is effective. Anyone who wants the Lundergans to get a U.S. Senate and everything they can do with that which will negatively effect our Commonwealth and our country for decades is NOT a conservative - they can crow all they want about the “GOPe”, etc. - they are not conservatives. Every single election the “true conservatives” claim the solution to the country’s problems is to get as many ultra liberals in office as possible to pass as many ultra liberal policies into law as possible to ‘teach a lesson’ ... to someone.
As far as this ad being run by Grimes, it’s an indication these ads must have been effective in reaching out to women voters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJmkOjBRhe4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ04b2qrihA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k1QUGtvAmc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R59XywkUyTg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq8NhMvo0pY
His record on women can’t be much worse than his record on Conservatism.
INVAR said: I plan to vote 3rd party or write in in two weeks and am working hard to get everyone I know to do likewise.
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How is the response from people? Are you making any head-way? I think that the pollsters are not figuring in” the thousands of Conservatives who will either:
1. Stay home on Election Day or
2. Vote Third Party or
3. Skip the Senate Race altogether and only vote down-ballot.
Let’s see if Mitch can win without those Tea Partiers and Conservatives that he hates and has vowed to crush. That low-life piece of s**t.
I hope Grimes loses. I hope McConnell loses too.
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