Posted on 09/15/2015 10:19:53 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
LOUISVILLE — The three candidates for governor met Tuesday night at Belleramine University in an hour-long debate where social issues took a sharper focus.
Democratic candidate Jack Conway, Republican candidate Matt Bevin and independent candidate Drew Curtis shared the spotlight on Tuesday night in Louisville at the debate sponsored by The Courier Journal, WHAS-TV, WKYT-TV and the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Bevin and a visibly sweating Conway exchanged barbs over state pension plans and same-sex marriage from the stage as a crowd of 300 people watched on from the Cralle Center. All the while Curtis slipped in and out of the wider debate with comedic timing.
“I think you’re both wrong,” Curtis said during one tense exchange between Bevin and Conway over Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis and questions over her civic obligation and religious freedoms to deny marriage licenses to all couples in her opposition to same-sex marriage.
“As an executive you have an oath to uphold the laws of the land of your state regardless if you believe in them or not,” Curtis continued after bringing the room to laughter — including Conway.
Bevin said he thought it was “fantastic” that Kentucky was leading the national conversation about religious freedoms.
After the debate the Republican candidate said the issue has “redefined this race, whether any of us candidates would like that to be the case or not.”
When asked if the debate helps him in the campaign, Bevin replied, “I don’t think it hurts me, but I’ll leave that up to the voters to decide.”
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I didn’t watch Cat, how did Bevin do?
I don’t get what was so funny about Curtis’ statement about Davis.
Did it seem funny to you?
Apparently it was the “I think you’re both wrong” line that people thought was so amusing.
I wasn’t able to watch it either live. I am trying to find a video of it.
10-4
He may have said they were both wrong but it sounds like he has the same belief as Conway.
Bevin lost my enthusiasm after his shameless pandering on the Jefferson Davis statue.
Who gives a shite about a dead democrat?
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