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bluestateguy

(44,173 posts) Tue Oct 14, 2014, 08:54 PM Oct 2014

We could have had Ashley Judd as the candidate

But party elitists pushed her out.

That's all.

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We could have had Ashley Judd as the candidate (Original Post) bluestateguy Oct 2014 OP

Grimes is much better, imo BeyondGeography Oct 2014 #1

I like Ashley, but(as we didn't know at the time)her marriage was imploding in late 2013. Ken Burch Oct 2014 #2

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)

1. Grimes is much better, imo

Reply to bluestateguy (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2014, 09:02 PM

Oct 2014

She's a pro, throws a very good punch and no one can question her home state cred which would have been a never-ending nightmare with Judd. She has other issues, but Judd would be down 15 points by now.

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

2. I like Ashley, but(as we didn't know at the time)her marriage was imploding in late 2013.

Reply to bluestateguy (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2014, 09:08 PM

Oct 2014

In an obsessively "pro-family&quot yet divorce-heavy)state like Kentucky, they'd have torn her to ribbons over that.

Wouldn't have put it past McConnell to have Naomi and Wynonna come out to campaign against her.

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