So, tomorrow is Kentucky's primary day. It's actually Pennsylvania's day tomorrow, but I'll be blunt, there's nothing really interesting going on there. You'd think kentucky would be boring AF but I wanna put a spotlight on Kentucky's 4th congressional district real quick. Now, for the general, its probably going safe R. I mean it's not in my model AT ALL, which means it's safe. BUT....this is Thomas Massie's district. Why is this relevant? Because Thomas Massie is one of the few republicans with a conscience. He's more a libertarian than a traditional republican, and he's probably one of the only republicans left in the GOP who I respect. I dont LIKE the guy, but I respect him, for putting his country above his party, and at least having relatively based social views. He also voted to release the epstein files, which got him on Trump's craplist. Which is why the dude's being primaried. He's faced intense hatred from MAGA over this and a lot of MAGA voters are voting for a candidate more in line with them instead. So they're throwing the guy out and we're probably getting someone worse in response. Yeah....it don't look good for Massie, it looks like his average has him down 5.5% in my estimation based on the above? That puts him at around a 91-92% chance of losing his primary. *sigh* This is why we cant have nice things...
But seriously, I have mixed views on this. On the one hand, I HATE the fact that the one dude with a conscience on the republican side is being punished for expressing it. But that's what trump and maga does. They act like a cult and they support dear leader no matter how insane he is.
On the other hand, I feel like democrats can and should learn from this. Democrats always have this attitude that no matter how crappy and unrepresentative republicans are of their values, that their voters will crawl over broken glass to vote for them. But no...here's the reality. These guys are INTO THAT CRAP. MAGA IS THEIR VALUES! When someone DOESNT toe the line of MAGA, the voters will PUNISH them for it. And this ins't new behavior. We did this to Arlen Specter back in 2010 as well. Dems might try to gaslight me on it, but I was there. We did it. I was a republican voter at the time. It was my last election cycle as a republican, but yeah. We did that.
And this is the energy I wish to bring to do nothing candidates. We progressives, we gotta throw out worthless centrists who spit in our faces and tell us we cant have nice things. We gotta PUNISH them for it. This is how. We primary them and we show up and vote. If we werent dealing with straight up illiberal fascists, I'd even say dont vote for them in the general, vote green or something. But seriously guys....we gotta...not do that as long as democracy and our rights are under attack. I hate to say it but vote blue no matter who...at least until we're past the current threat.
But as far as primaries go? Go for broke. Throw them out! Do everything in your power to get rid of these guys. Do to them what the GOP did to arlen specter in 2010, and what they're doing to Thomas Massie right now.
As for Massie himself....I will say though, he didnt deserve this. He was one of the few principled republicans left in congress, and he'll be sorely missed.
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