Several have asked me to post this, so, here you go. My thoughts on the candidates this year.

Gubernatorial

• David Williams: Stupid for not managing his reputation for a decade. Offers solid ideas and an actual plan. Refuses to take political advice and that’s why he’s not going to get any further than his current office. He’s not a homophobe, despite allowing people like Frank Simon to co-opt him, the gays hate that I remind them of the legislation he’s personally killed because I bothered to try talking to he and Bob Stivers. What you see on television isn’t the same person you see off-screen. Needs to quit with the gambling hypocrisy but we all know gambling isn’t going to save this state. Richie Farmer: This man is literally an adult baby. All he does is eat candy all day, complain about not having the right candy when on the campaign trail (you know, the 5% of the time he’s bothered to show up) and the rest of the time he’s just cold wandering around lost. The only people who do less than Richie in a day are the folks Jerry Abramson has given jobs to.
• Steve Beshear: May be the luckiest man alive to get two well-hated opponents in two consecutive elections. You already know he’s a do-nothing kind of guy who loves to give his friends lots of cushy cash-filled jobs. He’s afraid to say “gay” in public. He thinks making excuses for corruption is acceptable. He’s failed three times to get expanded gambling legislation passed. Ark Park. You know what the next four years will be like. It’ll be four years or trying to decide who we pick next. Jerry Abramson: Hello? Have you SEEN the shit storm this man created in Louisville? I’m not even going to get into it but there’s a reason he’s well-hated throughout the city.
• Gatewood Galbraith: His best campaign yet. He has some good ideas. It’s a shame he never takes a breath while trying to explain them and always gets cast as the lunatic fringe. Dea Riley: Haha, really?

Auditor of Public Accounts

• John Kemper: Wow. Two bankruptcies. Clearly not ready for prime time. Where the hell do Jesus and abortion fit into financial forensics?
• Adam Edelen: We’ve not always been a fan and are always the first to question him and call him out. If he’s going to be a good auditor – and he has the ability to shine – he’ll need to investigate the living shit out of his friends and eschew partisanship for the next four years. Then he can run for re-election, create a strong legacy and run for Congress or something. Being governor won’t ever suit him. No matter what he believes. He needs to avoid the stagnation of that office and go for a real legacy.

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Treasurer

• Todd Hollenbach: If you really believe he’s taking out his own trash, you need a swift kick to the nards. Mary John Celletti may be all hat and no cattle when it comes to suing him but everything she says about the man is true.
• K.C. Crosbie: What a let down. Terrific candidate who could shine shine shine. We have no idea why she decided not to run a campaign. She’s truly been one of Lexington’s best councilcritters in history. Was really shocked not to see that same woman on the campaign trail. Shocked. What you’ve seen isn’t the half of it. Jim Gray is right.

Secretary of State

• Alison Lundergan Grimes: Aside from her husband thinking she’s going to single-handedly win by running dumb Facebook ads, she’s clearly a bright spot in Kentucky’s future. 4-8 years in the job and she’ll definitely be gubernatorial material. Pushing paper and realizing she’ll have nothing do with actually creating jobs over the next several years will really give her time to focus on Kentucky’s real problems. She’ll get a sense for just how corrupt Frankfort is. And she’ll become even more of a terrific person and will soon be quite the effective leader. Has the potential to be one of the few people in the Commonwealth to be a governor no one will hate.
• Bill Johnson: HAHAHA, whaaaat. That whole poor/everyday man schtick he’s pushed is interesting. Considering he gave his U.S. Senate campaign $200,000 in cash and owns his own airplane.

Attorney General

• Jack Conway: Yes, Jack has been pretty okay at his job. No one disputes that. It’s what he hasn’t done that’s the problem. Do we really need to go back down that road? I’m not sure how a once-great and honest guy turned into a conniving, angry political hack. It’s a real shame.He’ll be lucky if he beats P’Pool. He’s allowed mess after mess to go uninvestigated, claimed responsibility for departments he didn’t create, he’s politicized serious issues facing the commonwealth, he has okayed the defamation (blow me, Jack) of people who dare question him, he’s lied about getting involved in his brother’s drug scandal. I could go on for days but I’ve already done so for a year.
• Todd P’Pool: All that ammunition and he never used it. Ever. Not even Todd believes the Obamafear story he’s pushing. Anybody who’d refuse to push for Democratic votes in a general election like this one deserves to lose.

Commissioner of Agriculture

• Jamie Comer: Obviously the best choice. He’s a real farmer. While he had no clue what the deal with organic produce was just a few months ago (I have it in writing, directly from him), it’s been great to watch him learn about it and figure out that Kentucky is the perfect spot to take advantage of this national push for better and healthier produce. While he’s made some stupid mistakes and palled around with an embarrassing teabagger or two, he has his ducks in a row when it comes to agriculture and he won’t be a stranger when it comes to working with people he likes and dislikes. Kentucky will be better off with him.
• Bob Farmer: Nice guy, sometimes funny but he literally has no clue what the job he’s running for entails. He’s not a farmer and never has been. I have no idea why he’s running and it’s actually embarrassing to watch. He should have sat on his hands and run for the legislature or something.