re: Is it just me or these Eddie Rispone commercials are just terrible?

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“Eddie Rispone’s got to hope that a full-fledged media campaign is enough, that he catches fire, and voters like those spots enough that they will vote for him,” said Engster. “So far, this is a ‘get to know you’ situation and we know Eddie Rispone drives a truck, we know he’s got a Trump bumper sticker, and we know he gave money to the president.”

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Abraham acknowledged Tuesday he has similar views to Rispone, but has a longer record to run on. “We certainly share a lot of the same views,” Abraham said. “The difference is just being a servant of the people. All my life, I’ve tried to be out in front.” “It appears that Ralph Abraham is the insider’s favorite,” Engster said. “He is a congressman, but Eddie Rispone has more money and the question is who finishes number two? And if number two means a runoff? Because John Bel Edwards in a runoff is vulnerable.”

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Why wouldn't Rispone show up for the forum with the Sheriffs?

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The other major candidate, Eddie Rispone, was invited to both events but did not attend, with his campaign citing prior commitments. Rispone, a wealthy businessman who is self-funding his campaign and is advertising heavily on TV, took criticism from Edwards for not showing up.

“I don’t know how I could say I wanted to be governor and I don’t want to go talk to the sheriffs; that I want to be governor and I don’t want to go talk to the municipal association,” Edwards said.

Abraham’s campaign strategist Lionel Rainey said he “can’t figure out why any candidate wouldn’t show up” to the morning forum. Abraham declined to comment on his absence.

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He puts the "guber" in gubernatorial.

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There might be people who would generally vote republican, but because they don't know which one to go with they will just stick with the incumbent.

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This makes no damn sense. Might be the dumbest thing I’ve read today, which is saying ALOT considering a read through my community Facebook page earlier.

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then what's the point?

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to take votes away from JBE to prevent him from getting over 50% in the primary.

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do you even fricking read?

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they need to plant another Dem or Ind in the race to take votes away from JBE to prevent him from getting over 50% in the primary.


If that person would make a better governor then sure.. But if you are going to plant just someone who doesn't give a shite or can't handle the position then what's the point?

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Holy shite.

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This makes no damn sense. Might be the dumbest thing I’ve read today, which is saying ALOT considering a read through my community Facebook page earlier.

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You don't understand how voters think. I am not saying I know all about campaign strategies, etc, but there will be people who can't decide which republican to vote for, for whatever reason so just because JBE is already in office, they will just vote for him.. Where as, if it came down either a republican or democrat, they would normally pick a republican.. Or vice versa.

Having two weaker opponents from the same party only makes them weaker individually.

You never know. The JBE team could be putting up Rispone to deflect all the die hard trump people to him. Those are votes he knows he will not get anyway, so by having one opponent that will soak up those votes with another republican out there only helps JBE. You never know when it comes to politics.

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You never know. The JBE team could be putting up Rispone to deflect all the die hard trump people to him. Those are votes he knows he will not get anyway, so by having one opponent that will soak up those votes with another republican out there only helps JBE. You never know when it comes to politics.

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That would work in an election in which you had one dem, one GOP, you put up an independent to collect votes, and you don't need a majority to win. In this case, Rispone would be the independent.

In a race where you need 50% plus 1, that strategy makes no sense.

Idgaf about Eddie Rispone, but if I have to hear ‘zip recruiter dot com, slash ROCK. Zip recruiter dot com, slash ROCK’, one more fricking time, I’m going to punch out my fricking windshield

Something about how he says ‘rock’ absolutely infuriates me



This is in response to a commercial I hear on 95.7 4 times an hour throughout the day

Eddie Rispone has had more threads about him on the TigerDroppings poliboard and the OT in the past month than Ralph Abraham does.

"All publicity is good publicity, as long as they spell your name right. The best publicity is well-planned and thought-out. All publicity is good if it is intelligent. The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."

And people say Rispone has no shot?