re: JBE voters that voted for Trump but are/have voted for JBE, genuinely curious how it works

I am a Trump voter that has voted for Republicans in almost every major election.

I will be voting for JBE and have been actively campaigning friends and family to vote for him.

Personal reasons.

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I voted for Trump and JBE last time because Vitter is a horrible individual. This time I voted for Abraham, now Rispone. Neither are horrible people. That is how it works.

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Wait, wut?

How is it that Vitter is horrible, but Trump is not? It's got to be something other than Vitter sleeping with a prostitute right?

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what does Hillary have to do with how JBE runs the LA govt?

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It gives you an idea of who Jon Bel's allies are, and what type of people he associates with, relies on for advice, and who he hires.

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He singed the abortion bill, he is pro second amendment.

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He singed the abortion bill, he is pro second amendment.

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so why does he support a party that is pro abortion, and anti second amendment/ Why is he helping candidates who want abortion on demand and who want to take away your guns?

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His fiscal spending is just like every republican in state office.

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That's simply not true. He raises taxes, runs up a large surplus, and brags about his financial acumen. He is a big spender, and a big taxer.

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Jindal was a Bush supporter where you ok with that?

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Yes, I was happy with that. The alternative was much, much worse.

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Mainly I have been told because they just don’t like Rispone- speech/ voice pattern etc.

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That's far down on the list of things to not like about Rispone

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what does Hillary have to do with how JBE runs the LA govt?

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Not directed at me but I get where you're coming from...just don't happen to agree. His support of Hillary (and Obama) has plenty to do with how JBE governs because it clearly illustrates the political lens through which he looks at life. I think it's likelier that he's far more like Clinton/Obama than he lets on, but he's at least not ridiculous enough to be who he really is because he knows doing so would eliminate his shot at power.

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He singed the abortion bill,

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He signed the abortion bill because he absolutely had to...he would've signed his own political abortion if he vetoed it. It's easy to favor not killing babies...especially in Louisiana. Not to mention...word on the street was that Edwards was livid with the bill's author (a dude named Milkovich) for filing the bill in an election year...Milkovich by the way lost re-election this fall...Edwards own team was said to quietly be involved in encouraging a specific individual to run against Milkovich, but that person ultimately dropped out of the race and supported Milkovich's opponent.

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he is pro second amendment.

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Again...he really hasn't done much to show this other than saying he's pro 2A, which is pretty easy to do in the Sportsman's Paradise. It's frankly the easiest thing to say if you're running for office in Louisiana. It's also generic and one of ONLY two "conservative" issues he blatantly supports--albeit passively because he certainly never championed anything pro-2A while in the legislature for eight years nor as governor for an additional four years.

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His fiscal spending is just like every republican in state office.

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Literally false. Not figuratively false. Literally not true. Several elected Republicans might've voted for some of the tax bills JBE strong-armed into passage. However, many of those bills narrowly received the two-thirds necessary, and many of the Republican supporters were giant RINOs who have either been shown the door via term limits, left mid-term, or were replaced by much more conservative GOP legislators a few short weeks ago in the primary.

Bottom line: Edwards is doing whatever it takes to appear conservative...just like Mary Landrieu and--depending on where she was professionally lying in front of an audience--Hillary Clinton.

Rispone is by far the worst Republican candidate since Abraham. Any other Republican wins easily

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I am a lawyer, not a trial lawyer but either way I dont need trial lawyers encroaching into my side of the law after they lose business/jobs.

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A Rispone win will finally force the legal community in Louisiana to clean house and take the trouble makers to task who have treated their profession like legalized extortion of private sector.

Those lawyers are like pigs at the trough in Louisiana and they are fighting to keep that trough.

John Bel Edwards governorship, especially in a loss, has badly damaged the standing of Lawyers in Louisiana.

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Rispone opposes the Homestead Exemption?

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Here is the logic:

-Rispone supports a constitutional convention.
-He hasn't specifically said what he will change.
-So JBE basically said he will eliminate the homestead exemption and cut supplemental pay for sheriffs and other law enforcement.
-Rispone DID say he won't touch supplemental pay
-Therefore it's reasonable to infer he might do something with the homestead exemption.

We don't know that to be true. And he probably won't eliminate it regardless. He might give control to locals. He might make the first $10k taxable. Who knows?

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-Rispone supports a constitutional convention.
-He hasn't specifically said what he will change.
-So JBE basically said he will eliminate the homestead exemption and cut supplemental pay for sheriffs and other law enforcement.
-Rispone DID say he won't touch supplemental pay
-Therefore it's reasonable to infer he might do something with the homestead exemption.

We don't know that to be true. And he probably won't eliminate it regardless. He might give control to locals. He might make the first $10k taxable. Who knows?

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Exactly, and reforming the homestead exemption isn’t the same as eliminating it right?

Personally I think all property should be taxed. Say the first 50K of 75K. Everyone should have skin in the game. All property owners should pay something. Then the next 75K could be exempt.

Having property tax elections with so many exempt isn’t fair when we are talking basic services.

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Rispone opposes the Homestead Exemption?

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So a Rispone shill has to ask the poli board where Rispone stands on a significant State issue.

Sounds right.