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Posted on 11/2/17 at 10:49 pm to navy
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Has LA learned nothing?
The fact that Louisiana has relentlessly voted against JBE approved democrats and in some cases approved republicans as well in other elections gives me some good signs that it did but this thread is more than enough to give me pause as it's the same ploy that pos opportunists like Dardenne and Angelle took advantage of which enabled JBE to win.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 10:56 pm to NIH
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This state has always been bad for business.
Because one major driving reason is that the statehouse is full of democrats that put an R next to their name for political survival.
That is literally the biggest reason why we need a freedom caucus style conservative to keep them in line.
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Jindal fricking PAID businesses to come here and they still left. It's a lost cause.
That's one major reason why I turned against him. Film welfare being a great example of that.
Jindal completely soured me on on wonder boy type politicians. Can't trust them worth a shite now.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 10:59 pm to Sentrius
This state doesn't have the infrastructure or workforce to sustain economic growth on a consistent basis. Sad, but true. Might as well move to Texas if that's what you're basing your happiness off of.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 11:03 pm to NIH
Posted on 11/2/17 at 11:19 pm to Parmen
Not until he investigates the BS with the EBRCOA criminals.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:11 am to kingbob
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He struck a deal with Kennedy to stay out of the governor’s race. He will run for re-election for AG, and Kennedy will run for governor. If Kennedy wins, he will appoint Landry to his Senate seat.
Worst kept secret in all of LA politics.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:16 am to RobbBobb
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No, its going to be Kennedy. Landry will be appointed to the Senate at that point
I wouldn’t be so assumptive. Most people will not like Kennedy for hopping from Senate to trying to run for Governor so quickly.
Plus, my money is on Stephen Waguespack in 2019. President of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. Imagine that, someone who hails from Business & Industry approaching this state’s problems like running a large business. Makes too much sense.
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Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:20 am to FreeState
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Had it not been Mary Landrieu as his opponent
At least pretend to be informed
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Cassidy beats Dem Landrieu in Louisiana senatorial runoff
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:43 am to kingbob
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he is genuine and really means well.
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as honest and forthright a politician as you can find
I'll say this. He's transparent in his beliefs. You know exactly what you are getting with him. Of course... I don't want anything he is selling... but it's very clear what he is selling.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:48 am to Sentrius
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This thread is absolutely disappointing as it's best evidence to date that Louisiana conservatives could have not learned a damn thing at all after the debacle that was the 2015 election
No... we've learned a lot. We've learned we have to get a conservative in the runoff that has a chance of winning the runoff. Someone will run that isn't as batcrap crazy as Landry... and learning from our mistakes, we will make sure that person, and not Landry, gets in the runoff against JBE.
We learned we are not Alabama... we can't just run a crazy person and know they will win just because they have an R.
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but if it comes down to it, I will vote for Jeff Landry against JBE with no hesitation at all.
If that is what it will come down to... we will not have learned from our mistakes.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:52 am to Sentrius
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Even EWE wasn't as progressive as JBE is.
I guess... but JBE isn't really progressive, compared to most democrats.
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now we're one one of the most highly taxed states in the country with nothing to show for it at all.
Naw... we are still 45th highest in terms of total state and local taxation. Our stupid high sales tax makes up for super cheap property tax and mid-level income tax. Plus our fees for stuff like driving are pretty low.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:57 am to Kreg Jennings
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Plus, my money is on Stephen Waguespack in 2019. President of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. Imagine that, someone who hails from Business & Industry approaching this state’s problems like running a large business.
I like Stephen. I've worked with him. But let's be honest. He does not hail from business and industry. He has had two jobs - working in politics and being a lobbyist.
He has no business running for governor... even if he didn't have the stink of Jindal all over him (which he does).
Posted on 11/3/17 at 2:30 am to LSUFanHouston
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No... we've learned a lot.
Judging from this thread, It's not much besides the obvious of getting an unbeatable candidate.
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We've learned we have to get a conservative in the runoff that has a chance of winning the runoff.
I agree but voters also have a responsibility as well to choose wisely when picking candidates and learning how to have the right priorities when voting and not letting perfect be the enemy of good.
Like not letting relentless character assassination from ankle biters like Dardenne and Angelle burn the house of conservative unity down and set up an easy runoff win for the democrat when Vitter was one of the most highly qualified, if not the most qualified candidate we've ever had run for Governor with a very good conservative record, and there was no crime where he abused tax dollars or put national security at stake?
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We learned we are not Alabama... we can't just run a crazy person and know they will win just because they have an R.
We elected fat arse Pinky Nungessor as LT Gov over Kip Holden just because he had an R by his name and he won with the same margin JBE got and the thing is that Pinky actually put in the effort to win it.
Vitter would've still won if he had run a good campaign that didn't let JBE sneak into the runoff uncontested and took nothing for granted but he didn't do that and thus he earned the loss.
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batcrap crazy as Landry.
I'm no fan of Landry but I have no idea where this perception of him as some crazy loon is coming from?
There's no singular event that I know of that has inspired the scorn in this and other similar threads.
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If that is what it will come down to... we will not have learned from our mistakes.
Uh no.
Jeff Landry may not be perfect or even good enough, but can still win if he runs a good and disciplined campaign that takes nothing for granted and keeps the heat on JBE while touting enough of what he supports.
It's still a very conservative state and all the GOP front runner has to do is consolidate the GOP base and that will be easier to do considering that nobody important wants to be ankle biters when an incumbent democrat is in the race.
If a democrat can come out of nowhere to win the Governorship of a deep red southern state, republican Jeff Landry sure as shite can do it.
I still want Kennedy or Scalise though.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 3:03 am to LSUFanHouston
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I guess... but JBE isn't really progressive, compared to most democrats.
Doesn't matter.
He's said himself that he's scored big time progressive wins here in Louisiana because it's what he believes in and his voting record was one of the most liberal in the Louisiana statehouse and I repeatedly warned people about that but it fell on deaf ears amid dumb arse rage about fee fees over Vitter.
JBE only sees the private sector as a piggy bank to shake down and is constantly trying to find new things to tax and his policies couldn't be any more clear to that.
He's definitely the most liberal Governor we've ever had. He's nothing like Jim Justice over in West Virginia who's a democrat that actually repudiated Obama and Hillary while JBE not only supported but also shilled for them.
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we are still 45th highest in terms of total state and local taxation. Our stupid high sales tax makes up for super cheap property tax and mid-level income tax.
Uh huh, and don't believe for one second that JBE isn't trying to "fix" the property and income taxes.
Did you know that as bad as Jindal was in his second term, he still got budget surpluses without raising taxes? That should tell you that JBE only cares about making government as fat as possible with zero fricks given about nothing to show for it.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 4:20 am to NIH
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This state doesn't have the infrastructure or workforce to sustain economic growth on a consistent basis
We have four great institutions in LSU. LA Tech. ULL and UNO. Not to forget other universities
We also have process technology programs and multiple 2 year programs schools.
We have hardworking people in forestry, paper mill, and oil field baws.
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