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LiberalArkie

(18,240 posts)
2. Tom Cottonmouth is perhaps the one person who scares me the most of
Thu Sep 10, 2015, 07:59 PM
Sep 2015

any in Washington. Bought and paid for by the Kochs. He is on their frequent flyer program.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
3. I know that Pryor tried to bring up the Koch connection in his TV ads
Thu Sep 10, 2015, 08:16 PM
Sep 2015

But few people seemed to have paid attention.
I don't know how the state could have been so damn stupid to vote for Cottonmouth.

LiberalArkie

(18,240 posts)
4. I think the Kochs bought most of the air time in Arkansas. You could not turn on a tv and not see
Thu Sep 10, 2015, 08:21 PM
Sep 2015

Tom on TV in his Army uniform. Pryor was hard to get behind also, it was Republican - conservative or Democrat - conservative. Cotton has risen in the Republican party way too fast to not be someones pet.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
5. Yeah, I saw some of those ads
Thu Sep 10, 2015, 08:27 PM
Sep 2015

Cotton was really playing up his army bit, and being a Christian from Dardenelle. And Pryor's ads were pretty lame.

LiberalArkie

(18,240 posts)
6. I am hoping that some more Progressives will come out of the woodwork and run. I hope Hutchinson
Thu Sep 10, 2015, 08:42 PM
Sep 2015

bites the bullet. With so many people getting kicked off Medicaid last month, I think his popularity is pretty low. At least I hope it is. I would hate to have to move to a more Progressive state like Louisiana or Texas :>.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
7. I wonder how much influence Walmart has in all this
Thu Sep 10, 2015, 08:47 PM
Sep 2015

The governor, one Senator, and the 3rd District representative are all from a 10-mile radius or so of Walmart HQ.

LiberalArkie

(18,240 posts)
8. Probably quite a bit, They are trying to take over the Little Rock school system. I just really feel
Thu Sep 10, 2015, 09:06 PM
Sep 2015

like this election coming up will be very important, perhaps more important than Roosevelt/Hoover election. When some of the richest of the rich see a problem with the shrinking middle class, you know that there is a problem.

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