quote Originally posted by rinselberg: I think it's fair to say that the man with the rather unimposing screen name of "82-T/A [At Work]" has long been putting forward on this forum a markedly imposing thesis that the Democratic Party, from its inception some 200 years ago in the 1820s and all the way forward to today, has always been just one small step away from the original Nazi Party, in terms of Depravity. Is it fair for "82" to say that "Kentucky is still Democrat"..? I questioned this in my previous post in this thread: https://www.fiero.nl/forum/...L/000726-6.html#p233 I'm looking for some "buy in" from other forum members and their unique personal perspectives. I am flummoxed by the assertion that "Kentucky is still Democrat." I don't understand where that assertion comes from, or how it is "based". Does anyone else feel the same way? And if so, what are the implications (are there any) in terms of how they credit or evaluate the Grand Theory of Democratic Party Depravity as has been put before this forum by the generally estimable "82-T/A [At Work]"..?

A slim majority of the voters in Kentucky are Democrat. The current governor of Kentucky is a Democrat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Beshear

Kentucky was basically solidly Democrat until about 2003, and its been slowly changing. Since 2003, there have been two Republican governors, and two Democrat governors. Kentucky is basically what Florida was ~20 years ago... sort of a 50/50 state. The two Federal senators are Republican, and the local legislature is solidly Republican now after this last election. This will probably be the last Democrat governor in a long time... had he been up for reelection in 2022, he'd probably have lost. Point being is that Kentucky was a solidly blue state until fairly recently. Like Florida, it slowly transitioned into a Republican state from say 2000-present.

This is why what RayB and ThreeDog (Fredtoast) keep saying is so incorrect. The south remained solidly Democrat until the mid-90s, and for some states, even into the 2000s. As I said, go look at any southern state's governor's office. This election is a popular-vote election for the state, and represents the significant make-up of the state. For all of the Southern States, they had Democrat governors (and for the most part, Democrat legislatures across the board) until around 2000. So the idea that Democrats "switched parties" is just not a valid statement, because they didn't. They still voted Democrat.

The popularity of a president in an election season rarely defines whether a state is Republican or Democrat... because voters always switch sides in every election.
Again... many Republicans voted for Obama in his first term (I know many who did)
Many Republicans voted for Clinton.
Many Democrats voted for Trump.
Many Democrats voted for Bush in his second term.

... and so forth.

Another week... another drop.

Bud Light sales for last week dropped 28.4% from this time last year.

Seems like the decline is getting slightly worse over time... not getting better.


I know I'll never buy that beer again. It wasn't really a particular favorite of mine. I'd order it at a bar if that's what they had, but I used to buy some of the other brands from InBev. I'll never buy any of those now either.

At least for a while, I know people won't buy it because they don't want to deal with politics at a party and don't want to be associated with it. So that's one, but another is that very few people, like me, are OK with companies forcing politics down our throats. So I for one will never buy that beer again. Even if they apologize... which they have not.

quote Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: Another week... another drop. Bud Light sales for last week dropped 28.4% from this time last year. Seems like the decline is getting slightly worse over time... not getting better. I know I'll never buy that beer again. It wasn't really a particular favorite of mine. I'd order it at a bar if that's what they had, but I used to buy some of the other brands from InBev. I'll never buy any of those now either. At least for a while, I know people won't buy it because they don't want to deal with politics at a party and don't want to be associated with it. So that's one, but another is that very few people, like me, are OK with companies forcing politics down our throats. So I for one will never buy that beer again. Even if they apologize... which they have not.

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