re: Off-Topic: Governor’s Race

I have yet to see a single candidate explain what their policies are and how they plan to make Alabama a better state. They all want to ride on the coat tails of trump and claim they will end the mask mandate which lets be realistic, it’s hardly been enforced and is on its last legs anyway.

If Ivey is forced to debate, it'll be a disaster for her.

She can't be forced, but that's not really relevant because during this cycle I'm not so sure it wouldn't end up helping her.

The only thing close to a poll I've seen had the top 4 being Ivey (54%), James (17%), Blanchard (13%), and Odle (12%).

Odle embraces every national conspiracy theory on the map and his entire campaign seems to revolve around the second amendment and fighting the new world order - who's Alabama leader is Bob Riley (yes, I am serious. That's what he claims). Literally nothing on his campaign site relates to a single Alabama-centric issue.

Blanchard only got into the Governor's race when Trump told her he would support her in that race instead of the Senate race she'd already entered. She at least talks about education but makes stupid claims about Alabama having bad election security, which is demonstrably false. You can't get more secure than hand-marked paper ballots with non-networked tabulation devices.

James is already a 2 time loser who also mostly campaigns on national issues.

Between the 3 of them, I bet they can't come up with the names and duties of more than a handful of state agencies. They have no idea of how the legislature works or anything else related to how government functions.

Ivey's been in elected office since 2003. She may be a milquetoast but she isn't dumb. Debates run by state media would be full of state issues which her opponents would be totally unequipped to answer. Simply knowing how the pieces fit together means she'd immediately come across far better. A legislator, mayor of a bigger city, or similar person would be able to expose her weaknesses but a crazy preacher, former ambassador to Slovenia, and road builder with a famous father don't have a chance.

I HATE that I come across sounding like a Ivey supporter because I'm not. I'll likely just not vote the race because there's not one single candidate on the ballot that deserves the office.

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secure for the state as much federal assistance/funding for its betterment

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This mindset is destroying our country. Our state is responsible for the betterment of our state, not the federal government. We'd all be far better off with senators who want to shrink the size of the federal government overall, even if it means less funding for our state.

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This mindset is destroying our country. Our state is responsible for the betterment of our state, not the federal government. We'd all be far better off with senators who want to shrink the size of the federal government overall, even if it means less funding for our state.

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NOBODY said anything about expanding our govt.!
Tax dollars are allocated to "run the country" and the Senate decides where that money goes to do it. Now if you seriously don't think that our Senators should be trying to get OUR share as a state, then you are, quite simply put, an idiot!
Start with Redstone Arsenal, and go south on all the interstate and major highways, past the trade schools, colleges and universities down to Mobile where Shelby's been working to get Alabama one of the largest deep-water ports in the country done, THEN tell us that we don't want/need Federal funding!

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NOBODY said anything about expanding our govt.!
Tax dollars are allocated to "run the country" and the Senate decides where that money goes to do it. Now if you seriously don't think that our Senators should be trying to get OUR share as a state, then you are, quite simply put, an idiot!

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Yep. This is the mindset destroying our country. Also, the executive branch is responsible for how federal funds are spent. The House and Senate simply allocate the funds. They can insert specific language, but at the end of the day they do not decide how the funds are spent. You are demonstrating a complete lack of understanding of how our federal government operates.

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Start with Redstone Arsenal, and go south on all the interstate and major highways, past the trade schools, colleges and universities down to Mobile where Shelby's been working to get Alabama one of the largest deep-water ports in the country done, THEN tell us that we don't want/need Federal funding!

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We don't want/need federal funding. The country would be far better off if there was no such thing as "federal funding" at all.

ETA: Yes, if federal spending is going to be allocated, then we want people who will advocate for Alabama in that regard. No, we do not want people who will make "backroom deals" to insert more bloat into spending bills in order to do that. These are two separate matters. Mo Brooks and Katie Britt will both absolutely advocate for Alabama to receive allocated funding. I believe Mo Brooks is less to increase the bloat, and the arguments itt in favor of Britt seem to indicate her supporters feel the same way.

Agree, look at "the appropriations clause" . Clearly outlines congress responsiblity.

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We don't want/need federal funding. The country would be far better off if there was no such thing as "federal funding" at all.

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You think state funding alone can handle infrastructure needs?

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You think state funding alone can handle infrastructure needs?

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If we're talking about federal highways and roads? Probably not. I'm aware that our government has grown to a grotesque size that would be difficult to uncouple from. I'm merely advocating for uncoupling as much as possible and not trying to increase it further.

Outside of that, most of the federal/state/county/local projects I run into when I review them would have absolutely been completed without the federal government, and usually the funds they would have used instead aren't put to great use otherwise.

Burdette now has an ad making fun of Ivey’s ad

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