Monday, October 21, 2019

Taggart: Heavy Turnout Favors GOP

Attorney and former Republican Attorney General candidate Andrew Taggart submitted the following guest column.  





Kingfish note: 1999.  That was a banner year for the GOP in terms of forgettable candidates.  Mike Parker, Bill Hawks, Nick Walters, and Mark Garriga.  Yeah, the GOP was going to get a yuuuge turnout for that slate. 

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

So here we are 20 years later, and the slate of GOP candidates is about as pitiful as it was back then. I'm going to vote on Nov. 5th, but there's not an ounce of excitement in my body about any of the choices they we have in front of us. If this the best slate of candidates (R & D) that we can field in this state, then I'd hate to see the worst.

Anonymous said...

Absentee ballot count is low so here will be no large GOP turnout. This has to be the most boring political year in some time.

Anonymous said...

1999 slate actually looks pretty good to me.....

Anonymous said...

I doubt Taggart has ever had a job that required HIM to sweat. In my opinion..he has made a great income attaching himself to various boards...the Bapt. Hospital for example.

Anonymous said...

Hinds County dwarfs the rest of the state in the number of democrat voters and there is a growing movement in Hinds County to NOT show up to support Hood in November. That pretty much seals the deal.

Anonymous said...

Could Andy at least publish the weather report for each of those elections? That determines turnout more than the millions in stupid ads.

Anonymous said...

Hinds County dwarfs the rest of the state in the number of democrat voters and there is a growing movement in Hinds County to NOT show up to support Hood in November.

Why is that?

Anonymous said...

12:36 -- Since they control the party I don't understand why black Democrats don't run black Democrats for every statewide office in every statewide election until they start to win some of these offices. What do they have to lose? The answer is nothing. Not one of Hood's TV ads is targeted to get out the black vote. He's all about the white rural Bubbas because he takes the black vote completely for granted as already being in his column.

Anonymous said...

Taggart is doing his best to have some meaningful role that makes him relevant. . In this case , he prepared a few slides and copyrighted them. I wonder what he bills out for his elementary Excel clerical skills.

When can we move forward? said...

No offense to the aged but some of y’all need to get out of the way...

Anonymous said...

This is a snoozer of a story - the potential story is the number of "republicans" that are going to vote for Hood. Based on the concerns for the future or the state, or the yuk factor of voting for a candidate that votes no to all issues that cost money, but are necessary outlays for the long-term good of our state. I expect that there will be many more votes than only traditional democrats for Hood.

Anonymous said...

1:14...supporters of Robert Shuler Smith don't like Hood. All democrats.

And the Democrats who don't like Robert Shuler Smith are ticked that Hood wasn't competent enough to get a conviction after 3 tries, or too stupid to know he coundn't win.

The RSS fiasco was a lose-lose-lose scenario for Hood in the biggest democratic base in the state. And to top that off, watch his ads, he is clearly NOT courting the black vote.

Anonymous said...

Waller voters will decide the election. Many of them plan to vote for Hood. It may not be enough but it will be close. Hood as Governor and Hosemann as Lt. Gov. will actually be able to get a lot done without embarrassment and controversy.

Anonymous said...

Has anyone noticed there are no outside groups running ads for their candidate. AFP is doing a few mailers for Tate. This is a tight race. It is a strange political year in Mississippi

Anonymous said...

Haven't voted Democrat in 40 years. Got a Hood sign in my yard as we speak.

Anonymous said...

I attempted to counter the posts (the ones Kingfish allowed) deriding the experience and motives of Taggart. But, I guess it didn't please The Fish.

Anonymous said...

I have always voted Republican. However, in this election, I'm voting for Hood. I've grown weary of watching Mississippi continue a downward trend, while Tate pretends to be working for his Dad's business in a commercial.

Anonymous said...

So here we are 20 years later, and the slate of GOP candidates is about as pitiful as it was back then. I'm going to vote on Nov. 5th, but there's not an ounce of excitement in my body about any of the choices they we have in front of us. If this the best slate of candidates (R & D) that we can field in this state, then I'd hate to see the worst.


Please stop with this passive-aggressive nonsense? Because it's safe to assume you voted for Tate Reeves to become Lt. Governor, not once, but twice!? So now all of a sudden, you are questioning the quality of candidacy to get a promotion!?

People come on here and talk about "RINO" Haley Barbour, but was kissing his "conservative" behind when he was running for office and re-election!?

Start being accountable for the choices you make in regards to the candidates and party you keep putting in public office.

Anonymous said...

12:36 -- Since they control the party I don't understand why black Democrats don't run black Democrats for every statewide office in every statewide election until they start to win some of these offices. What do they have to lose? The answer is nothing. Not one of Hood's TV ads is targeted to get out the black vote. He's all about the white rural Bubbas because he takes the black vote completely for granted as already being in his column.

Where the heck do you begin when it comes to comments like the aforementioned one?

1. Since they control the party I don't understand why black Democrats don't run black Democrats for every statewide office

First of all, it shouldn't be about a person's ethnicity when deciding to choose an elected official to represent you!? But then again this is Mississippi, where the political parties are clearly racially divided. It is the Giant elephant in the room (no pun intended)

2. Not one of Hood's TV ads is targeted to get out the black vote. He's all about the white rural Bubbas because he takes the black vote completely for granted as already being in his column.

And neither are Tate Reeves ads targeted to get the black vote? But we're just going to point fingers at Jim Hood for taking advantage of the black vote and ignore the fact that Tate Reeves and the Mississippi Republican Party does not make an effort to attract the black vote? Yet again - acknowledging our politics are racially divided in this state.

Black Mississippians get the political games in this state, there are clear differences between Tate Reeves and Jim Hood.

You can look at the number of black law firms that received work from Hood's AG Office, compared to the number of small black businesses that were awarded contracts via the legislature under Reeves.

So we are totally fine with Hood reaching out to Bubba to get a vote, because we already know who will be the better option come November.

Kingfish said...

7:49: I didn't approve them because they had nothing to do with the subject of the post but instead were nothing more than personal attacks on the author. Criticize or dispute his thesis all you want.


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