Is the New Chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party Ready to Take Back the Legislature?
Hmmm. Original Deaniac, Pike County roots, avoids actually saying dems need to pursue white male voters.
Is he a fighter? Will he force the party to jettison the repug-lite campaigns that lost the state House for the first time in 98 years? Ninety. Eight. Years.
Kentucky Democrats have a historic opportunity in 2018 to replicate the Virginia victory of 32 seats in the state legislature. But not if we keep doing what keeps not working.
From the Herald:
Lexington businessman Ben Self, a co-founder of West Sixth Brewery, on Saturday was elected the new chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party, said party spokesman Brad Bowman.I don't hear anywhere near enough "Kentucky Democratic voters are sick and fucking tired of the sorry excuse for leadership that the Kentucky Democratic Party insists on protecting and perpetuating."
Self replaces State Rep. Sannie Overly, D-Paris, who announced she was stepping down in August.
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Self, 40, told the Herald-Leader that the Kentucky Democratic Party was at a “pivotal moment, and it’s an exciting moment. There’s a lot of opportunity ahead of us.”
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Self said Democrats have to win elections, build long-term party capacity, which includes recruiting candidates, training activists, sharing best practices and building long-term knowledge inside the party.
“It’s time to return the Kentucky Democratic Party to the people,” Self said. “While campaigns and candidates come and go, the only organization that can tie them together, and the grassroots energy and fundraising momentum they produce, is a strong Kentucky Democratic Party."
But if he said that out loud, the party poohbahs wouldn't have given him the job. Let's hope that he secretly hates despises and loathes them all.
Meanwhile, fuck the party. Get out their and light a fire under our voters.
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