How is Kim Davis (county clerk) a democrat?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
S

steppinthrax

Diamond Member
Jul 17, 2006
3,990
6
81
Would have honestly thought her as a hardcore, right-wing, backwoods, bible-thumping, nut republican. But she's a registered dem and ran under dem for her position.

Also, how the hell can she make 80K a year????????
 
IronWing

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
72,818
33,832
136
Welcome to Kentucky. Until ~20 years ago, Kentucky was virtually a one party state (Democrat). Ideology didn't factor, if you wanted to get elected, you were a Democrat. The GOP has made huge inroads, particularly in statewide races but the Dem machine is still coughing along. In Kentucky politics, family, political clan (for lack of better word to describe traditional factions within the Dem machine), and regionalism are more important than ideology. Kentucky has Dems that out rightwing even the modern Reps.
 
boomerang

boomerang

Lifer
Jun 19, 2000
18,883
641
126
steppinthrax said:
Would have honestly thought her as a hardcore, right-wing, backwoods, bible-thumping, nut republican. But she's a registered dem and ran under dem for her position.

Also, how the hell can she make 80K a year????????
Click to expand...
To answer your first question, it's unfortunately a widely held belief that people are rigid in their beliefs along widely held political definitions. A religious Democrat? You bet, I'm sure there a multitude of them. In fact I know several myself. I guess she's just a backwoods, bible-thumping, nut Democrat, eh? Shocking to you I guess, but not to me.

As to your second question, the government takes care of its own. Government jobs can be very lucrative from both a compensation and benefit perspective. That doesn't mean it's right, it just is.
 
S

steppinthrax

Diamond Member
Jul 17, 2006
3,990
6
81
boomerang said:
Throw off the stereotypes you've been taught. You'll be a better person for it.
Click to expand...

LOL,

It's not much of a stereotype, just I've worked for state gov and see the salaries. My father worked for the Fed Gov and I know he's salary!!!
 
G

Gonad the Barbarian

Lifer
Oct 16, 1999
10,490
4
0
steppinthrax said:
She's a public servant, taking from the same pot as all gov workers. She's just a gov worker as far as I"m concerned. Just a glorified version of one!!!
Click to expand...

And your common assumption is why these elected and appointed positions in rural podunk counties (and states) often come with absurdly high salaries.
 
S

steppinthrax

Diamond Member
Jul 17, 2006
3,990
6
81
Gonad the Barbarian said:
And your common assumption is why these elected and appointed positions in rural podunk counties (and states) often come with absurdly high salaries.
Click to expand...

80K is not absurdly high. But I know lot of gov workers with higher skill sets and much lower salaries.

What the hell does she do all day besides push a pencil across a piece of paper???
 
  • Like
Reactions: Pohemi
Blackjack200

Blackjack200

Lifer
May 28, 2007
15,995
1,688
126
Staver also criticized Beshear on Friday, saying, "She is incarcerated not because of anything she's done but because of what the governor has failed to do."

He said the governor could issue an executive order to solve the problem.

The legislature could pass a law removing clerks' names from the licenses, but it won't be in session until January.

Beshear said last week he won't call lawmakers for a special session to deal with the issue, adding that to do so would cost "hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers' money."
Click to expand...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/06/politics/kim-davis-kentucky-clerk-same-sex-marriage/

lol, she could be in the pokey 'till January.
 
G

Gonad the Barbarian

Lifer
Oct 16, 1999
10,490
4
0
steppinthrax said:
80K is not absurdly high. But I know lot of gov workers with higher skill sets and much lower salaries.

What the hell does she do all day besides push a pencil across a piece of paper???
Click to expand...

Definition of absurdly high:
$80K in rural Kentucky for pushing a pencil across a piece of paper.

Pulled right from webster.com.
 
  • Haha
Reactions: Pohemi
G

Gonad the Barbarian

Lifer
Oct 16, 1999
10,490
4
0
I really hope that, among other things, Kim Davis serves as an example to all those national Democrats (ie: the DNC) who think they can win rural southern votes by trying not to be too liberal.
 
Fanatical Meat

Fanatical Meat

Lifer
Feb 4, 2009
35,862
17,403
136
The judge implied on Thursday he may release her this week. His goal was to have the county comply and its complied.
More interesting question is she gets back into the office and fires everybody who issued the certificates or does she allow it to continue or does she shut the office down
 
S

steppinthrax

Diamond Member
Jul 17, 2006
3,990
6
81
Fanatical Meat said:
The judge implied on Thursday he may release her this week. His goal was to have the county comply and its complied.
More interesting question is she gets back into the office and fires everybody who issued the certificates or does she allow it to continue or does she shut the office down
Click to expand...

But the person who issued gay marriage license in her place (are they actually valid)???
 
G

Gonad the Barbarian

Lifer
Oct 16, 1999
10,490
4
0
They're as valid as any license issued on a day she was sick, on vacation, or out of the office for whatever reason at the time when they were issued.

This loon needs to stay in jail until she complies or resigns and shit on the judge if he releases her otherwise.
 
S

steppinthrax

Diamond Member
Jul 17, 2006
3,990
6
81
Gonad the Barbarian said:
They're as valid as any license issued on a day she was sick, on vacation, or out of the office for whatever reason at the time when they were issued.

This loon needs to stay in jail until she complies or resigns and shit on the judge if he releases her otherwise.
Click to expand...

Well as you said....

Because it's the rural south.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom