Coal Bashing, Gun Grabbing Kentucky

The Midterm Election

Kentucky 2014

The two candidates are Mitch McConnell, Republican and Democrat Alison Grimes. Now, Kentucky has always had a Republican senator, so having a Democrat being close in polls with a Republican definitely raises some eyebrows. Kentucky is a coal state; so, McConnell actually formed an ad stating that since Grimes was a Democrat she agreed with everything Obama did or stood for. Not only that, but he cleverly added that Grimes was against coal which would obviously cause some sort of reaction against her. Grimes retaliated against McConnell with a TV ad of her at a shooting range; also talking about how she doesn't completely agree with all democratic views of Obama. My favorite part of the entire ad was a picture of McConnell improperly holding a rifle; so she added "This is a correct way to hold a gun". It was a slap in the face to McConnell and it also proved that she was able to stand up against the competition and get her views out there. Unfortunately, the democrats think they're going to lose the race and they actually pulled out all money in Alison Grimes' campaign. What I've realized in each election is that the candidates mostly bash their competitors in any ad they create. They always say that they won't do what the other is doing or that they will do what the other isn't. Personally, if I'm going to vote for you, I want to know what you are going to do for me. How am I going to benefit from you becoming the senator of my state? Your 30 second commercial talking about what the other is doing wrong or isn't doing at all doesn't do much for me.