Anybody seen that thing flying over Frankfort since Election night? That UFO is really a trial balloon.
When Governor Granite got up to say what everyone expected last Tuesday, only he and one other person knew the script had flipped. The imagined concession speech became a plump confection baked specifically for one man's appetite.
That one man is the guy who can't fit the truth into his mouth, the one who has suggested he could and should serve more than two terms no matter what our constitution says. The man who could bankrupt a casino. The same one under impeachment investigation.
It may not be public, but Matt Bevin is currently working for the Oval Office Fraud.
The dealmaker in chief made a simple offer to old Granite. It's straight out of the Republican playbook, but with a slight twist. If you can't steal the election outright, claim unspecified voter irregularities and fraud. Then refuse to concede defeat in order to ensure "all the legal votes" have been properly confirmed.
When they confirm it, fight it. As far as you can take it. Make them drag you out of there. And then you'll have a place in D.C. with me.
Never mind evidence or facts, the Trumpets are already prone to believe any consipiracy theory they read online. It doesn't matter if it was the cleanest election in Kentucky history, the never-truth crowd just can't swallow reality. Which is exactly why they fell for a reality-tv star.
Reality-tv is the furthest thing from reality.
Conmen thrive on doubt and elections are easier to steal when people don't trust them in the first place. We've got over 50% staying home he's thinking, how hard can it be?
The offer could have come any time, but it came at exactly the right time for Matt. Egomaniacal hedge funders don't lose, but that 5000 vote gap was harshing his smug. The worst thing he could imagine was having to call Andy Beshear.
The pressure was mounting Tuesday night and all the winners had made their victory speeches. The crowd at the GOP party was thinning.
The call from Cadet Bonespurs gave Bevin an out and a plan. While he's really got his heart set on that Fox News chair, a few months working for Cadet Bonespurs will still give him ample opportunity to do what he loves.
Annoy people and gloat about it on video.
So basically what Matt is doing is getting out of having to make a phone call. It's the kind of thing a guy like him does because a guy like him doesn't do the kind of thing real humans like you and me do.
It's way too early to really know, but so far that balloon is barely floating over the governor's mansion. The recanvas won't change the outcome of the election and it appears everyone that matters knows it.
The references to uncounted absentee ballots and poll issues haven't made it past vague allegations. Ranking members of his own party have suggested he put up or shut up.
The good news is it doesn't look like this trial balloon is going to float. The bad news is a conman in Washington is thinking of it.