by Jon Ralston Wed, 02/26/2014 - 11:48
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It's so obvious Joey won!
So obvious! t.co/uvki0oi7S6
15 hours 2 min ago.
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Oh, and Tweedledee and Beadledum are appealing: t.co/cPAzlh3txL
15 hours 6 min ago.
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Guys this is the evidence the judge ignored, irrefutable proof that Joey Gilbert really didn't lose to Joe Lombardo… t.co/88mBlZzZ3L
15 hours 7 min ago.
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"Judge shoots down Joey Gilbert election lawsuit over lack of ‘competent evidence’"
Unhinged 2020 election denier… t.co/ad6oYn4Yb9
15 hours 29 min ago.
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@RichardGrenell @joshtpm @Chattah4Nevada @GovSisolak Josh, thanks, but don't waste your time with Ricky. He will ne… t.co/Jx2cI3eMe0
16 hours 57 sec ago.
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Hi, Ricky, I've missed ya. t.co/phbJ3Vf75v
16 hours 36 min ago.
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Shocker that common sense prevailed over, you know, nutty conspiracy theories and "new" math. t.co/VNb2cUKQ1k
16 hours 46 min ago.
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Also good to have an AG who can accuse someone of corruption based on what she calls "circumstantial evidence."
Th… t.co/ZAygUR70Si
17 hours 8 min ago.
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"I wasn't being a racist. I was just calling the AG a terrorist." t.co/Ca4urKAnVo
17 hours 12 min ago.
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@gottagrotta A president or two.
17 hours 13 min ago.
I acknowledge it was a mischievous question.
But I wanted to see how both Republican candidates for lieutenant governor, sprinting to the right as fast as they can and potentially in line to succeed Brian Sandoval, would answer during a "Ralston Reports" debate: Is the governor a conservative?
His anointed choice, state Sen. Mark Hutchison, first used as evidence that Sandoval had appointed him to sue the federal government over Obamacare. Unsatisfied with that bit of resume-boasting, I pressed and Hutchison answered:
How about the fact that he fought off a billion dollars in tax increases? He supported our efforts as part of the Nevada Preservation of Religious Freedoms Act. I think Brian Sandoval is a conservative in the best sense of that word, and I think that he will continue to be a strong governor for Nevada.
I had not recalled that Sandoval had ever taken a position on that controversial bill, not totally dissimilar to the pendng Arizona law and described as enabling discrimination by some. So I tried to find out if that were really true.
Took me awhile, but I finally got an answer: It isn't.
I still haven't heard from Sandoval's camp, but a Hutchison spokeswoman told me today: "It should not have been one of those things he rattled off."
So why would he?
Because he remembered it having broad support, his spokeswoman said.
Oh?
My guess: He didn't have an answer ready, so he defaulted to one of his own bills seen as very conservative.
I'm hoping to get an answer to what Sandoval's position is on this failed measure or the pending Arizona one. I'm not hopeful.
For more on the debate and what was said, read this.
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