Monday, April 09, 2007

KET GOP Debate: Where's Ernie Fletcher's balls?

Tonight, the GOP gubernatorial candidate debate aired on KET. In my opinion, Anne Northup and Billy Harper had some decent ideas and weren't afraid to try cost saving options such as privatization. Incumbent Ernie Fletcher seemed to dodge a lot of questions. Fletcher's default response seemed to be "we spent money on this, we came up with a program for that." He wasn't even man enough to admit his some of his mistakes on tax modernization and call for a repeal of the AMC tax. Of course, some of these candidates' rhetoric may sound good, but there is no way of know how successful they will be until they take office. Fletcher had his chance and performed poorly. Why does anyone think he will be any better if he is in office for another four years?