{"id":32296,"date":"2018-05-05T04:22:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T11:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32296"},"modified":"2018-05-05T04:22:11","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T11:22:11","slug":"the-worst-candidate-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/05\/the-worst-candidate-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"The worst candidate in America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don Blankenship is the worst candidate ever.\u00a0 If Blankenship wins the Republican primary on 10 May 2018, I for one will be wondering what is in the West Virginia water . . . other than coal ash of course.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Blankenship is running for the Republican US Senate nomination in West Virginia. He’s one of the three viable GOP candidates — Rep. Evan Jenkins and state Attorney General Patrick Morrissey are the others — in next Tuesday’s primary. And he is an unmitigated disaster.<\/p>\n

Don’t take my word for it! Here’s Donald Trump Jr. on Blankenship<\/a>: “I hate to lose. So I’m gonna go out on a limb here and ask the people of West Virginia to make a wise decision and reject Blankenship! No more fumbles like Alabama. We need to win in November.”<\/p>\n

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How has Blankenship earned his title? Let’s count the ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

He may be the least charismatic candidate ever<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blankenship, for reasons totally unclear to me, has made the decision to run a series of ads in which he is talking directly to the camera. I am not sure what the “exact right word is for the absolute and total opposite of charisma” but I am certain its living embodiment is in Don Blankenship.<\/p>\n

I mean, check this out:<\/p>\n

And, if you really want to torture yourself, here are more of Blankenship’s videos<\/a>. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. The production values of the ads are sub-“Wayne’s World.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Click through the CNN article<\/a><\/strong> for 3 more reasons why Blankenship is the worst candidate ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong>, the West Virginia Republican primary is on 10 May 2018 and at this point, it is a race between:<\/span><\/p>\n