# 2015 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 11, 2015, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274 "2015-11-11T09:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/1 "2015-11-11T09:07:48Z")
One might reasonably have expected the gubernatorial elections of Louisiana to be a typical depressing affair as was the case in other Southern and Border states, resulting in the election of a Republican hardliner and another 4 years of misrule. However, by happy circumstance, in the “jungle primaries” of Louisiana on October 24th the Republican candidate who survived turned out to be former Senator and degenerate sex pervert David Vitter. Vitter of course was revealed to be have committed adultery back in 2007 when his phone number was found in the log of a DC whorehouse madam, going so far as to have missed a vote honouring some veterans[the same day he returned phone calls from a harlot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tefrYRPzcFU) ([and possibly even tried to get one of his women to obtain an abortion when he impregnated her](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/10/david-vitter-louisiana-governors-race-lovechild-allegation). In contrast, the Democratic nominee-John Bel Edwards despite an unfortunate similarity in name to the disgraced North Carolina politician, is an honourable man who served in the elite 82nd Airborne Division and refused to abort his daughter Samantha when the doctors diagnosed her with spina bifida. Additionally, befitting his state, he has taken anti-abortion and pro-gun stances garnering A-level ratings from the NRA even as he strenuously denounces Jindal’s disastrous misgovernment and advocates expansion of Medicaid and restoring funding of higher education. The polls confirm Edwards’s strength, with him [leading by a fairly large margin in all recent polls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_gubernatorial_election,_2015#Polling_2). Having seen the unfortunate result in Kentucky, one worries the same thing will happen here-however Edwards appears to be leading by a larger margin and is running against Vitter as well as the legacy of a deeply unpopular governor. One hopes that in the 80th anniversary of his assassination, the vengeful ghost of the late and great Huey Long will be Edwards in once more driving the forces of plutocracy and reaction from Baton Rouge. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/2 "2015-11-11T14:43:01Z")
I’ve always said that the secret to long term political success isn’t demographics, it’s governing well. Jindal is one of the, if not the most, unpopular governor in the country. Louisiana is going blue this year for sure, and Democratic turnout won’t even matter since independents are probably going 2-1 or more for Edwards. From everything I’ve read about Edwards, I would support him over Vitter myself. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/3 "2015-11-11T17:33:59Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > I’ve always said that the secret to long term political success isn’t demographics, it’s governing well. It doesn’t hurt if you are willing to flip the bird at some of the overall party’s platform. That’s especially useful if neither party’s platform fits with most of the constituency. Edward’s seems to have gotten that piece down. Running to the right of Bill Clinton in a red dominated state doesn’t hurt either. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/4 "2015-11-11T17:39:00Z")
THat’s usually a bad strategy, actually, but just about anything will work against Vitter, due to his own record and the record of Jindal. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/5 "2015-11-11T22:16:02Z")
[Wiki sez the runoff will be November 21](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_gubernatorial_election,_2015) – that can’t be right, can it?! 😕 It’s a Saturday. What State of this Union is sensible enough to have elections on Saturday instead of Tuesday?! ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/6 "2015-11-12T02:44:59Z")
I remember eight years ago there was promise and excitement about Bobby Jindal, he turned out to be a poor governor. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/7 "2015-11-12T03:16:34Z")
> [@Nema98](#): > > I remember eight years ago there was promise and excitement about Bobby Jindal, he turned out to be a poor governor. Because he wasn’t interested in being Gov., he was too busy looking ahead to the next position ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/8 "2015-11-12T03:40:22Z")
> [@Tread](#): > > Because he wasn’t interested in being Gov., he was too busy looking ahead to the next position AIUI, Jindal has spent every job in his life half-ignoring it while building his resume for the next one. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/9 "2015-11-12T03:48:44Z")
You forgot to mention that Vitter was listed in the madam’s little black book as liking to wear diapers. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/10 "2015-11-12T03:55:17Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > AIUI, Jindal has spent every job in his life half-ignoring it while building his resume for the next one. That might be a blessing in disguise. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/11 "2015-11-12T05:07:47Z")
> [@Tread](#): > > Because he wasn’t interested in being Gov., he was too busy looking ahead to the next position You are right, he just looks for next opportunity. I think it is his goal to try ever job possible. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/12 "2015-11-12T16:13:33Z")
Did he ever answer any questions on [#askbobby](http://www.firstpost.com/world/askbobby-twitter-responds-to-bobby-jindal-with-hilarious-questions-2322762.html)? Like, for instance, > [@](#): > > If you’re going to spend 5 days a week in Iowa can we put the gov mansion on AirBnB & make up some of the deficit you’ve created? #AskBobby > > How does it feel to sell your soul for political gain and yet not gain anything politically? #AskBobby > > #AskBobby Why are you always staring off into the middle distance like a man haunted by his past? ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/13 "2015-11-12T16:21:43Z")
John Bel Edwards put out an absolutely [brutal ad against Vitter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZQVCFVVVE0), and it’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/14 "2015-11-13T01:43:42Z")
Edwards is a fairly conservative Democrat, something very rare these days. Given Jindal’s mismanagement of state finances and Vitter’s repulsiveness, I’d certainly vote for Edwards if I lived in Louisiana. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/15 "2015-11-13T05:45:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > You forgot to mention that Vitter was listed in the madam’s little black book as liking to wear diapers. Let me just say that I am shocked…_shocked!_…to see such scurrilous hearsay included in our conversations! Renounce, denounce, condemn! If you have _more_ of these nasty shitbits of gossip, perhaps it might be best to get them all out at once, that we might recoil in disgust and dismay, and then move on. Wait a second, don’t start yet, let me get a beer… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/16 "2015-11-13T05:57:43Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Edwards is a fairly conservative Democrat, something very rare these days. Fortunately, yet, regrettably, encouragingly. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/17 "2015-11-13T07:03:43Z")
[Here’s the … dirty laundry.](http://wonkette.com/277270/diaperman-david-vitter-likes-his-diapers) ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/18 "2015-11-17T22:24:11Z")
It looks like Vitter may have found a meme that could help him at the ballot box come this Saturday: [From MSNBC](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/will-david-vitters-hail-mary-work) > [@](#): > > Vitter’s campaign late on Monday launched an ad that shows images of the deadly attacks while warning that “Obama’s sending Syrian refugees to Louisiana” and that “John Bel Edwards has pledged to work with Obama to bring Syrian refugees to Louisiana.” And for fun, [here is the ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS8h4MQgJqY). Slimy as this is, I actually think this could work for Vitter and get him elected. Nothing like a little hysterical fear mongering to scare the idiots. Clearly I don’t hold the average Louisiana voter in very high esteem. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/19 "2015-11-17T22:35:32Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Clearly I don’t hold the average Louisiana voter in very high esteem. Well, it is the state that produced a run-off election between Klansman David Duke and Edwin Edwards, who’d been investigated by four grand juries for racketeering, bribery and extortion. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/20 "2015-11-18T07:36:12Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > It looks like Vitter may have found a meme that could help him at the ballot box come this Saturday: > > [From MSNBC](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/will-david-vitters-hail-mary-work) > And for fun, [here is the ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS8h4MQgJqY). > > Slimy as this is, I actually think this could work for Vitter and get him elected. Nothing like a little hysterical fear mongering to scare the idiots. Clearly I don’t hold the average Louisiana voter in very high esteem. Fortunately Edwards’s stolen a good deal of the thunder by also opposing refugee settlement and again attacking Vitter for missing Congressional hearing relating to national security issues. And the resident of the state that elected Rod Blagojevich, Mark Kirk, and Bruce Rauner doesn’t exactly have much to complain about wrt Louisiana. > [@42fish](#): > > Well, it is the state that produced a run-off election between Klansman David Duke and Edwin Edwards, who’d been investigated by four grand juries for racketeering, bribery and extortion. At least Edwards kept the machines well greased and running-which is more than you can say for the Lincoln Chafees of the world. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274.md?page=2)