# Kentucky election: Fulbright for Senate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 24, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-election-fulbright-for-senate/718459 "2015-04-24T17:57:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-election-fulbright-for-senate/718459/1 "2015-04-24T17:57:16Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wz_V4lRdtjo/maxresdefault.jpg "Honest Political Ads - Gil Fulbright for Senate") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_V4lRdtjo) I don’t live in Kentucky, so I don’t get to vote for or against Gil Fulbright. Even so, as Fulbright points out toward the end of the video, there seems to be a very clear choice between two options. The things he says are important to him are important to me, too, so I hope Kentuckians will choose wisely. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-election-fulbright-for-senate/718459/2 "2015-04-24T19:03:03Z")
How about a quick summary for us? ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-election-fulbright-for-senate/718459/3 "2015-04-24T19:10:24Z")
Really, it’s better to get it straight from the horse’s mouf. Do check out his campaign video. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-election-fulbright-for-senate/718459/4 "2015-04-24T19:18:27Z")
If you can’t bother, most of the rest of us can’t either. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-election-fulbright-for-senate/718459/5 "2015-04-24T20:02:07Z")
As best I can tell, Gil Fulbright is an actor who ran a mock campaign for Kentucky’s Senate seat last year. He was not actually on the ballot. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-election-fulbright-for-senate/718459/6 "2015-04-25T01:25:00Z")
His campaign was sponsored by “Represent Us”, which is a campaign finance reform group. I could give you a summary, but you really should watch the video instead. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-election-fulbright-for-senate/718459/7 "2015-04-25T23:54:31Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > If you can’t bother, most of the rest of us can’t either. Trust me, you want to see it. He speaks truth to power. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-election-fulbright-for-senate/718459/8 "2015-04-26T02:35:47Z")
And he looks like [Gerry Gergich](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641389/?ref_=tt_cl_t6) swallowed Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s corpse.