My Facebook feed tonight seems to have different videos from Toby Doeden’s campaign where he’s continuing to crow about his win last Tuesday. Specifically when it comes to Congressman Dusty Johnson placing a close third in the contest.
The videos (plural) have Doeden lamenting over his treatment by “the political establishment attacking him ruthlessly.”
Is my memory getting foggy, or is this the same person who wasn’t much of a stranger to his own attacks..
“It’s going to become abundantly clear that there are two choices in June: light versus dark, good versus evil,” Doeden said. “I’m light; I’m good. Dusty’s dark; Dusty’s evil. Those are going to be the two choices.”
That was June. June 2025.
Somehow, I don’t think the guy living in the glass house with a basketball court should be still casting stones a week after the first vote if he entertains any notions that he can win over Dusty voters for the second one.
If anything, I would think Toby would consider drilling down on more of the “why people should vote for him,” as opposed to “why they shouldn’t vote for the other guy.”
Winnowing down the number of candidates we were faced with from 4 to 2 might mean that people are going to drill down on policy differences more than they had an opportunity to in the first vote.
It has also been a long primary cycle with the intensity of the negative campaigning, which people were already getting weary of. Still going negative against the people he beat doesn’t seem to be moving the ball down the field in his next contest against Governor Rhoden.
Yes, Toby won last Tuesday. But he should pause the celebration over winning the first heat in his race, and focus on the finals of the primary.
When are Americans going to reject idiotic narcisstic trump and his minions like doeden?