With any luck, this might be the last issue where we discuss Kevin in the present tense.
With the race neck-and-neck as both candidates near the finish line, one thing is for certain — a Republican is going to win the race.
Sure, Joy Hofmeister is running as a Democrat to beat Stitt and she just might. With any luck, Oklahomans won’t spend the next four years facepalming themselves every time they read a headline. Or at least we’ll all be facepalming ourselves over a new crop of homegrown stupidity.
Kevin seems to have given up hope, or at least pretenses, in perhaps the most jaw-dropping soundbite of his entire term.
“Being top 10 is an aspirational goal. It’s something that we’re never going to hit, but it directs us in that we live in the greatest state in the country. The American dream is alive and well in Oklahoma.”
Wow. It took almost four years, but finally a moment of candor before his usual script.
If that wasn’t enough of a self-own during the debate hosted by NonDoc and News9, Hofmeister piled on the char with this mic drop and the final thought Chicken Fried News will leave you with before you head to the polls:
“This is a governor who has squandered, mismanaged and lost millions of taxpayer dollars on his watch with his appointees. Let’s just talk about those facts. The state auditor in 2021 shows $41 million in questioned costs among agencies that he has control over. $20 million in missing PPE inventory paid for and never received. $12 million lost in the Swadley’s scandal. Can’t even trust you with barbecue.”
