The gubernatorial debate: Five key exchanges

[TexasTowelie]

Kentucky’s gubernatorial candidates, Gov. Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Beshear, faced off in a terse and sometimes tense debate at the University of Kentucky Tuesday night. Here are five major exchanges.

Bevin calls out Beshear {not} sending his kids to public school.

After Beshear outlined his plans for education and said, “We are going to have an education-first budget where we always take care of public education first,” Bevin accused Beshear of being a fraud for touting himself as a candidate for public education but not sending his kids to public schools.

“You love public education so much that your kids go to private school, is that right?” said Bevin.

“You’re attacking my kids?” Beshear retorted.

“No, I’m not. I’m just saying you’re a fraud,” said Bevin, adding that four of his nine children have attended public school.

Read more: https://www.state-journal.com/news/the-gubernatorial-debate-five-key-exchanges/article_2210d092-f043-11e9-8681-6b6f3a0dd7eb.html
(Frankfort State-Journal)

[Jake Stern]

1. Crazy enough I agree in a way with Bevin

Some Politicians hypocritically talk a good game about public schools but send their kids to private school.

Got into it with a candidate who came to my door talking about how evil charters were and how good public education is. After hearing his spiel I asked him why, if public schools are so good then why does he send his kids to private school (his son was a champion runner for Money Bags Country Day School and was in the sports section frequently).

That whole "Private school for mine but public school for yours" vibe is very off putting.