As the dispute over the legality of 3D printed political candidates ramps up across the nation, Kentucky Democrats hope to create a viable one before lawmakers outlaw the practice altogether.
Previous Fancy Farm no-show Matt Bevin spoke to us over Facebook live about the threat of 3D printed gubernatorial candidates, “While from a legal standpoint creating plastic untraceable political candidates could be dangerous, the candidates Kentucky Democrats have been creating, are flimsy and often blow up before leadership can even try to use them. So I wouldn’t pay much mind. The real enemies our state is facing are our public servants.”
A leading Kentucky Democrat, Elliot Alderson, believed the 3D printed candidates had a lot of promise. “These candidates have as much charisma as our past candidates but, these candidates can’t send emails. Win, win!” Alderson continued, “Remember when Jack Conway ran for governor? No? I’m beginning to think that no one does and that’s the problem.”
While Fancy Farm sounds like someone from Western Kentucky is describing a technology center, it’s actually just someplace most of us will never go to unless a bunch of food trucks all decide to show up on the same weekend. However, we recently learned that all Kentucky politicians pick a weekend to leave their homes in Connecticut and Washington DC and come to Fancy Farm to give speeches about stumps or something, and then lay out the blueprint for their upcoming political races.
Democrats have a lot at stake in the upcoming elections and so far have made headlines with primary winners that feature candidates ranging from one with an overturned sexual abuse conviction and another that took out an ad just to explain how racist he is. So leadership has turned to technology to create a candidate that won’t fall apart and plan to showcase them this weekend.