Indiana secretary of state hires brother-in-law for top post

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15 thoughts on “Indiana secretary of state hires brother-in-law for top post

  1. I flew home via Detroit after Christmas. This charlatan ran up and took advantage of Delta’s policy of early boarding for active duty and retired military. As Hayek warned: Only the worst rise to the top.

  2. As long as the low-information Republican voters of Indiana* keep voting the ticket without scrutinizing candidates, this is what we will get. AGs, SoSs…and the beat goes on.

    *This is not to say that all Republican voters of Indiana are “low-information”. But all of them who voted for Curtis Hill, Todd Rokita (multiple times), Charlie White, and Diego Morales certainly qualify.

    1. It’s funny, in central Indiana, where there is still some local news, the vote went against this guy by a pretty good margin. Outside of the Indy metro area, it went strongly the other way. So yes, there was lack of information on the candidate, but is that entirely the voters fault? So please don’t so quick to insult uninformed voters.

      “sales consultant at a car dealership in southern Indiana” = car salesman?!?

      I learned a new word today “nepotistic”. Hitting your car salesman brother in law for a high level management position is nepotistic. It’s worse when you promote the assistant manager to be co-manger because you know you threw your brother in law in over his head.

    2. Dan M., I’m pretty sure the Internet reaches laptops and smart phones in Salem, Washington, Jasper, Peru, and every other small city in Indiana same as it does Indianapolis and Central Indiana. IBJ.com and Indystar.com reach everyone who wants to read them.

      Covering your eyes and ears and holding your nose to vote for these terrible officeholders is not an excuse.

    3. It is a voter’s responsibility to inform themselves. As pointed out, there are resources available to rural voters. Unfortunately, they by and large choose Faux News as their source of information. And before anyone jumps in to defend Faux News, please know that the network’s defense in the Dominion lawsuit is that it is not a real journalistic organization and you cannot believe what they say. Sadly, so many people do.

  3. We can all sleep better at night knowing the nepot hire brings a whopping five years of experience to his new job that pays more than $100,000 a year (not counting benefits).

    Seriously, though, if this is what makes Indiana “a state that works,” then we need to admit we’re a state of low expectations.

  4. “sales consultant at a car dealership in southern Indiana” = car salesman?!?

    I learned a new word today “nepotistic”. Hitting your car salesman brother in law for a high level management position is nepotistic. It’s worse when you promote the assistant manager to be co-manger because you know you threw your brother in law in over his head.

  5. This is what you get when a super majority political party loses any sense that it could be defeated. In the next election . They has no reason to screen their candidates for any sense of ethical morals .

  6. Of course this horribly unqualified, horrible person that never should have been elected does this. This is just the tip of the iceberg I’m sure. Congrats, Repubs for scraping the bottom of the barrel.

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