‘Cause for Concern for Republicans in Louisiana’s Fifth Congressional District’

 

It is a given with most political observers that a Republican candidate will win Louisiana’s fifth congressional district election.  Still, we were left uneasy after watching PAR’s candidate forum (available for viewing on their YouTube channel).

Those participating were the following:  Senator Stewart Cathey, Misti Cordell, chairwoman of the Louisiana Board of Regents, Representative Mike Echols, Rep Gabe Firment, Dan McKay, attorney, and Rep Pat Moore.  Moore and McKay were the Democrats of the bunch.

Mr McKay disqualified himself pretty handily.  His answers to nearly every question were long and rambling and not very germane to the issues being discussed.

Sen Cathey and Rep Echols came across like robots programmed by conventional Republican advisors, mouthing some really worn out slogans and platitudes – Sen Cathey especially so.  They were also the two who seemed to lose sight of the fact that the 5^th district isn’t just a squiggly shape carved out of a monocultural blob on a map called America.  There actually is a unique Anglo-Celtic-French-African culture here in this part of Louisiana, in this part of the South, but you wouldn’t know that if you listened to Sen Cathey and Rep Echols.

Rep Firment turned himself into a one-trick pony, focusing too much on his insurance reform legislation.  We do give him credit for bringing God and Church into the discussion, however.  Too many people in politics want to make themselves autonomous from Christ rather than subordinate to Him.  Rep Firment’s mention of God’s guidance of His life was a refreshing departure from that.

Mrs Cordell also brought religion into the debate in her opening statement, calling herself a ‘woman of faith’.  But that was the end of it, which begs the question, faith in what or whom?  Zeus?  Allah?  Krishna?  The Holy Trinity?  That question was never answered, which is unfortunate.  If Republicans are going to bring up faith, they need to be confident enough to say clearly what they believe.  This kind of timid phrasing on something so important and foundational is about as pleasant to listen to as drinking a steaming glass of horse urine.

Mrs Cordell presented herself in classic outsider fashion, but unfortunately to such a degree that her amateurism would seem to disqualify her rather than promote confidence in her.  If someone is so bereft of political experience as she says she is, there is strong reason to believe that she will simply be overwhelmed by the lobbyists and others who make up the powerful Establishment in DC were she to win the election.

Which brings us to Rep Moore.  . . .

The rest is at https://thehayride.com/2026/10/garlington-cause-for-concern-for-republicans-in-louisianas-fifth-congressional-district/.

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