The Obama campaign just announced that Lt. Gov. Dan Mongiardo and Rep. Ben Chandler are starring in radio ads for Barack Obama. The ads begin airing soon and highlight Obama’s unique story along with his upbringing by a single mother and grandparents, commitment to his family, his nation and the Christian faith.
Peep scripts from the two ads below.
Congressman Ben Chandler’s Ad:
Sen. Barack Obama: I’m Barack Obama and I approve this message.
Congressman Ben Chandler: Hi, this is Congressman Ben Chandler. Here in Kentucky, certain values are passed along from generation to generation. Barack Obama shares those values.
Barack’s story is a uniquely American story. He was raised by a single mom and his grandparents from Kansas. His grandfather served in Patton’s Army. His grandmother worked in a bomber factory.
Read the rest, along with Mongiardo’s ad - after the jump…
Bruce Lunsford’s campaign allowed Greg Fischer to have his fun for a few weeks. The campaign and prominent Democratic leaders gave him every opportunity to stop his shenanigans. But now they’re snapping back. Something about not disarming?
Proof that Lunsford is ready for the general election? Hot dem-on-dem action, kids. Hot.
For those of you who can’t access YouTube at work, we’ve included a non-YouTube version after the jump…
UPDATE: Lunsford’s campaign just put out a release about the ad. Read excerpts after the jump.
Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is ramping up it’s get out the vote effort in the final week of the Kentucky primary. Obama’s rally in Louisville on Friday generated more than 1,400 new volunteers who will be out in full force to compete against the Clinton-Lundergan machine.
According to a press release today, the campaign says it will begin canvassing cities and small towns across Kentucky from 16 campaign offices and more than 30 additional staging locations.
The effort comes on the heels of Monday night’s major rally with Sen. Obama in Louisville. The event, which drew more than 10,000 people to the Kentucky International Convention Center, generated over 1,400 new volunteers for the Obama campaign in Kentucky, all of whom who will participate in the efforts over the next week.
“We are building one of the largest mobilization efforts that I’ve ever seen in this state,” said the Obama State Director and longtime Kentucky political operative Carolyn Tandy. “Given Sen. Clinton’s advantages here, everyone knows we have an uphill climb. But we are not going to be outworked when it comes to getting our supporters to the polls.”
So. Let’s take bets on this. Will Obama be competitive with with Clinton in Kentucky? Will the vote be closer than the million point spread all the polls are touting? Let us know what you think. Because this GOTV effort is huge.
You thought people were stupid in Bardstown? Oh jeez.
Check out this racist dude in Marietta, GA who is marketing an Obama in 08 t-shirt with CURIOUS GEORGE peeling a banana on the front of it.
The publishing company that owns the Curious George image says it is considering legal action to stop the sale of a T-shirt depicting Barack Obama as the monkey from children’s books.
The T-shirts are being peddled by Marietta bar owner Mike Norman at his Mulligan’s Bar and Grill in Cobb County. They show a picture of Curious Georgie peeling a banana, with the words “Obama ‘08″ underneath.
What do you do when you’re a Republican woman who is fed up with George W. Bush? Why, you cover up the two Dubya stickers on your Mercedes with Barack Obama stickers.
This video was shot during the grand opening of Obama’s Louisville headquarters a couple months ago. Special thanks to George (not Dubya) for making this video available.
What was that about Obama not getting the crossover vote?
A Herald-Leader/WKYT poll reveals that only 22% of Kentuckians approve of the legislature’s performance. Only 12% are unsure. That’s a whopping 66% disapproval rating that almost rivals that of George W. Bush. 22% approval!
Two of every three Kentucky voters don’t like the way the Kentucky legislature is doing its job, a new poll shows.
The public’s job-approval rating for the General Assembly appears to be worsening. A similar poll conducted last October showed 44 percent of likely voters in Kentucky gave thumbs down to the legislature’s performance.
The end is nigh! Time to clean out both the House and the Senate.
Greg Fischer’s April 30th FEC report indicated that he had about $124K on-hand. Of that $124K about $115K was money that could only be used in the general election.
On Friday May 2, Fischer made a $160K TV buy statewide, which means that he either dropped a bunch of his own money and didn’t file that within the 24-hour requirement with the FEC– to inform them that he’s activating the Millionaires’ Amendment, he received a bunch of contributions without reporting them or is using general election funds for primary purposes.
Since the pre-primary report in 24-hour notices, he’s had about $20K come in. No other updates have been filed with the FEC.
We spoke via email with a representative of the Fischer campaign on Friday who told us that Fischer hadn’t dropped in any more of his own money and that he wasn’t using general election funds for primary activity. For the record: We waited six days to run with this story– out of courtesy– just in case the Fischer campaign had neglected to file paperwork or something. But no dice.
So. What’s going on here, Fischer? You’ve got some explaining to do. If you’re not breaking the law this time, then please stop with the appearance of impropriety. And stop pulling this egregious crap so you aren’t hit with FEC fines. This is getting embarrassing.
The Hill says Greg Fischer has topped out in his quest to upset Bruce Lunsford. You know things are sucking in your campaign when The Hill says that about a Democrat. Ouch. [The Hill]
Did you know? There are tons of dumb rednecks (not just rednecks, but dumb ones) in Bardstown? One of those dumb rednecks, named J.C. King, touts Barack Obama’s middle name, Hussein, in a letter to the Kentucky Standard about how great giant oil companies are. [Kentucky Standard]
LEO’s Stephen George this week writes about Hillary Clinton’s sad eulogy tour and the low number of people who came to see her in Kentucky. And about the insanely energetic support of Barack Obama, whom thousands upon thousands came to see. [LEO]
The dead and floating in the water Clinton campaign announced its women’s leadership council yesterday. It contains fancy names like: Tony Lindauer’s wife, Charlotte Lundergan, Judi Patton, Lois Combs Weinberg, Olivia Morris Fuchs, Phyllis George, Heather French Henry. And it also contains names of honest, good government types like Joni Jenkins, Tina Ward-Pugh, Bobbi Jo Weber, Mary Lou Marzian, Denise Harper Angel. How those two groups got mixed up together we’ll never know. [Clinton Campaign]
We told you a couple weeks ago that Ron Paul would be rallying in Kentucky for “Freedom.” Now you can listen to his radio ad and get yourself brainwashed into being a Paultard. VOM ALERT. [PolWatchers]
Oh, and Bill Clinton will be stumping for his wife’s failed campaign Thursday and Friday in Kentucky. Bardstown & Elizabethtown on Thursday, Friday’s schedule hasn’t yet been released. UPDATE: Woops, forgot to mention he’ll also be at Butler High School in Louisville on Thursday. [PolWatchers]
Jennifer Miller wrote some weird attack on Bruce Lunsford without realizing that his campaign put out a press release clearing up what he had to say about contributing to Republicans and Mitch McConnell during Monday night’s debate. Kinda difficult to attack someone who has already made their contribution history public. [BGR]
Rick has a crazy story about the charity party during Derby called the Mint Jubilee. It involves Chris Thieneman, the Jockeys Guild and some crazy drama involving jacktards who think reality TV stars are *it* for raising money for cancer care. Insanity. [The ‘Ville Voice]
It’s true, folks. There was a debate last night while Barry Obama was taking over the world. It included Bruce Lunsford and Greg Fischer along with about 25 other white dudes with huge ego problems.
Greg Fischer got flustered when Bruce Lunsford asked him why he didn’t contribute to Jack Conway and John Yarmuth in their runs against Anne Northup. He said his record should be vetted and you know we’ll comply with that request. And he got a little mixed up/nervous when Tom Loftus challenged him on his ‘let’s get out of Iraq, but leave it up to the generals’ bit. Loftus made him look like a bit of a fool and then gave Lunsford a chance to hit the Iraq issue home.
David Wylie is a speed signer! The translators couldn’t keep up with him.
And poor David L. Williams (not because of the voice, but because of the crazy). Oh man. He said he was in Iraq in like 1953 in the Navy or something and something about some ships being blown up. We couldn’t understand a thing the man said and that’s unfair to his crazy butt.
Kenneth Stepp said he ran for congress and got 32,000 votes. Becuase you know that has a lot to do with getting us out of Iraq.
Michael Cassaro said lots about “sniff tests” and nothing about the crazy junk going down in his campaign office.
James Rice is totally reminding us of Jim Gooch. Denying global warming and the same deer-in-headlights look.
So. Here are the more interesting bits of the night. The rest was mind-numbing.
Part One:
View Part 2 along with non-YouTube versions after the jump…
Gov. Steve Beshear’s approval rating has dipped under 40 percent after his first session dealing with the state legislature and just six months after winning a landslide election, according to the Herald-Leader/WKYT Kentucky Poll.
Thirty-nine percent of the 600 likely Kentucky voters surveyed between May 7 and May 9 said they approved of the way Beshear has handled the job so far, while 55 percent frowned on his performance.
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In addition, a majority of respondents said Beshear hasn’t come through on his pledge to restore integrity to state government — the central argument he made on his way to defeating Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher in November by 17 points.
Honeymoon? What?
Maybe Beshear will finally get the clue that he needs to hire better PR folks, better political advisors and better staff handlers. He can’t ignore those three areas any longer. Time to wake up and ditch the old guard.
Oh, and maybe his press secretary will finally stop ignoring the blogosphere? It’s 2008, not 1978.
Finally, the Kentucky Democratic Party is using Jack Conway and his intellect to stand up to the Republican Party of Kentucky. No more Nathan Smith nervously wading through foreign waters while getting his butt kicked by Trey Grayson. He may be a great vice chair, but you don’t put an unskilled public speaker with no experience holding his own in debate up against the star of the Republican Party.
Next Monday, May 19, KET’s Kentucky Tonight (8/7 central) will host
Attorney General Jack Conway
Secretary of State Trey Grayson
KDP Chair Jennifer Moore
RPK Chair Steve Robertson
to discuss the primary election the following day. Viewers with questions and comments participate in the live broadcast by telephone at 1-800-494-7605.
And if you can’t watch the program live, it will be archived on KET’s website. We can’t say it enough: KET outdoes itself by providing informational programming to the public for free. You should thank the network when you have the opportunity to do so.
Once again we have to trot out Bruce Lunsford’s contribution history because Greg Fischer can’t deal with the reality that sometimes Democrats contribute to– gasp– Republicans. And he also can’t seem to grasp that Bruce’s contributions to Democrats far, far outnumber those to Republicans.
We invite you to examine our original story HERE. This story only contains campaign finance data back to 1997, so we have compiled information that pushes back ten years before that. See that info after the jump.
Greg Fischer’s contribution history may be examined HERE. Note that Greg, based on contribution history, didn’t really know what a Democrat was until he decided to run for the U.S. Senate.
Did you know Barry Osama is a scary Muslim? West Virginia is full of jacktards and the jacktards are all voting for Hillary. That should speak for itself.
It’s possible to make change one person at a time. This Brave Nation.
Greg Fischer’s campaign for U.S. Senate is still violating federal law by using the Justice Department’s seal. The campaign also allegedly lied to the DOJ by saying it had stopped running the ad. Imagine that.
UPDATE: Turns out Fischer *did* lie to the DOJ. Here’s the letter the Lunsford camp originally sent the DOJ requesting the Fischer camp stop illegally using the DOJ seal. Here’s the fax direct from the Assistant Attorney General stating that the Fischer camp says it’s in compliance and has removed the ad. And here’s documentation proving that the Fischer camp misled the DOJ.
Oh snap. Amateur hour continues. Word of advice: Don’t play around with the DOJ.
Mark Hebert reports that television stations could be responsible, not the Fischer campaign, but we don’t think every station in Kentucky would be making the same mistake.
And Kim Geveden? Saying, “it’s sad that Bruce Lunsford has to go crying to George Bush’s Justice Department” probably isn’t the most wise action to take when your boy is 20 points down, has no money and no name I.D. with a week to go before E Day. Taking proactive measures to guarantee compliance with the law when shiz first hits the fan would probably be the best thing to do. Just saying.
It’s been quite a tumultous day in District 18, where this whole sign-stealing, “what’s he doing in my driveway” saga was played out here, and on Francene’s radio show this morning.
Jon Ackerson, the District 18 Metro Council candidate, who has decades of experience as an elected official, was accused by one of his rivals, Ellen Reitmeyer (who’s in her first run for political office), of “stalking” her condo and basically, giving her the creeps.
Ackerson’s side of the story, of course, differs. He says he was out early this morning trying to figure out where all his signs were disappearing to when he came upon Ms. Reitmeyer’s dumpster, and noticed “10 to 20″ signs there. He had driven into the complex off New LaGrange Road while “surveying the area.” Ackerson says that when he saw Reitmeyer emerge from her condo, he tried to talk with her and she sped off. Then he called police.
Oh snap! There’s drama in the Louisville political land. You’re gonna love this.
Ellen Reitmeyer is a 34-year-old single woman running for Louisville Metro Council, and is currently the legislative aide to Councilwoman Julie Raque Adams. She lives in a condo off New LaGrange Road, and goes to Bible Study early on Tuesday mornings.
This morning, she was shocked to see one of her primary opponents, 64-year-0ld Jon Ackerson, standing in her driveway, “staring up at my bedroom window” at 6 a.m. At first, she says, she was frightened. Ackerson approached her, but Reitmeyer said she was late for Bibly Study and sped off before he could confront her.
“I thought, what is my opponent doing in my driveway at six o’clock in the morning?”
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