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Blind Item: Scandalous Frankfort Behavior

December 26th, 2008 · 42 Comments

Boy, do we have a gift for you!

Which small town, anti-choice, hyper-conservative Democratic state representative arranged for a young African American girl he knocked up to have an abortion?

Yeah, it’s pretty awesome. We know.

Happy holidays!

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Tags: Embarrassing · Hypocrisy

42 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Yellow Dog // Dec 26, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    David Boswell. The meanest racists/misogynists always have a dusky one on the side.

    Or does “representative” mean House rather than General Assembly?

    In that case, I’ll say Jim Gooch.

  • 2 jake // Dec 26, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    State Representative… as it not State Senator.

  • 3 Bimbeau // Dec 26, 2008 at 6:20 pm

    Are we playing 20 questions?

    If not; publish the story!

  • 4 jake // Dec 26, 2008 at 6:28 pm

    Guess you’re not familiar with a “blind item” ??

  • 5 nkypolplayer // Dec 26, 2008 at 8:29 pm

    I guess Scott Alexander

  • 6 Republican // Dec 26, 2008 at 10:29 pm

    Probably Stumbo. I don’t know his abortion politics, but given his past history of infidelity, drinking and failure to pay child support, I wouldn’t put it past him.

    It would be nice for you to come forth with the name. Or is this just gossip and you don’t have enough proof to link a name to the rumor and risk a libel lawsuit?

  • 7 jake // Dec 26, 2008 at 10:34 pm

    There’s plenty of proof.

    This is just a blind item. Seriously, folks, Google “blind item”…

    The news will break soon enough.

    (And when has a libel suit ever scared me?)

  • 8 Steve Bittenbender // Dec 27, 2008 at 3:35 am

    From urbandictionary.com:

    “When a gossip columnist doesn’t have enough evidence to support a claim about a celebrity, where naming said celebrity would result in a lawsuit, giving no names but mild clues to the celebrity’s identity in the latest gossip.”

  • 9 Polar // Dec 27, 2008 at 3:46 am

    Robert Damron?

  • 10 Kysalon // Dec 27, 2008 at 9:22 am

    I would put my dollar on Bob Damon from Nicholasville.

  • 11 Bimbeau // Dec 27, 2008 at 10:34 am

    If this is a gossip item to boost click-throughs and do nothing for a reputation as a reporter — do no more.

    You’ve done it.

    If not — either lead, follow or get the hell outta the way so someone else can.

    If it’s the latter, get back on the Felner story.
    .

  • 12 3CardNana // Dec 27, 2008 at 10:58 am

    My guess is Gooch due to the girth of the headshot. However, it’s missing the walrus tusks so this is anybody guess.

  • 13 jake // Dec 27, 2008 at 11:00 am

    Oooh, Urban Dictionary. You tried hard there, Bittenbender.

    Bimbeau: Are you literally dumb as a rock or just playing somebody who is dumb as a rock? I’m hardly a reporter and have no reputation as such.

    If you don’t like it? Don’t read it. Seriously.

    And it’s not Bob Damron. I mean, really. Bob Damron? Having sex? With anybody? You’ve got to be smoking something good.

  • 14 Republican // Dec 27, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    “The news will break soon enough.”

    If it was me, I’d be the one breaking the news. Why let the dead-tree media outlets get the jump on you? If you’ve got the poop, go with it.

    3Card, I thought maybe Gooch too, given the silhouette, but I don’t know his abortion politics either, and I don’t know that I would classify him as “ultra-conservative.” He represents a coal mining district from the western part of the state and thus sticks up for the interests of his district, which earns him a lot of grief from those who aren’t from districts where coal is an economic necessity. That’s why on issues of coal, among the lefty bloggers, I defer to Shack over Jake (Morgan County mines very little coal, the only action they see from coal is when a coal truck clips the southern corner of the county on the Mountain Parkway) and Sonka (coal? what’s coal? Santa would leave me coal in my stocking except I’m an atheist who doesn’t believe in Christmas).

  • 15 Carter Burger // Dec 27, 2008 at 1:04 pm

    “There’s plenty of proof.”

    Then it’s not a blind item if you have evidence to support the claim. So it’s either embargoed or you really don’t have proof.

  • 16 jake // Dec 27, 2008 at 1:08 pm

    Embargoed? Maybe I’m just dragging it out for shits and giggles?

    Or maybe I’m just calling it a blind item? I love it when a few folks get a tickle up their rear end and think they know what’s going on behind the scenes with me.

    Just hold your horses and you’ll know soon enough.

    P.S. There’s nothing wrong with being an atheist. I mean, I certainly don’t worship or believe in Jesus.

  • 17 Steve Bittenbender // Dec 27, 2008 at 1:46 pm

    Whatever Jake. I hope your arm’s not broken from patting yourself on the back. That was a nice self-congratulatory post earlier this week regarding the Felner scandal. Ooh, your source was right about feds escorting him to the washroom. Woodward and Bernstein would be proud.

    If you have the story and, as you say, you’re not afraid of a lawsuit, then show us what you got.

  • 18 jake // Dec 27, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    Somebody is in serious need of a sense of humor.

    Like always, I post things as I see fit. Not as others see fit and not as others want it.

    Ruffling feathers is part of the process. Hype is part of the process.

    Half the crap I say here is for the sole benefit of one or two individuals who will react strongly. But I guess that’s difficult to grasp.

    Guess everyone thinks they’re a critic or has the right answer.

  • 19 Steve Bittenbender // Dec 27, 2008 at 2:04 pm

    Half the crap is for the sole benefit of a couple of posters? Dang, that’ll send advertisers clamoring for space on this site.

  • 20 jake // Dec 27, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    Didn’t say jack about posters.

    I’m not concerned about advertisers. Clearly we’re making do.

    If you can’t wait for the skinny, call around Frankfort. It’s not a big secret.

    What crawled up your ass, Bittenbender? You’re more hateful than Denise Harper Angel after a box of Franzia these days.

  • 21 Steve Bittenbender // Dec 27, 2008 at 2:14 pm

    Nothing. My posts, especially the last one, have been more sarcastic than anything else.

  • 22 jake // Dec 27, 2008 at 2:16 pm

    We welcome meanness and sarcasm here.

  • 23 Steve Bittenbender // Dec 27, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Well I think you and Rick should invest in getting a sarcasm font on here (perhaps an italicized comic sans?) for your sarcastically challenged readers and posters.

  • 24 jake // Dec 27, 2008 at 2:34 pm

    No way! That’d take the fun out of it!

  • 25 P // Dec 27, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    Isn’t that part of the premise behind “The Birdcage”? Does it end with this guy’s political partner dancing in drag in a club on South Beach?

  • 26 jake // Dec 27, 2008 at 2:58 pm

    This dude doing any kind of dancing? SICK!

  • 27 Bimbeau // Dec 27, 2008 at 5:37 pm

    Jake -

    I dobt seriously that I could effecively act like I imitated a rock while thinking.

    So .. . you’re pumping the click throughs. Then you’ll be dumping the dirty. A little advertising and teasing to inflate the audience for your little NewYear’s drama. Is it going to be New Year’s Day, Eve or Tuesday of the first full week?

    Let’s get back to Felner.
    .

  • 28 jake // Dec 27, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    Probably during the session. Or right before. Or when ever I feel like ending this holiday laziness and writing it. Haven’t decided yet.

    I’m dedicating this weekend to finding gingerbread, which is nigh impossible in Louisville for some reason.

  • 29 B Dawg // Dec 27, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    I think you’re doing an awesome job… let em wonder another day

  • 30 Republican // Dec 27, 2008 at 11:37 pm

    Jake, you don’t worship Jesus, but don’t you worship the God of the Old Testament?

  • 31 jake // Dec 28, 2008 at 12:25 am

    The only thing I worship is money. Money and Raisinets. And sleep.

  • 32 Republican // Dec 28, 2008 at 1:40 am

    Raisinets are good but Milk Duds are better.

  • 33 bestmid // Dec 28, 2008 at 9:20 am

    Wow. That was like Jake 101.

    I think YOU, Jakie, is da BabyDaddy! It’s an opinionated but sweet little gay Jewish gingerbread baby. Awwwwwwwww!

  • 34 A watcher // Dec 28, 2008 at 10:12 am

    Is it possible that Bittenbender and Tucker are buds?

  • 35 Carter Burger // Dec 28, 2008 at 2:05 pm

    Milk Duds?! Are you crazy? Junior Mint beats Raisinets and Milk Duds hands down. Who’s gonna turn down a Junior Mint? It’s chocolate, it’s peppermint…it’s very refreshing.

  • 36 jake // Dec 28, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    Entirely disturbing that we turned this discussion from a hypocrite of a pervert to things we all know and love…

  • 37 Carter Burger // Dec 28, 2008 at 5:30 pm

    Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

  • 38 Republican // Dec 28, 2008 at 10:22 pm

    Sorry, but I still stick with Milk Duds. Then Raisinettes. Then Whoppers (the malted milk balls, not the Burger King sandwich).

  • 39 gene // Dec 29, 2008 at 7:08 am

    Is it Brandon Smith

  • 40 leaveit // Dec 29, 2008 at 7:42 am

    If the rumors are true, it’s Jim Gooch

  • 41 Lunchbox: Welcome back Blotter - FatLip // Dec 29, 2008 at 12:13 pm

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  • 42 Terri // Jan 5, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    I have another word for having intercourse with a person who cannot give consent due to age or mental deficiency…

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