Openly gay 24-year-old Matthew Vanderpool won the 45th House district Democratic primary and goes on to face Stan Lee in the fall: Anybody think he can beat Breck Girl Stan Lee? As Joe as pointed out, it’s going to be interesting.

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Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was reamed before the United States Senate on his mine safety record. You’ve gotta read this story. [Jim Carroll] Here’s how urban vs. rural voted for Jack Conway and Daniel Mongiardo. [Daily Yonder] Rand Paul’s got a 9/11 conspiracy theorist friend. [Mother Jones] Stormfront was rooting for Rand Paul on [...]

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NOTE TO READERS FROM COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN: CLICK HERE for the story about Rand Paul’s 2002 letter to the editor. And thanks for visiting! Okay, so I’m loosely kidding. BUT. DNC Chairman Tim Kaine did just appear on Ed Schultz to discuss the story I unearthed this afternoon: I can’t believe the Democrats have [...]

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Today’s been a little crazy with the Rand Paul mess. And I wish Jack Conway would stop saying Rand Paul supports the repeal of the Civil Rights Act. He does not (at least not publicly). Using his own words against him is plenty bad enough.  There’s no sense in muddying these waters. Because Rand Paul [...]

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Rand Paul’s appearance last evening on Rachel Maddow wasn’t the first time he made comments about racial discrimination. In a May 30, 2002 letter to the editor of the Bowling Green Daily News about the Federal Fair Housing Act, Rand Paul made his beliefs about legalized discrimination quite clear. Here are some excerpts from his [...]

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Governor Steve Beshear just issued the call for a special legislative session to begin on May 24. Click here (Warning: PDF Link) for the executive order. “The compromise proposal I put forward offers a path forward to a budget agreement, and an end to this dangerous stalemate,” Gov. Beshear said.  “I am pleased that there [...]

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Check this out: Yowza? And Mitch McConnell said (in a statement) that he’s glad Rand Paul has clarified his views.

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Last night Rand Paul appeared on Rachel Maddow and he defended the practice of segregating lunch counters. This post is mostly a re-hash from last night, but it’s such a hot issue it’s been on MSNBC all day long. You should looky here: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy [...]

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Just asking, because: Mmm hmm. It really is like Glenn Beck ran for the U.S. Senate. Except this guy is more supportive of segregated lunch counters. On cue, Rasmussen comes out with a poll showing Paul up 25 points on Conway.

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HAHA, so, funny story… this Mongiardo supporter, Kim Boyle (she says this is her event), decided to attack me for daring to have opinions about her bigoted candidate of choice: Isn’t that cute how she says I should get a life and a “real, productive job”? I’m sure running a derby party is a real [...]

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