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Entries from June 2010

Rand Paul Hit By National Democrats

June 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments

Check it: The Democrats are hitting Rand Paul over his ridiculous comments about BP and the gulf oil disaster.

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Tags: Environment · Rand Paul · Senate

Best Email I Received All Day Yesterday

June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

Here it is: “3 homeless guys in the park in downtown lex wearing Newberry 2010 t-shirts. Awesome use of campaign funds.” Amen. Maybe it’s not that Newb can only find a select group to support him. Maybe supporters are just jumping ship and t-shirts are showing up at Goodwill earlier than expected.

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Tags: Humor · Spotted

Rand Paul Uses Campaign For Todd Lally

June 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments

Um, uh, Rand? You should use your campaign for yourself, not Todd Lally: Sending out campaign email blasts for other candidates isn’t the most ridiculous thing you’ve done this week. But it’s a borderline campaign finance issue and is at the very least a silly waste of resources.

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Tags: Campaign Finance · Congress · KY-3 · Rand Paul · Senate

Oh, KDP, You Are So Embarrassingly Hilarious

June 22nd, 2010 · 16 Comments

Haha, so, funny story. The new KDP chair contributed to Ernie Fletcher and to Mitch McConnell. And you people wonder why I absolutely crack the eff up when anybody suggest the KDP is a legit, functional party these days. [Bluegrass Politics] Maybe this will nudge other outlets to ditch the habit of regurgitating AP content [...]

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Tags: Campaign Finance · Embarrassing · Ernie Fletcher · Jack Conway · KDP · Kentucky Tourism · Mainstream · Mitch McConnell · Rand Paul · Senate · Steve Beshear · The Gays

Kentucky Is Now Officially A Tropical Rainforest

June 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment

Sometimes we get hilarious comments. Like this one about Kelley Paul’s concealed hostage message. [We Get Comments] I keep waiting for Mitch McConnell to offer an alternative or solution to any problem and he never does. [HuffPo] Daniel Mongiardo could be helping Rand Paul’s election chances. No one is surprised. [Joe Gerth] Hahaha – look [...]

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Tags: Ben Chandler · Dan Mongiardo · David L. Williams · Humor · Jack Conway · Jobs · Kentucky Tourism · Mitch McConnell · Rand Paul · Senate

Ambassador Barzun Spoke At TEDx in Stockholm

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments

U.S. Ambassador to Sweden Matthew Barzun spoke at TEDx about President Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008: Now maybe Jack Conway will wake up to the realization that he needs to can these good old boy consultants and ditch the staffers who are only out for a paycheck? Doubtful, I know.

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Tags: Barack Obama · Jack Conway · Spotted

Your Mainstream Failure Of The Hour

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments

In the ongoing saga of Kentuckians speculating about how badly the World Equestrian Games will either bankrupt the Commonwealth or just cold be a, you know, glorified horse show, comes a fancy story about what a dream* come true the WEG are. In that fancy story, I discovered this gem: “We’ve had three blockbuster exhibitions [...]

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Tags: Embarrassing · Humor · Kentucky Tourism · Mainstream Mistake

Remember John Deasy, Of Robert Felner Infamy?

June 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments

Here he is in the Winter 2009 issue of Philanthropy: CLICK TO ENLARGE Need more of a refresher? Here: Explosive New Robert Felner Scandal Brewing [September 8, 2008] Update On the Deasy Shenanigans at UofL [September 10, 2008] Breaking Deasy Update: Ramsey Appoints Review Committee [September 10, 2008] The Robert Felner Story Hits the WaPo [...]

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Tags: Corruption · Education · Flashback · Investigation · Robert Felner · UofL

Kentucky’s Very Own Kinda-Birther Guy

June 21st, 2010 · 14 Comments

Remember him? Here he is on WBKO: What a hot mess. So many different stories. Now he’s just half-birther?

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Tags: Barack Obama · FEAR! · Spotted

President Obama’s Weekly Video Address

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments

This week President Barack Obama discusses Republicans who block progress:

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Tags: Barack Obama · Mitch McConnell