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Entries from April 2011

Here’s A Whole Buncha Economic Stuff To Bore Ya

April 25th, 2011 · 5 Comments

Mitch McConnell has returned from palling around with all kinds of foreigners over there so he doesn’t have to pal around with them here. [Bluegrass Politics] Rand and Ron Paul as the libertarian Kennedys? HAHA, right. Not even the Pauls think that. [Politico] Congressional Democrats say they will aggressively push for allowing taxes to rise [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Campaign Finance · Economy · Election 2011 · Environment · Flashback · Humor · Military · Mitch McConnell · Presidential Race · Rand Paul · Stats · Taxes

Teabagger Continues To Cross State-Federal Line

April 25th, 2011 · No Comments

That sound you hear is Phil Moffett controller/campaign “manager” David Adams continuing to use the Rand Paul Campaign’s/support group’s email list to benefit his state-level candidates: Return-Path: Received: from gate.forward.smtp.iad1a.emailsrvr.com (gate.out.iad.emailsrvr.com [72.4.117.3]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e4si4791075vck.58.2011.04.25.07.02.32 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:02:32 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 72.4.117.3 is neither permitted nor [...]

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Tags: Campaign Finance · Corruption · Election 2011

Jamie Comer Has Gone Full-On Teabagger

April 25th, 2011 · 13 Comments

We thought we’d give him the benefit of the doubt for a while. And even after he’d tried to appear to back away from them, he’s back at it again. See for yourself: No wonder so many Republicans and Democrats (many his now-former supporters) have begun rolling their eyes with concern. Many Republicans say this [...]

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Tags: Election 2011 · Humor · Spotted

Phil Moffett Is Still In Collusion With PAC

April 25th, 2011 · 9 Comments

Apparently, it’s not an ability of teabaggers to understand what collusion means. They’re just gonna continue ignoring campaign finance law. Here’s the latest from Phil Moffett pal, Joe Miller: Dear Patriot, I’ve been on the ground in Kentucky with the rest of our team, and last night I had the opportunity to finally meet Phil [...]

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Tags: Campaign Finance · Corruption · Election 2011

Jack Conway Took His Rx Program Out West

April 25th, 2011 · 4 Comments

On Friday, Attorney General Jack Conway took his prescription drug abuse prevention program to Christian and Hopking County schools. “I want kids across Kentucky to know that it is never okay to take prescription pills that are not prescribed to them,” said General Conway. “Kids who take prescription pills for fun suffer in school, damage [...]

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Tags: Education · Jack Conway · Youth

President Obama’s Weekly Video Address

April 25th, 2011 · No Comments

This week President Barack Obama discussed rising gas prices and market manipulation, a hot topic in Kentucky:

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Tags: Barack Obama · Corruption · Economy

Oh Snap Monday! Say, Is Obama A Foreigner?

April 25th, 2011 · 6 Comments

Welcome to Kentucky, the 8th-least green state in the country. More stats for us to be proud of. [HuffPo] Take your headline pick: Tea Party Comes To Harvard or Grayson Finally Invited To Tea Party. [Twitter] Ralph’s head is about to asplode over the CPE’s fancy pending decisions. He’d rather have bourbon. We concur. [Ralph [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Campaign Finance · Economy · Education · Election 2011 · Environment · Flashback · Health Care · Humor · Jack Conway · Mitch McConnell · Polling · Rand Paul · Trey Grayson

Teabaggers Just Love Ignoring & Violating The Law

April 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment

Get ready to gag! Eight executives at Kentucky Retirement Systems make more than $100,000 per year. [H-L] Teabagger Phil Moffett tried to blame the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance for his campaign’s reporting errors. The KREF’s executive director called the teabagger a liar. Guess his campaign theme really is passing the buck. [Ryan Alessi] Even [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Budget · Campaign Finance · Corruption · Election 2011 · Environment · Journalism · Kentucky Business · Takin yer guns! · Wasted Money

Governor Beshear’s Weekly Video Address

April 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

This week Governor Steve Beshear spends 2:41 discussing the Smart Government Initiative:

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Tags: Spotted · Steve Beshear

Edelen & Crosbie File Reports With The KREF

April 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

NOTE: Addia Wuchner’s report wasn’t available when this story was originally written. You’ll find her highlights after the jump, as well. Adam Edelen (a Democrat running to be the next Auditor of Public Accounts) and K.C. Crosbie (a Republican running for Treasurer) have filed their reports with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. As I [...]

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Tags: Adam Edelen · Campaign Finance · Election 2011