On Monday night, Todd P’Pool had Jack Conway by the balls. He had the tightening mechanism of the vice grip in his teabagging hand. And he just had to waste every opportunity he was given. He had Jack on the defensive over Mark Bryant (we wrote about him yesterday) and his major conflict of interest [...]

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What was that, again, papaw? But Rob Kunjah, owner and CEO of the company, told a crowd of about 200 gathered in the city council chambers he’d have chosen the community for the Canadian company’s first U.S. site with — or without — the state incentives on which Beshear has based so much of his [...]

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Wait, Ben Chandler went to Sri Lanka? He really loves those fancy trips. Especially when they’re tropical. [Click the Clicky] Ben’s fancy trip to Africa is blurring the lines on travel propriety. Primarily because his trip cost $30,000. He knows he’s in the wrong because his office won’t offer comment. [Roll Call] Both Mitch McConnell [...]

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Maybe some day we’ll begin to look at these mega-banks investing in for-profit prisons and their role in immigration and other criminal legislation. [HuffPo] The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky may have sold Griffin Woods to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources but how much did we pay for those 352 acres? [H-L] It’s [...]

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Oh my goodness. KDRP just won’t quit with these embarrassing Jerry Abramson photos: Wow. Such a crowd.

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It’s General Election Campaign Finance Highlight Time! Here you go. JAMIE COMER $444,190 raised $0 in unitemized contributions $44,107.08 spent $400,082.92 on-hand at the close of reporting period $15,350 came from political organizations and PACs $100,000 loan from himself Notable Contributions Larry Forgy $200 Laura Babbage $100 Andy Barr $100 Terry & Marion Forcht $2,000 [...]

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Last night, Todd P’Pool brought up Mark Bryant of Paducah during his KET appearance with Jack Conway. Bryant is a two-time maxed out donor to Conway and so is his wife, Sue. They’ve also held fundraisers for Jack at their home. P’Pool’s complaint was that Bryant is an ambulance-chaser type of attorney going after for-profit [...]

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HAHAHA! The Republican Party of Kentucky is upset that embarrassing candidate Bob Farmer is still profiting from his dumb anti-Eastern Kentucky “comedy” routine. It was just a few months ago that Steve Beshear was calling Farmer’s jokes “inappropriate” and a “poor attempt at humor.” But Farmer is still profiting from state government because his CDs [...]

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Todd PeePee and Jamie Teabagger are going around the state this week to teabag everybody. They’re calling their tour the – get this – Corn & Coal Tour. Because we apparently haven’t been forced to roll our eyes enough this year. Here’s the schedule: Wednesday, October 19th 9:00 am CST — Paducah (Marquette Transportation, 150 [...]

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Republican Party of Kentucky Chairman Steve Robertson has given up on holding Jack Conway accountable and he’s decided to question Steve Beshear for a while. “Steve Beshear is stonewalling the people of Kentucky. This scandal involving illegal solicitations from and to state government employees has exploded, and this Governor’s Administration must be held to the [...]

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