Remember Jim Gooch?

No? Here’s a refresher:

• Is the Gooch Idiocy Contagious? [November 15, 2007]
• Jim Gooch: The Nut that Keeps On Giving [November 19, 2007]
• Jim Gooch: Embarrassment, Should be Ousted [November 20, 2007]

• Jim Gooch: More Embarrassing Than Before [February 18, 2008]
• Jim Gooch says Renewable Energy a False Hope [March 27, 2008]
• Jim Gooch: Still Embarrassing Kentuckians [February 11, 2009]
• Jim Gooch Lunacy Skyrockets Again [April 29, 2009]
• Jim Gooch Still a First-Rate Embarrassment [July 9, 2009]
• Flashback: Jim Gooch’s Global Warming Buddy [July 27, 2009]

• The Gooch vs. Dr. Suess (No, This Isn’t A Joke!) [April 20, 2010]
• Jim Gooch: Still A Giant, Idiotic Embarrassment [November 23, 2010]

Now you remember? He was re-elected this year (12,394 votes) without an opponent. Neither Republicans nor Democrats had sense enough to remove him.

So let’s take a look at some entities supporting his candidacy:

• Joe Craft – $1,000
• Alpha Natural Resources PAC – $1,000
• James River Coal Kentucky PAC – $1,000
• Arch Coal PAC – $750
• COAL PAC – $1,000
• Advance America Cash Advance Centers PAC – $250
• Alliance Coal PAC – $1,000
• Kentucky Deferred Deposit Association PAC – $250
• EQT Corporation PAC – $250
• Duke Energy Corporation PAC – $1,000
• Kentucky Beer Wholesalers – $850
• Atmos Energy Corporation PAC – $1,000
• Kentucky Automobile Dealers Election Trust $250
• AT&T Kentucky PAC – $300
• Kentucky Dental PAC – $250
• Kentucky Bankers Committee For State Government – $2,000
• Humana Kentucky Political Action Committee – $500
• Humana Inc PAC – $500
• Optometric PAC – $2,000
• Kentucky Agents PAC – $500
• Kentucky Hospitals’ Circle of Friends – $500
• Laborers International Union of North America PAC – $1,000
• Kentucky Realtors PAC $750
• LG&E-KU Political Awareness & Civic Education Committee – $1,000
• Kentucky Society of CPAs PAC – $500
• Kentucky Chamber PAC – $1,000
• Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities PAC – $1,000
• Wellpoint Inc WELLPAC – $250
• Speak Up For Rural Electrification – $500
• Kentucky Educators PAC – $1,000
• QC Holdings Inc PAC – $1,000
• CSX Corporation Good Government Fund – $250
• Kentucky Funeral Directors PAC – $250
• KY-PAC – $500
• International Paper PAC – $500

Yep, those groups.