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Thursday Afternoon Dept of Jim Bunning’s Done

April 16th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Should I keep going on with evidence that the teabagging parties were wholly Republican and designed to strengthen the GOP? [David Adams]
Those teabaggers sure do love Barack Obama. [Teabagging Shindig & This]
Check out this giant mess of ridiculous teabagger photographs. Really, what was that about non-partisanship? And where were these people […]

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Tags: Hypocrisy · Economy · Law Enforcement · Barack Obama · Afghanistan · Jack Conway · Jim Bunning · Campaign Finance · Jobs · Humor · Iraq

Oh Snap Monday! Still Traveling Cross-Country

April 6th, 2009 · 5 Comments

We’re making our way from San Diego to the Bluegrass today. So. Stuff from Jake will be intermittent. Rick will probably have several stories throughout the day, though, so stick with us.
300+ people showed up for the Kentucky Young Democrats convention. Check out the photographs. KYD folks tell us Daniel […]

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Tags: Youth · Senate · Veterans · Hypocrisy · Dan Mongiardo · Jim Bunning · Afghanistan · Taxes · Iraq

Thursday Afternoon Dept of Moving Forward

February 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Greg Stumbo said today that SB68 would be assigned to the House Judiciary committee if it makes it out of the State Senate. But we hear he’s planning on assigning the legislation to Health & Welfare, chaired by Tom Burch. We’ll believe it when we see it.
Hahaha. Martin Cothran is terrified of […]

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Tags: Jack Conway · Humor · The Gays · FEAR! · Afghanistan · Discrimination · Economy · Giving Back · Military · Greg Stumbo · Mainstream · Health Care · Wasted Money · Iraq · Kentucky Business · Education · Corruption · Jim Bunning · Budget · Mitch McConnell

Secretary of State’s Mock Election 2008

October 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments

Secretary of State Trey Grayson held the annual mock election this week. Over 100,000 elementary, middle and high school students across the Commonwealth cast their vote for President, Congress and voiced their opinion on the most important issue facing the United States.
“It is essential that students become acclimated to the democratic process, and there […]

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Tags: Senate · Polling · Afghanistan · Anne Northup · Economy · Barack Obama · Presidential Race · Hal Rogers · Trey Grayson · Health Care · Ben Chandler · Iraq · Bruce Lunsford · Gambling · Congress · John Yarmuth · Mitch McConnell

The Uprising is Nigh! You’re Doomed, Kids

May 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

UPDATE @ 11AM: David will be on The Colbert Report tonight. Watch it.
Those of you familiar with the internets and reality know all about David Sirota and his liberal left ways with the truth. He’s renowned as a journalist and has led the fight to bring the reality-based community into the mainstream. […]

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Tags: George W. Bush · Senate · Hypocrisy · Embarrassing · Economy · Presidential Race · Frustration · Investigation · Afghanistan · Mainstream Mistake · Flashback · Corruption · Mainstream · FEAR! · Congress · Iraq

John Yarmuth Gets His Post Office

February 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved John Yarmuth’s bill to rename a Post Office in Hikes Point the “Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Military Heroes of Louisville Memorial Post Office.”
Here’s a video of the whole shebang:

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Tags: Afghanistan · Congress · John Yarmuth · Iraq

John Yarmuth Renames Post Office

February 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Check C-SPAN at 2:00 P.M. 4:45 P.M.-ish SOMETIME TOMORROW (ugh) Normal People Time (Eastern).
From a recent press release from John Yarmuth’s office:
Today, Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) will bring to the House Floor a bill to rename the Hikes Point Post Office, at 3050 Hunsinger Lane, the “Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Military Heroes of Louisville Memorial […]

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Tags: Afghanistan · John Yarmuth · Iraq

Filtering the News So You Don’t Have To

September 25th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Suffering from the Steve Henry Syndrome. Sam Beverage didn’t show for ethics hearing. Said he had jury duty, the court said there was no trial. Woops. [PolWatchers]
Selective memory runs rampant. Hey, Cyberhillbilly, Mitch McConnell’s ties to China aren’t just alleged. They’re real. Read Cheves’ series in the Herald-Leader from […]

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Tags: Jack Conway · Afghanistan · Stan Lee · Corruption · Jim Bunning · Mitch McConnell · Iraq · Health Care · Ernie Fletcher

Betrayal of Trust Update

September 21st, 2007 · No Comments

MoveOn’s latest anti-Mitch McConnell ad is out. No one can argue giving over-extended troops desperately needed rest is a bad idea. No one but the delusional.

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Tags: Afghanistan · Iraq · Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell. The Republicans. A betrayal of trust.

September 20th, 2007 · No Comments

MoveOn has released another anti-McConnell commercial that will air nationwide on CNN.
The ad, beginning today, criticizes Sen. Mitch McConnell and other Republicans for voting against an extension of leave time for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. The video will be up here soon.
What was it Jim Bunning said? Giving our dying men and […]

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Tags: Afghanistan · Corruption · Jim Bunning · Iraq · Mitch McConnell