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Entries Tagged as 'Mainstream Mistake'

Embarrassingly Bad Misstep From Kay’s Campaign

June 19th, 2013 · No Comments

Yesterday, James Kay’s campaign had an attorney send a letter to the RSLC claiming they were lying about his arrest and subsequent claims that he was an attorney. The attorney threatened the RSLC with legal action if they didn’t pull their ads about Kay. Shortly after, the Kay Campaign sent out a press release claiming [...]

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Tags: Embarrassing · KDP · Mainstream Mistake · Special Election

Alison Grimes’ Bad Judgment: Blowing Media Off

June 19th, 2013 · No Comments

Alison Grimes needs to stop dodging the media. Her latest behavior is both disingenuous and cowardly. Any Democrat defending her actions without seriously considering the consequences is delusional. From Ryan Alessi: That nine-second clip was all I was able to capture of Grimes answering questions. When asked for an interview, she said not when the [...]

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Tags: Alison Grimes · Embarrassing · Mainstream Mistake

Arrogance And Greed At KRS Hitting New Lows

June 4th, 2013 · 1 Comment

Warning: This will be disjointed. A Kentucky Newspaper reported that Kentucky Retirement Systems wants to give its Chief Investment Officer, TJ Carlson, a whopping $70,000 raise and a $100,000 exit bonus. All on top of his $200,000 yearly salary. But one board member has enough sense to ask for input from the legislature and the [...]

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Tags: Corruption · Mainstream Mistake · Wasted Money

What Were We All Talking About A Year Ago?

June 3rd, 2013 · No Comments

How much of the mainstream media in Kentucky was willfully ignoring the disaster at Kentucky Retirement Systems. And Daniel Logsdon bragging (wishing) that the Kentucky Democratic Republican Party had an unbelievably bright future with a bunch of new leaders. Not much has changed in an entire year.

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Tags: Corruption · Embarrassing · Flashback · KDP · Mainstream Mistake · Wasted Money

The Gays Are Really Mad At Democrats Again

May 30th, 2013 · No Comments

Democrat James L. Kay II leads in raising campaign funds in the first reporting period for the June 25 special election to fill the 56th District state House seat. [H-L] Immigrants for years have paid far more into Medicare’s coffers than they have pulled out, effectively subsidizing rising healthcare payments to the aging U.S. population, [...]

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Tags: Campaign Finance · Corruption · Economy · Health Care · Immigration · Law Enforcement · Mainstream Mistake · Special Election · The Gays · Wasted Money

Fox-Like WKYT Story Still Hot Around Kentucky

May 23rd, 2013 · 1 Comment

After you finish rolling your eyes at WKYT’s welfare drug queen “reporting” – take a look at how un-seriously their reporter, Kristen Kennedy, and her WKYT colleagues take it: And how easily swayed and ignorant people viewing the story can be: When you finish with that? Take a look at this extensive NPR effort covering [...]

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Tags: Eastern Kentucky · Journalism · Mainstream Mistake

Unbelievably Terrible Story By WKYT On Welfare

May 22nd, 2013 · 6 Comments

Former Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer’s sister has resigned as assistant executive director of the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. [H-L] If you have any heart at all, this story will melt it. An elderly woman whose home was destroyed by the Oklahoma tornado found her pet dog among the rubble during a live TV interview. [...]

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Tags: Campaign Finance · Corruption · Economy · Environment · FEAR! · Jobs · Kentucky Business · Mainstream Mistake · Poverty · Richie Farmer · Senate · Takin yer guns!

Of Course McConnell Opposes Press Freedoms

May 21st, 2013 · 1 Comment

Fun fact: ethics don’t actually exist in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Three former state agriculture employees agreed Monday to pay a total of $15,500 in fines to settle ethics charges that stemmed from their employment under former Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer. [H-L] Here’s a finding that shouldn’t be all that surprising: Since 1991, roughly 97 [...]

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Tags: Afghanistan · Barack Obama · Corruption · Eastern Kentucky · Environment · Greg Stumbo · Journalism · Mainstream Mistake · Mitch McConnell · RPK

A Photo Jamie Comer Probably Doesn’t Enjoy

May 9th, 2013 · 2 Comments

Check out the photo Politico decided to use for its story about Jamie Comer campaigning for hemp in Washington: Seems one of those individuals is currently serving time for a fairly high-profile murder. Whoopsiedaisy? On the flip side, it’s still better than being photographed with Jonathan Miller.

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Tags: Humor · Mainstream Mistake · Spotted

A Real Lady Wouldn’t Drink Regular Coke, Steve

May 3rd, 2013 · 3 Comments

A judge has been appointed to Kentucky’s longest-running death row case after an Associated Press inquiry into why it had been pending for 16 months without a judge. [H-L] Hillary Clinton clears the field as the Democratic candidate of choice in a new 2016 presidential poll. [Politico] Attorney General Jack Conway said he’s had a [...]

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Tags: Alison Grimes · Corruption · Crit Luallen · Flashback · Health Care · Humor · Jack Conway · Mainstream Mistake · Mitch McConnell · Polling · Presidential Race · Rand Paul · Steve Beshear · UK