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Kentucky: Jim Bunning

November 12, 2009 - 01:06 pm
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

Trey Grayson getting desperate, starting to hit back at Rand Paul

By noreply@blogger.com (Media Czech)

With his primary poll numbers looking awful, Trey Grayson is not only trying to move to the far right, he's starting to directly go after Rand Paul. In the aftermath of Rand requesting to "meet with" Mitch McConnell, Rand answered that he doesn't know if he'd support Mitch McConnell as Minority Leader. This is after months and months of veiled swipes at McConnell for being such a big gubmit librul with the bailouts, and Grayson for being his little protege.

Grayson's response:
Florence, Kentucky – Secretary of State Trey Grayson commented today on an interview Rand Paul did with WHAS-11’s Joe Arnold in which Paul refused to say if he would support Mitch McConnell as Republican Leader of the U.

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September 14, 2009 - 10:36 am
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

Obama's OSM appointee is a shill for the coal industry. Help stop him

By noreply@blogger.com (taylorshelton)

This just in from KFTC...
Despite recent good news about enforcement of water quality laws, we need your help to prevent a disturbing step backwards in the enforcement of our nation’s surface mining laws.
As early as Tuesday, September 15, a committee in the U.

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September 14, 2009 - 10:32 am
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

DO SOMETHING: Monday Morning Action Alert!

By noreply@blogger.com (David M. F. Schankula)

Stop the appointment of an industry-friendly Office of Surface Mining Director




Despite recent good news about enforcement of water quality laws, we need your help to prevent a disturbing step backwards in the enforcement of our nation’s surface mining laws.

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August 25, 2009 - 08:27 am
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

You Either Die A Hero, Or You LIve Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villan

By noreply@blogger.com (Cesspoole)

Looks like everybody has had their say already on an excellent little blurb from the Senate Guru on our Senate Primary, but I just had to step in.

Namely, I feel like I may have overreacted last week when I pulled down a post comparing Jack and his $1.3 million fundraising quarter to George W. Bush declaring mission accomplished.

Instead, I see that all of my worst fears about the Conway campaign have been confirmed-- they're not paying attention. They're not paying attention, and their loss, in the primary or the general, could set those of us with the stones to be real Democrats in Kentucky orignonal back a decade or more.

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August 7, 2009 - 02:38 pm
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

Recollections of a Fundraiser of Yore and Thoughts on Son-of-a-Bitchgate

By noreply@blogger.com (rbecker)

Dan Mongiardo’s fake puritanical outrage over Attorney General Jack Conway’s recent, shocking use of profanity at the Fancy Farm picnic brought back memories for me of a Democratic State Senate Caucus fundraiser that I and several other UK College Democrats attended some years ago. As you will remember, this was two offices ago for Dan Mongiardo, back when he was still a lowly state senator who had recently lost the last race for US Senate against Jim Bunning, and as such he was expected to allow the rest of the caucus and the attendees at the fundraiser to bask in the glow of his political fame.

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August 5, 2009 - 02:53 pm
NEWS FEED: Bluegrass Politics

Paul officially enters race for U.S. Senate

By Government Editor

By ROGER ALFORD - Associated Press Writer FRANKFORT — Rand Paul, the son of 2008 presidential candidate Ron Paul, ended months of speculation Wednesday by saying he will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated next year by fellow Republican Jim Bunning. The Bowling Green ophthalmologist told The Associated Press he is entering the race and plans to run as a candidate with “outsider” credentials. Paul had been considering a campaign even before the 77-year-old Bunning announced last week that he intends to retire when his second term ends. Two other Republicans — Secretary of State Trey Grayson and western Kentucky businessman Bill Johnson — have already announced they’re running for Bunning’s seat.

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August 5, 2009 - 02:48 pm
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

Rand Paul officially teabags Kentucky

By noreply@blogger.com (Media Czech)

Let the fun begin!FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Rand Paul, the son of 2008 presidential candidate Ron Paul, ended months of speculation Wednesday by saying he will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated next year by fellow Republican Jim Bunning.

The Bowling Green ophthalmologist told The Associated Press he is entering the race and plans to run as a candidate with “outsider” credentials.YOU get a teabag! YOU get a teabag! And YOU get a teabag!

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August 5, 2009 - 02:18 pm
NEWS FEED: Page One

Rand Paul Makes It Official

By jake

Rand Paul just made his bid for the U.S. Senate official.
Lookit:
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Rand Paul, the son of 2008 presidential candidate Ron Paul, ended months of speculation Wednesday by saying he will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated next year by fellow Republican Jim Bunning.
The Bowling Green ophthalmologist told The Associated Press [...]

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August 5, 2009 - 07:18 am
NEWS FEED: BluegrassBulletin.com

Why Is Conway Still Apologizing?

By Marc Carey

At Fancy Farm, U.S. Senate candidate Jack Conway batted his eyes, dipped his head, fawned a shy little smile and declared himself "one tough SOB".  Big deal.  So why is he apologizing again, and again and again?

Might it be he's not as tough as he claimed?  Or maybe somebody reminded him that the democrats often excoriated Senator Jim Bunning for his occasional salty language.  Or maybe it's because he thinks that he has given Monkey Business Mongiardo a toe hold he otherwise would not have had.

Hey Jack, you were doing a bunch of smart stuff before Fancy Farm.  Afterwards, not so much.  We're counting on you to make a strong run for this thing, spend all the democrat's money on the primary and go into November battle worn and bloody.

Don't die now!

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August 3, 2009 - 03:00 pm
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

Fancy Farm 2009: Plastic Spoons and Loons

By noreply@blogger.com (Media Czech)

It was great to be back at Fancy Farm on Saturday, the one-of-a-kind political circus where Kentucky politics tends to show its best and worst aspects every year.

This year's "episode" was largely a showcase of fresh blood from both parties. On the Republican side we had youngster Trey Grayson taking over the reigns from Jim Bunning (though still blatantly puppeted by ole Mitch). For the Democrats, the two youngsters were the squeaky clean MySpace Batman and Ken doll Jack Conway, and the eyebrow waxing hetero-hunting-coal-doctor Dan Mongiardo. Whatever the outcome of the 2010 Senate race, we're pretty much assured that at least 2 of these 3 will be among their party's leaders for the next generation.

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