Tag: Kentucky
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Rep. Thomas Massie the Martyr
by David Shephard, ©2026 (May 19, 2026) — The first time I ever heard of Representative Thomas Massie was in late March of 2020. The back bench congressman from Kentucky gained national attention when he used a parliamentary procedure to hold up an emergency covid relief package. He tried to force a roll call vote, when many…
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Trump Supports Ten Commandments in Schools, “Many Other Places”
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 21, 2024) — In response to a new Louisiana law mandating the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools by January 1 next year, 2024 Republican presumptive nominee Donald J. Trump opined on TruthSocial that he approves of the measure “in public schools, private schools and many other places, for…
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Goodbye McConnell, Hello Term Limits
by Jeff Crouere, Ringside Politics, ©2023 (Sep. 3, 2023) — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was first elected to his position in 1984. Thereafter, the voters of Kentucky elected him another six times, with his last victory occurring in 2020. Nonetheless, at the age of eighty-one, there are questions about whether McConnell will…
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With GOP Leaders Like McConnell, Who Needs Enemies?
by Jeff Crouere, Ringside Politics, ©2022 (Aug. 21, 2022) — On Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) publicly complained about the “quality” of GOP Senate candidates. He declared that a Republican U.S. Senate majority was not likely. At a Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce luncheon, McConnell claimed that “I think there’s probably a greater…
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Libertarian Candidates Are Nothing More than Stealth Democrats
“UPPING THE STAKES” by Jerry Kane, blogging at The Millstone Diaries, ©2019 (Nov. 8, 2019) — For years I’ve been accusing the Libertarian Party of running stealth candidates just to siphon off potential Republican votes to get Democrats elected in states they couldn’t win otherwise. Now from the horse’s mouth, or should I say a**,…
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Kentucky: Dumbest People, Poorest State (RR)
“OUR PLATFORM IS NEGATIVE” by OPOVV, ©2019 (Nov. 6, 2019) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to another round with our in-house Democrat Strategist, Mary Jane, right here on ‘The Pulse of the Nation.’ Let’s get right to it, shall we?” “I’m ready if you are, Roving, although I may not be at…
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Horse-Advocacy Group Reports “Amazing Interaction” with Observers and Attendees in DC
“THERE’S SOME MARVELOUS STUFF COMING” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 2, 2017) — The organizer of a trip by the Citizens Campaign Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty (CCABLAC) from Tennessee to Washington, DC last week to advocate for an end to horse cruelty told The Post & Email that as the group stood in front of…
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P&E to CPAC Organizer: “natural born Citizen” and Obama Forgeries Unaddressed
WHAT DO “CONSERVATIVES” STAND FOR? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 6, 2016) — On Sunday morning, Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) organizer Matt Schlapp tweeted that “someone from Texas got a big cpac bounce” in an obvious reference to presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s win of the Kansas and Maine caucuses on Saturday. Donald Trump won the…
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Trump on Cruz: “He Should Do Well in Maine Because It’s Very Close to Canada”
CRUZ WINS MAINE AND KANSAS CAUCUSES; TRUMP WINS LOUISIANA PRIMARY AND KENTUCKY CAUCUS by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 5, 2016) — In a speech given on Saturday night in Florida following the day’s Republican caucuses in four states, presidential candidate Donald Trump thanked Kentucky and Louisiana for his victories there and congratulated his closest primary contender,…
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Are the Democrats Orchestrating Their Own Watergate?
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OPENED AGAINST DEMOCRAT OPERATIVES WHO RECORDED REPUBLICAN STRATEGY MEETING by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 11, 2013) — A recording of a campaign strategy session made by opponents of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has become the subject of an FBI criminal investigation. McConnell is the minority leader of the U.S. Senate and began to meet…
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Update: Are the Democrats Bailing on Obama?
DISCREPANCIES IN LIFE STORY BECOME MORE APPARENT, EVEN TO THE DNC by Sharon Rondeau (May 24, 2012) — The Daily Caller has reported that the chairman of the Democrat National Committee, Brad Woodhouse, is now questioning Obama’s background as it regards his entrance to three universities he allegedly attended. In the Kentucky Democrat primary on…