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  • Jack Conway Lauds Useless "Message" Amendment

    Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Jack Conway issued a press release to demonstrate his heart-felt support for an amendment to the the health care bill. (H/t: Page One.) The amendment was pushed by Colorado Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet, who was appointed to his seat and faces a tough [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 11:22am EST

  • He Wrote Back!

    I wrote to Congressman John Yarmuth the first week of August to suggest that he hold a real, live town hall on health care as opposed to the fake teleconference town halls he had held up to that point.
    He (or rather, one of his minions) has replied -- four [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 10:41am EST

  • An Obama Cover to Collect

    It would not normally be newsworthy that President Barack Obama will appear on yet another magazine cover -- no. 12,576 of his administation
    But this cover, on Golf Digest, partners the president with pig Tiger Woods, under the headline, "10 Tips Obama Can Take From Tiger."
    Tip number one: [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 4:14pm EST

  • Dems Attack Each Other Over Health Care

    Perhaps the most interesting fights on the Senate floor these days are between Democrats. Take this exchange on proposed cuts to Medicare.
    Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) likes the cuts, arguing that "what is cut are private health care plans under the Medicare Advantage Program." As if the quasi-private nature of [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 3:50pm EST

  • Trey Reacts to Obama Speech

    Here are the remarks of U.S. Senate candidate Trey Grayson in response to President Barack Obama's speech on Afghanistan. Grayson is on the mark:
    I support the President’s decision to finally accept the recommendations of commanders on the ground and order a surge of forces in Afghanistan. I disagree with [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 3:45pm EST

  • Swine Flu Vaccines Really, Really Late

    Jefferson County children will finally get vaccinated for the Swine Flu, more than a month after H1N1 peaked in local schools.
    The absence rate at my children's school exceeded 30 percent the week leading up to Halloween; it has been back to normal for some time since.
    It's great [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:12am EST

  • Support For Health Care Bill Plunges

    A new Rasmusson poll shows that support for the Democrats' health care plan has reached an all-time low: 38 percent support it, the lowest number since the tracking polls began in June.
    In contrast, 56 percent of Americans said in the telephone poll that they oppose President Obama and' [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:28pm EST

  • A Botox Tax?

    The Senate Health Care monstrosity includes a five percent tax on cosmetic surgery, according to Politico. The tax may raise eye brows, but not those of Vice President Joe Biden or Sen. John Kerry.
    How is it that Nancy Pelosi omitted this gem from the House bill?

    [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:35pm EST

  • Grayson Goes On Offense

    Secretary of State Trey Grayson is finally drawing a substantive distinction between his positions and those of Dr. Rand Paul.
    Earlier this week, Grayson sensibly condemned the Obama administration's decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and his co-conspirators in a New York City civilian court, rather then in the military [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:54pm EST

  • Did Eric Holder go to law school?

    In response to criticism for having the KSM trial in a civilian court, Eric Holder said that acquittal is not an option. What?!?! Under the U.S. Constitution, acquittal is ALWAYS an option. That is what trials are for. This is law 101. For the highest lawyer in the land to [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:48pm EST

  • Grayson Condemns Obama 9/11 Show Trials

    Secretary of State and U.S. Senate candidate Trey Grayson has condemned the Obama administration's plan to use civilian courts to try the master-mind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, and his co-conspirators.
    In an email blast, Grayson states that he
    disagree[s] strongly with this decision and have launched [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:38pm EST

  • Wisdom of a Founding Father

    "As there is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust..." James Madison

    One of the beauties of the U.S. Constitution is that its drafters recognized the natural "depravity" of man and the need to set limits on a government comprised of [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:47am EST

  • McConnell Reacts to Obama Trying 9/11 Terrorist in NYC

    Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell reacted to the administration's decision to bring the 9/11 perpetrators to trial just blocks from ground zero.
    “The White House’s decision today to bring the 9/11 plotters within our borders and into our communities instead of trying them at the secure detention facility at Guantanamo' [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:18pm EST

  • WSJ Inteviews Rand Paul

    The Wall Street Journal online has an interview with U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Rand Paul. (Hat tip to Page One.)
    He notes that unlike his father, Rep. Ron Paul, he would abolish the earmark system altogether. That is certainly correct on a macro level but would be hurt Kentucky [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:48am EST

  • This Paperwork Is Really Stimulating!

    The Obama Administration's trillion dollar porkulus plan -- the one that was supposed to stave off double-digit unemployment but did not -- comes with lots of strings.
    Just ask Campbelsville, KY shoe store owner Buddy Moore, who accepted an $889.60 order from the Army to provide nine pairs of' [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:21pm EST

  • David and Betty Jones Give $1 Million to McConnell-Chao Archives

    Philanthropist and Humana co-founder David A. Jones stunned a University of Louisville audience today when he presented a $1 million check to the Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao Archives at its ribbon-cutting.
    Jones said the donation from him and his wife Betty was unsolicited. He praised the McConnell Center's development' [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:49pm EST

  • Best Line of the Day

    Sen. John McCain (quoting Sen. Tom Coburn) describes the Democrats' takeover of the health care industry: "No Child Left With a Dime." So true, it hurts.' [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:18pm EST

  • McCain Calls a Terrorist a Terrorist

    Sen. John McCain, who was in Louisville this Veteran's Day to celebrate the opening of the McConnell-Chao archives, said what many have thought: the shooting rampage at Fort Hood was an act of terror. WHAS has the video. McCain insisted that political correctness must not be allowed to impede' [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:05pm EST

  • Basic Human Rights

    A letter to the editor of the “The American Legion” November 2009, this Legionnaire John S. Duty, from Winchester Kan, states it so succinctly:

    Health care is not a basic human right; “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are basic human rights. Health care is a service. [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:23pm EST

  • NYT: We Need More Stimulus

    In the world of the New York Times, down is up and up is down. How else to explain the Paper of Record's editorial today, urging the government to pass yet more stimulus -- because the last trillion worked out so well for the poor slobs formerly known as' [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:54am EST

  • McConnell Reacts to Health Care Vote

    Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement in response to the House's vote to approve the latest health care debacle:
    "Rarely has the disconnect between Congress and the American people been clearer than the vote tonight. Americans want lower costs, less government intrusion, a simpler approach and less'" [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 12:38pm EST

  • Yeah, About Those Jobs

    President Barack Obama warned that unless he got his way -- unless Congress appropriated billions upon billions of dollars in new government spending, unemployment would reach double digits: “If We Don’t Act Swiftly And Boldly, We Could See A Much Deeper Economic Downturn That Could Lead To Double Digit Unemployment,"" [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:29pm EST

  • While Nation Grieves, Obama Gives A Shout Out

    President Obama's My Pet Goat moment came yesterday. Robert A. George writes:

    President Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships.[...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:04am EST

  • Two More GOP Governors

    The White House and liberal press can spin it anyway they want, but yesterday's victories in New Jersey and Virginia show that independents can and will dump Obama and return to the GOP.
    It is particularly significant that both races were for the governor's mansion. Governors historically have been [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:33am EST

  • C-J's Freudian Slip

    Joe Gerth has been dutifully reporting the attacks between the campaigns of Attorney General Jack Conway and Lieut. Gov. Dan Mongiardo in their bids for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Lots of stalkers with camcorders filming each other. Now an accusation that Mongiardo is blurring the line [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:11am EST

  • CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY

    Why is it important to recruit friends, business associates, etc to make calls to our representatives?

    Last night at the excellent American Small Business Partnership meeting a question was rhetorically asked whom had made a phone call to their representative today? I was happy to think to myself, check, [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 4:30pm EDT

  • Grayson Operative Stalks Rand Paul

    Someone from the Grayson campaign has been following Dr. Rand Paul around, videotaping his every move.
    The Paul campaign had a little fun with the guy and made a video of him filming them. It's sort of like the zoo animals taking pictures of the tourists taking pictures of' [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 3:14pm EDT

  • How Stumbo Will Steal From the Schools

    House Speaker Greg Stumbo has issued a press release to attempt to defend why the state should be able to seize the contingency funds of local schools, and to explain how he would do it.
    Stumbo clarifies what many had expected: rather than take the funds outright, he would off-set [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 1:20pm EDT

  • Barack the Golfer

    For all you Bush haters who tried to paint him as a lazy playboy, guess what, he has competition. CBS news reports that Barack Obama, the man of the people, has played more golf in his first 9 months of office than George Bush played in his first two years![...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 9:41am EDT

  • Porkulus Watch

    Democrats said that if America elected Obama, life would be beautiful. And they were right.
    Now we learn that $2.3 million in stimulus money is gong to train hairdressers, nail technicians and masseuses -- and that's just in Tampa Bay, Florida. The joy of living in a pivotal electoral' [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 12:03pm EDT

  • State Education Leaders Prepare to Fight Stumbo Plan

    Kentucky's educational organizations for superintendents, school boards and school administrators have drafted a sample resolution for schools to protest House Speaker Greg Stumbo's plan to seize school contingency funds.
    The resolution notes that the contingency funds come from local tax dollars in many districts: "taxpaying voters and property owners who" [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 11:04am EDT

  • Republican Weekly Address: Sen. Johanns

    Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE) gave the weekly Republican address. The focus is health care, and the Democrats' new 1,500 page bill.
    He makes an interesting point about how Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid has picked winners and losers among the states.
    Nebraska loses "$126 million for home health services,'" [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 10:43am EDT

  • Obama the Uniter

    President Obama's third war -- against Fox News -- has the unintended consequence of uniting the mainstream media. When the administration tried to exclude Fox from the pool coverage of an unelected and unconfirmed Pay Czar, the other networks refused to go along -- they sided with Fox against the' [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 10:51am EDT

  • I'm More Kentucky Than You Is

    Secretary of State Trey Grayson and Dr. Rand Paul are drifting further from the issues, into the terrain of silliness. From Paul's press release:

    Reminiscent of the schoolyard, Trey Grayson whines that he's more of a Kentuckian than Rand Paul, that Paul is not a Kentuckian.

    Rand Paul [...]

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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 6:20pm EDT

  • McConnell vs. Reid

    President Barack Obama paid a bank-handed compliment to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, while simultaneously dissing Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid.
    According to Obama, "Democrats are an opinionated bunch. You know, the other side, they just kinda sometimes do what they're told. Democrats, ya'll thinkin' for yourselves."
    Yeah, that's [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 12:38pm EDT

  • Greg Stumbo Wants to Steal From Our Schools

    School superintendents are beginning to push back against House Speaker Greg Stumbo's plan to raid school districts' contingency funds to make up for the state's budget shortfall.
    The most outrageous thing about Stumbo's plan is that it punishes those schools that were fiscally responsible, to bail out a state government' [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 11:41am EDT

  • Way To Go, Brett Guthrie

    Congressman Brett Guthrie, though newly-elected, is proving to be a voice for common sense on the Hill. Guthrie has co-sponsored legislation that would withhold funds from the Obama administrations myriad "czars" unless and until they go through Senate confirmation.
    Guthrie's press release states:

    "I am pleased to co-sponsor legislation" [...]

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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 3:20pm EDT

  • An Equal Opportunity Offender

    President Obama has done plenty of things to anger and offend those on the Right, but he seems equally committed to offending and angering those on the Left.

    President Obama talks a good game on gay rights, but he has not done anything to further them and it does [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 12:46pm EDT

  • Native Son

    In his recently published book, Republican Leader a Political Biography of Senator Mitch McConnell, John David Dyche provides a fine biography of this native son, with an emphasis on the political dimension of his life. In Mitch McConnell's case, the political dimension of his life is overarching. Dyche writes in [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 11:28am EDT

  • Supremes Grant Cert. in Chicago Gun Ban Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari to decide whether the second amendment applies to states and municipalities. The Court had several cases to choose from, given the split in the circuits, but chose the case involving Chicago's ban on hand-guns -- arguably the most restrictive law of its [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 12:51pm EDT

  • Obama's Internet Grab

    [Guest posted by Annie Lee Mann]

    Obama Adminstration Seeks Control of the Internet

    The Obama administration is engaged in an effort to take control over internet and citizens’ freedom of speech and press under the guise of providing internet infrastructure security. If you don’t believe me, check it out: [...]

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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 3:23pm EDT

  • Mongiardo's Meltdown

    Anyone who thought Dr. Lieut. Gov. wannbe a U.S. Sen. Dan Mongiardo's tackiness is limited to his overly-waxed eyebrows should listen to this audio. Mongiardo makes clear that he despises Gov. Steve Beshear, his job, and the U.S. Senate. In short, he's just plain bitter.
    It is a happy, [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 10:44am EDT

  • McConnell: Administration Tactics "Unbelievable Outrage"

    Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell called the administration's "gag order" of Humana, which has been extended to other insurers, an "absolutely clear violation of the first amendment" and an "unbelievable outrage."
    In a conference call with reporters, McConnell noted that the gag order, which prohibits Humana and its competitors [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 3:18pm EDT

  • Williams Responds to Farish

    Sen. President David Williams has responded to the open letter that Bill Farish wrote in favor of slots at the tracks. Williams's response appears in Bloodline, and it is disappointing on several levels.
    Williams continues to demonize anyone who support slots, in particular the race tracks. His attacks on [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 8:28am EDT

  • Bunning Demands Dems Put Bill On Line; Baucus Refuses

    It was a brilliant but obvious request, and it should have passed unanimously. Sen. Jim Bunning proposed that the Senate Finance Committee post the $ 900 billion health care bill online 72 hours before it is voted upon. And while you're at it, Bunning suggested, go ahead and post the' [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 11:32am EDT

  • While McConnell Protected Free Speech, Bunning Snored

    Give credit to Sen. Jim Bunning, who showed up the the Senate Finance Committee and condemned Sen. Max Baucus's latest iteration of Obamacare.
    Unfortunately, Bunning then dozed off. Literally. Dana Milbank writes for the Washington Post,
    "I do not support a government takeover of the health-care system," he [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 7:50am EDT

  • ABC News On McConnell Condemning Dem's Gag Order of Humana

    ABC World News Tonight has a segment on McConnell's statement on the Senate floor, in which he called out Sen. Max Baucus and the Obama administration for placing a gag order on Humana. It is rare to see McConnell so angry, and he has good right. As ABC notes, [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 7:17am EDT

  • McConnell Calls Out Baucus's Intimidation of Humana

    Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has always been a stalwart defender of free speech, and so it was appropriate for him to condemn the federal "investigation" of Humana -- an attempt to intimidate Humana into silence about the ramifications of Obamacare.
    McConnell made the following remarks on the floor [...]
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    Posted: September 22, 2009, 3:27pm EDT

  • Bill Farish Is Right On Slots

    I went to the first day of Keeneland's Yearling sale last week, and it was a blood bath. Not a single horse sold for a million dollars. Most final bids did not meet the minimum reserve; many did not even cover the cost of the stud fee.
    Kentucky's horse industry [...]
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    Posted: September 22, 2009, 9:48am EDT

  • Dems Censor Humana

    In an affront to the first amendment, the Obama Administration is investigating Humana for writing to alert its subscribers as to how Obamacare could affect their benefits.
    Notwithstanding that corporations have first amendment rights, the Obama Administration -- urged on by Sen. Max Baucus -- is "investigating" whether Humana [...]
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    Posted: September 22, 2009, 9:15am EDT
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