October 25, 2008
Radcliff, Kentucky
The big boys were in Hardin County, Kentucky today and they were fired up and ready to go. Among those at the rally were former Nebraska Governor and former U.S. Senator J. Robert “Bob” Kerrey, former Governor John Young Brown Jr., Governor Steve Beshear, Congressman John Yarmuth , David Boswell , Bruce Lunsford , Mike Weaver, former Senator Walter"Dee" Huddleston, Greg Fischer, State Rep Jimmie Lee and more.
This tells me the Democratic party is leaving no stone unturned to win in November. I have put together 4 fairly short videos of the event and they are below. I also managed to get a few photos, click here to view them.
What an insult, to stand in front of a gas station owned by one of the wealthiest families in Louisville — one of your biggest campaign contributors — and act like you’re some populist baby Jesus who’s returned to save everyone from four bucks a gallon. Not only is this “policy” feather-light on intellect, but it is a dangerous, stupid and purely political approach to the energy question, which will require manifold real-life solutions, not the lip service Northup has paid to her party’s minority view of a balanced, multi-level federal energy agenda.
I hope you stocked up on booze yesterday, because you’re SOL until after the polling places close. Something tells me that you won’t *really* have to worry about stocking up until the general elections in November, though.
Check out the ballots where you live here, and double-check your polling location here.
For Jefferson County voters, ballots for individual precincts can be found here. The Courier-Journal provides profiles for down-ticket candidates here, and Metro Council candidates answered questions here.
Per the State Board of Elections, if you’re in line by 6:00 P.M., you can vote. You must be known to the precinct officer or provide identification. Acceptable forms of I.D. are driver’s license, Social Security card, credit card, or other I.D. that has your picture and signature. The Voter Fraud Hotline number is (800) 328-8683.
For some leisurely reading, check out this new post at Crooks & Liars. It reports on the fallacy of “voter fraud” and the wastefulness of Republicans who wish to suppress the franchise at taxpayer expense.
Consider this an open thread for today’s election. If you have any anecdotes to share, local information, profiles for other candidates throughout the state, etc., please do so in the comments section. Keep it above the belt!
So ousted Anne Northup has officially announced her candidacy against Rep. John Yarmuth. Also running in the GOP primary will be Louisville businessman Chris Thieneman, and it appears that some GOP careerists aren’t too happy about that:
[Thieneman] claimed in an interview that people working on her behalf have “threatened” him in an effort to get him out of the race — including Larry Cox, who runs Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office in Kentucky.
He said the threats weren’t of a physical nature. But he added that he had angered Northup and other Republicans and that the race would be ugly.
Northup denied that she or anyone working on her behalf has tried to get Thieneman out of the race. “There are several advantages of having a primary,” she said.
Thieneman, 42, is running as an “anti-establishment” candidate, but he said his comments weren’t orchestrated to help him solidify that position in the race.
He said several elected officials and other Republican officials have called him over the past few days and suggested that he leave the race or face an ugly battle against Northup.
He said that one state representative told him he has “stirred up Anne’s hornet’s nest,” and that Cox told him “you’re going to be in a fight like you’ve never been in before, and it’s going to be nasty.”
He also accused McConnell of being behind efforts by the party last year to clear the field for Roberts. He said “no one is going to convince me that Mitch McConnell didn’t have Erwin supposedly called up.”
Anne, give it up. We don’t want you. Your own party didn’t want you. Try to have a modicum of dignity, why don’t you? The message of Kentuckians to you and McConnell is loud and clear: we are SICK to DEATH of our elected officials not TALKING TO US, not LISTENING TO US and most of all, not WORKING FOR US! We are tired of politicians BOUGHT AND SOLD!
