THERE ARE denials all around in the Mitch McConnell tape scandal, but the finger pointing is all going one place. People associated with or formerly associated with Progress Kentucky are in the crosshairs, with one official resigning, while the F.B.I. continues their investigation. Buzzfeed got to some of the players, as well as those impacted. [...]
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McConnell’s Nixonian Politics Trained on Ashley Judd Exposed
She’s clearly, this sounds extreme, but she is emotionally unbalanced. I mean it’s been documented. Jesse can go in chapter and verse from her autobiography about, you know, she’s suffered some suicidal tendencies. She was hospitalized for 42 days when she had a mental breakdown in the ’90s. – Secret Tape: McConnell and Aides Weighed [...]
Ashley Judd Adviser Claims Kentucky Dems “Duped” Media and “Shoved Her Out’
“I have been raped twice, so I think I can handle Mitch McConnell.” The actress’ apparent flippant comparison of a political campaign to sexual assault spread like Ebola across the Internet, leading some to classify Judd as the Democratic version of Todd Akin. The problem is, it never happened. [Daily Beast] THE ADVISOR is Jonathan [...]
Republicans Target Ashley Judd, and Tucker Carlson’s Beat is Her Boobs
We are used to knowing just about everything there is to know about serious political candidates. But will Judd be the first potential senator who has — literally — nothing left to show us? [...] In both 1996′s “Norma Jean and Marilyn” and 1999′s “Eye of the Beholder,” Judd went full frontal and bared her [...]
Powerhouse Ashley Judd Sets Sights on the Insider’s Insider, Mitch McConnell
She hasn’t announced yet, but her biggest supporter in Kentucky, Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth, told ABC News, “I would be surprised if she doesn’t run at this point.” “My impression is this is something she wants to do, and she is now taking the time to make the contacts she needs to make throughout the [...]
Is Obama Overconfident in the Sequestration Battle?
At Politico, Carrie Budoff and Jake Sherman ask: Is President Obama overplaying sequestration hand? What do you think? I’ve seen this same general point made by different people, in two basic versions. First, as Budoff and Sherman argue, that Obama is “overplaying” his “tough guy” card. Two, that he’s once again convinced that his (behind [...]
The Sexist Conservative Democratic Fear of Ashley Judd
They see her losing the Senate contest — an uphill climb for any Democrat — and potentially poisoning the conservative brand of some state Democrats. – Kentucky Democrats Fear Judd May Drag Down Ticket SO, LET me get this straight. Sexist Democrats who are also conservative are afraid that Ashley Judd may lose to Senator [...]
Karl Rove Targets Ashley Judd by Mocking Kentuckians in “Vote For Me, You Hillbillies”
The ad uses clips of Judd saying, among other things, that she is “aggressively and delightfully radical” and would “follow” Obama anywhere. Those kinds of quotes aren’t likely to engender her to Kentucky voters, who overwhelming voted Republican in the last presidential election. [USA Today] KARL ROVE is scared of Ashley Judd. Judd is considering [...]
Harry Reid Defines Leadership Downward
“I’m not personally, at this stage, ready to get rid of the 60-vote threshold.” – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid THIS MAY not be the most pathetic statement on what the twisting of the meaning of filibuster has done to the meaning of “majority” in the Senate, but it comes close. Reid goes on to [...]
News Desk: Sens. Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell Butt Heads on Filibuster
CONSIDER THIS Senator Harry Reid being inspired by President Barack Obama’s Second Inaugural Address. “I hope that within the next 24 to 36 hours we can get something we agree on. If not, we’re going to move forward on what I think needs to be done,” Reid told reporters. “The caucus will support me on [...]
Fix the Senate – Fix the Filibuster
American People to U.S. Senate: Move Forward on Real Rules Reform The Communications Workers of America labor union, a lead group in the Fix the Senate Now coalition, is launching an advertising campaign aimed at shaping the final stages of the filibuster reform debate. [...] The Merkley-Udall plan still allows the filibuster of legislation, but [...]
Unlike Dick Cheney, Joe Biden Exerts Real Power
“I appreciate the vice president’s willingness to get this done for the country.” – Senator Mitch McConnell DICK OR JOE? It’s now no contest. Where Dick Cheney manipulated people and policy behind the scenes, getting his aide indicted and convicted of a felony and then disbarred for doing his dirty work, Joe Biden exerts his [...]
‘Fiscal Cliff’ Drama: Mitch McConnell Filibusters Himself, Unions Launch Ads Opposing ‘Entitlement’ Cuts
The DC designed, media promoted “fiscal cliff” drama continues. No doubt the drama will intensify as the clock ticks down. Two recent “cliff” moments, one on the Senate floor, and one on the airwaves. From HuffPo: (emphasis added) Debt Ceiling Bluff Called By Harry Reid, Leaving Mitch McConnell To Filibuster Himself A move to embarrass [...]
Who Will Get Last Fiscal Laugh?
”Right now, the only thing preventing us from reaching a deal that averts the fiscal cliff and avoids a tax hike on 98 percent of Americans is the refusal of Congressional Republicans to ask the very wealthiest individuals to pay higher tax rates. The President has already signed into law over $1 trillion in spending [...]
Top Story — Pending Deal or No Deal? Sen. McConnell Rebuffs Taxing Top 2% *Updated*
IT’S BECOMING clear that since President Obama gave in once on extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest that McConnell and Boehner think he will again. The Hill reports: “We’re insisting on keeping tax rates where they are, first and foremost, to protect jobs and because we don’t think government needs the money in [...]
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