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Moffett equates abortion with “murder,” Williams “100 percent pro-life”

April 27, 2011 – 1:07 pm

(File under “Obvious.”) In an effort to move to the right of already-right wing Kentucky Senate President and GOP gubernatorial front-runner David Williams, likely-to-lose Kentucky Tea Party gubernatorial candidate and Louisville businessman Phil Moffett exhibited a characteristic nuance and appreciation of women’s rights and the difficulty of terminating a pregnancy by equating abortion with murder [...]

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David Williams ♥’s Frank Simon (and vice versa)

March 1, 2011 – 2:28 pm

While you were out this weekend abusing the god-given liberty that god, uh, gave you, Frank Simon was holding an American Family Association party for the state’s GOP candidates, some of whom exhibit signs of fetal alcohol syndrome. You guys remember Frank Simon, don’t you? That loveable wrinkly old man who hates the gays with [...]

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Notes from the Jefferson County GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner (UPDATE)

February 14, 2011 – 4:43 pm

Despite LEO Weekly’s last appearance at the Jefferson County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner being something of a bust, we decided that we’d brave it once more in the interest of parroting the speeches of rich white people to ye, the sweaty huddled Internet-having masses. And what did we find? About 350 state GOP foot [...]

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Yarmuth blasts extension of Bush tax cuts

December 17, 2010 – 9:05 am

After breezing through the U.S. Senate, the tax-cut compromise between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans easily cleared the House of Representatives, providing a two-year extension for all tax cuts that were due to expire Dec. 31. The bill passed 277 to 148 with bi-partisan support and now heads to the president’s desk after overcoming [...]

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Gov. Daniels’ potential 2012 presidential bid

June 18, 2010 – 12:02 pm

Our neighbors to the north might want to pay attention to the growing speculation that Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is on the GOP short list of potential nominees for president in 2012. The diminutive Republican (he stands just under 5’7″) has seen the states unemployment rate go down in the past year, along with property [...]

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Violent Republican Runs For Oldham County Magistrate

January 28, 2010 – 2:47 pm

Earlier today, I had the unique pleasure of reading a press release announcing the candidacy of J.D. Sparks for the office of Oldham County magistrate. It mentioned so many of Mr. Sparks’ accomplishments, works and other politically-empowering deeds that, had I not been personally attacked by him, I’d be inclined to believe that I was [...]

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Paul’s Resignation Demand Out of Ths World

January 21, 2010 – 5:42 pm

U.S. Senatorial candidate and son of America’s favorite marginal revolutionary figure Rand Paul released an interesting letter today, which asks his Republican primary challenger/KY Secretary of State Trey Grayson to excuse himself from his duties as chairman of the state board of elections due to a supposed “conflict of interest.” Pertinent excerpts from the letter [...]

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Abramson: “Who is this kid?”

June 30, 2009 – 2:56 pm

That was but one of the responses our Mayor had for Jefferson County GOP chairman Brad Cummings, the latter of whom had delivered earlier today a factual, coherent and scathing indictment of the Abramson administration’s (largely) post-merger shenanigans at the party’s headquarters on Muhammad Ali Boulevard. A somewhat nervous — though no less self-assured — [...]

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A House Divided (& Then Some)

May 11, 2009 – 5:52 pm

Although I’d rather let the video speak for itself, a few primers are necessary: (1) I was attending the GOP’s Lincoln Day dinner, held at The Galt House’s Grand Ballroom A, assigned to cover the ensuing hilarity of Sens. Jim Bunning and Mitch McConnell breathing the same local air. (2) While attempting (1), I was [...]

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While You Were Drinking…

March 17, 2009 – 5:29 pm

… this happened: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV3hpcDKLU0&eurl=http://buffalobeast.com/&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] [via The Buffalo Beast]

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