The latest SurveyUSA polling data for the 3rd Congressional District is here:
Joe Arnold has more information here.
Maybe it’s time for the Kentucky Democratic Party to stop sitting on its hands.
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The Convention & Visitors Bureau sent out a press release yesterday pushing that Sarah Palin will be speaking at the National Quartet Convention. While it’s old news by new, I was taken by surprise that the LCVB would be promoting Palin.
Take a look at the release:
LOUISVILLE. Ky. (Sept. 1, 2010) – The National Quartet Convention Board of Directors is pleased to welcome former Alaska Governor, and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin to be featured at the 2010 National Quartet Convention in Louisville, Ky., set to take place September 12 through 18 at the Kentucky Exposition Center.
Author, speaker and political commentator, Sarah Palin became only the second female, and the first Alaskan, on the national ticket of a major party when Republican presidential candidate John McCain chose Palin as his running mate in the 2008 presidential election. Palin was also the first female vice-presidential nominee of the Republican Party.
In November 2009, her autobiography, Going Rogue: An American Life, was released and quickly became a best-seller. In January of this year Palin began providing political commentary to the Fox News Channel under a multi-year contract.
Governor Palin will serve as the keynote speaker during an hour-long event on Thursday, September 16, beginning at 2 p.m., in Louisville?s Freedom Hall located on the grounds of the Kentucky Exposition Center. Palin will speak for 30-minutes, and then spend 30-minutes conducting a question and answer session with attendees. Admission to the session featuring Palin will be included with the Thursday Showcase ticket package offered by the National Quartet Convention.
?We are delighted to be able to present Governor Palin to our NQC attendees,? NQC Executive Vice President Clarke Beasley stated. ?She is an inspiration to so many, and she is doing many conferences throughout the nation where she focuses on what her Christian faith and her family means to her. Those are the type of topics she will address at the NQC. We are thrilled to host her.?
According to Beasley, members of the media will be able to attend the event. ?Plans are being made to accommodate the members of the media who plan to attend. We will have a reserved area for them right behind the audio console. In that reserved area, media representatives will be able to position cameras on tripods and have a direct audio feed supplied to them.?
The CVB receives tax dollars from the state, right? So why are they promoting someone so partisan and controversial?
Here’s the CVB’s mission statement, direct from its website:
“The mission of the Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau is to enhance Louisville’s economy through tourism — to position and sell our community worldwide, in partnership with the public and private sector, as a premier destination for conventions, trade shows, corporate meetings, group tours and individual leisure travel. In pursuit of its mission, the Bureau generates increased visitor spending, local tax receipts and job development.”
Not sure what role the snowbilly plays in enhancing Louisville’s economy.
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By now, everyone knows that Marilyn Parker was the best choice ever when it comes to congressional candidates. She’s a political genius second to no one.
To prove my belief (and not just because we’re going to get gay married by a muslin, for fun) that Mrs. Parker is the smartest person in the room, let’s take a look at some Facebook treasures:
On evolution:
On the New World Order taking over:
On the gays:
On Barack Obama being a scary Muslin:
See what I mean? This is awesome sauce.
Peep about 11,000 other things, including remarks about John Yarmuth, Todd Lally, deviants, quitting and bipartisanship after the jump…
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Oh, what’s that? Ed Glasscock going up to Hal Heiner’s campaign manager, Joe Burgan, telling him that Heiner shouldn’t support a proposed anti-tolling ordinance in Metro Councilland. That’s what.
I hear, according to witnesses, that Burgan explained Heiner was on record being in support of the proposed ordinance and had asked his caucus to follow suit. Glasscock responded with, (paraphrasing) “Bullshit – that’s bullshit. Tell him he’s lost any support he had in the business community. No – I’ll tell him. Bullshit.”
Glasscock then cornered Kay Stewart of TARC, formerly of River Fields, and went off on her.
I’m sure I’ll now receive threats and people within the power structure of Louisville will lose their cool with me because of this post.
But when does the bullying stop? Pushing the wants of a few ahead of the needs of millions just isn’t going to fly any longer.
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I find it interesting that Lexington failure Jim Newberry would attack the Brown Family of Louisville. Folks responsible for creating hundreds of thousands of jobs – not just in Kentucky – but around the world.
From the Herald-Leader:
Mayor Jim Newberry is a friend of coal. Vice Mayor Jim Gray is “associated” with people who aren’t.
That’s the pitch being used to raise money for Newberry’s re-election campaign against challenger Gray in a fund-raiser hosted by coal executive Joe Craft, oilman Bill Daughtery, coal consultant Bill Bishop and others.
The Newberry campaign declined to back up that claim, however.
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Lance Blanford, Newberry’s campaign manager, said the letter refers to members of the Brown family of Louisville, which is connected to Brown-Forman, which produces liquor and wine.
Late Wednesday, Blanford produced a list of list of campaign contributions to Gray from people he identified as Brown family members. The contributions, which date from 2001 to 2009, total more than $17,000.
Blanford said the family is well-known for anti-coal activities. He added that he could produce information to substantiate that claim. After more than an hour, Blanford replied that “the letter speaks for itself.”
See that? Throwing attacks they can’t substantiate. Because they’re not true.
CLICK HERE to read the rest and to see the letter in question…
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Yeah, Jefferson County Public Schools needs some other solution to its busing problem that’s ticked so many people off. But isn’t it going a little far when you say David Williams is race-baiting and embracing Jim Crow? Dan Seum’s an asshole, for sure, but isn’t that kind of extreme? Don’t hold your breathe for honesty – this is the guy who pirated content and instead of giving proper attribution, he just deleted his story and tried to ignore it. [Bob Layton]
Since the Kentucky Democratic Party was seemingly unable to criticize Williams yesterday, they’re pushing nasty stories through their mouthpieces. Unfortunately, these folks only get read when we link to them. So there’s the rub. [Page One]
Yet another Greg Fischer flip-flop. This time on privatizing city services. You’ll never read about these things in A Kentucky Newspaper unless it’s super-positive. [WFPL]
Stoll Keenon Ogden and the Fund for the Arts will present the first annual James S. Welch, Sr. Leadership Award in the Arts at the Louisville Orchestra’s Fanfara performance on September 3. 9:15 P.M. during intermission. Whitney Hall. [Press Release]
Louisville’s oldest pottery business was discovered beneath the old D&W Silks property across from Slugger Field. [Broken Sidewalk]
Haven’t said much about this American Printing House for the Blind mess because it was too disgusting. But check it out. [WHAS11]
Metro Councilman Jim King may sponsor an anti-tolling resolution. [Fat Lip]
Louisville is just one of the centers of urban renaissance in the United States. You should be proud! Especially when it comes to the city’s forward movement with architecture, parks and preserving history. [HuffPo]
Beer genius Roger Baylor isn’t sitting idly by as the Ohio River Bridges Debacle ruins the metro area. He’s attempting to communicate with both sides of the mess, but Indiana’s elected officials are running quickly away from him. [News & Tribune]
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The latest SurveyUSA data is in and here’s the dilly:
Joe Arnold has more.
UPDATE: While the Fischer folks are huffing and puffing, we should remember that a majority of voters support someone other than Fischer. 45 for Heiner, 2 for Green, 5 Undecided and 1 for the other guy.
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Woman is crazy. Certifiable. Can’t believe people trust her with their health.
Look what LEO dug up:
Failed 3rd congressional district candidate/Louisville Tea Party board member Marilyn Parker has a Facebook page and, wouldn’t you know it, she’s using it to berate Muslims at the expense of Hurricane Katrina victims.
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Of course, we are LEO Weekly, and to someone like Parker, we’re just not to be trusted with information or sexy ads or empirical reality. In a hideously formatted and largely incoherent screed aimed at Kentucky 3rd district Congressman (and LEO founder) John Yarmuth, Parker calls our publication “a voice box for liberal socialists, whose classified advertises every kind of sex advertisement known to man.” [sic]
Sorry to disappoint. But I guess when you partake in the pleasures of the secular flesh, things like “knowing what in the fuck you’re talking about” come a little easier.
Someone should ask Genius Parker about how she believes most black parents are unmarried. Maybe ask her about how she believes kids automatically segregate themselves (that wouldn’t at all have anything to do with racist parents, nah).
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Greg Fischer rolled out endorsements from a bunch of unions today, all part of the Larry Clark folks.
Here they are, according to his press release:
UPDATE – Here’s what Hal Heiner’s campaign manager had to say:
“It’s no surprise that a group of union heads would endorse Greg considering he’s spent the summer telling unions one thing and business leaders another. Just two months ago Greg told a crowd at Bellarmine College he wouldn’t rule out the privatization of Metro jobs and then today held a press conference railing against privatization. In 2008 he stated in an AFL-CIO questionnaire that he supported card check, but last week told a group of attorneys at Middleton & Reutlinger that he didn’t support card check. Finally, in an August interview with the Voice Tribune Greg was asked if he would have supported the Project Labor Agreement for the arena. His answer: “The mayor has to consider all sides – and then make the best decision for the city.” While Greg Fischer is busy trying to figure out what position he’ll take today, Hal Heiner will be talking straight and honest to the people of Louisville.” -Joe Burgan
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Looooooord, get ready. Everybody is going to lose their shiz over David Williams and Richie Farmer. The mouth breathers who think Farmer is still at the University of Kentucky playing basketball (all the corn syrup and bacon grease they consume makes it impossible to leave the 70s and 80s) and the Democrats who will suddenly pretend to love Steve Beshear. We’d discuss the teabaggers, but they’re all former strippers who hit their head on the pole one too many times or they’re hiding in meemaw’s basement with a Buddha bong.
Long story short, David and Richie will announce their candidacy in about 20 minutes and we will likely never have a moment of non-campaign peace.
In the meantime, I stumbled upon parts of the Williams-Farmer campaign website that they were silly enough not to hide. Let’s take a peek.
From the “Vision” portion of the site, about David:
David Williams is Kentucky’s “man in the arena,” fighting to make our Commonwealth a better place.
David Williams has been a reformer and a tireless fighter for conservative values in Frankfort. In 2011, he will bring his passion for public service to the Governor’s office.
As Senate President, he has worked with other conservatives to stand firm against higher taxes and more debt. In 2010, David helped block more than $1 billion in new debt from being added to the state budget.
Under David’s leadership, Senate Republicans have stopped $1 billion in higher taxes since 2000. Some in Frankfort tried to raise taxes on everything from small businesses to gasoline, but David Williams held them off.
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In politics, David has been a leader and tireless advocate for conservative candidates. He served as the McCain/Palin Presidential Campaign State Chairman in 2008, and even traveled to more than 60 events at the end of October making speeches for McCain/Palin, Senator McConnell, Congressman Brett Guthrie and other Republican candidates. For many years David has volunteered his time campaigning for conservative candidates at every level of government, and he looks forward to ensuring conservatives win races in November 2010.
CLICK HERE to read the rest and see a video from the campaign…
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