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Now Who’s Slinging Mud?

May 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Boy, this Senate primary would be really interesting if it were a close race.
The latest is this silly attack ad from the Fischer camp that calls Bruce Lunsford the “mudman” and includes some vintage black-and-white boxing footage. Watch it over at Page One.
Fischer still hasn’t cut into Lunsford’s 20-point lead, no matter what his campaign […]

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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · Greg Fischer · Senate Race 2008

Page One & ‘The Ville Voice on TeeVee!

May 16th, 2008 · No Comments

That’s right. Someone made the mistake of letting us commies on the teevee! This week Rick discusses the crazy U.S. Senate race and the weird fight going down in 18th Metro Council District.
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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · CW · Doug Hawkins · Election · Greg Fischer · Metro Council · Politics · Senate Race 2008 · TV · Video

Journalists, Guns and Money

May 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A Fine Export: Used to be the Courier-Journal was a fertile training ground for journalists who went on to become national newsmen. There’s no better example than Howard Fineman, who had the political and environmental beat here in the late 1970s, when the paper truly covered the entire state. Now, he’s best known as Newseek’s […]

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Tags: Anne Northup · Blogging · Bruce Lunsford · Chris Thieneman · Courier-Journal · Dad · Education · Greg Fischer · Guns

Bruce Takes the Bait

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m sure it’s prudent political strategy, but seeing Bruce Lunsford produce a new TV spot that’s all about Greg Fischer is disappointing. He and his people certainly know more than us, but the new ad is unnecessary. He’s up 20 points with a week to go, and his spots ought to continue to point out […]

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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · Greg Fischer · Senate Race 2008

Polling Shows Negative Ads Fail

May 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A new Survey USA poll released yesterday shows that Greg Fischer has NOT cut into Bruce Lunsford’s lead in the U.S. Senate race. The results suggest that the political neophyte Fischer is learning that backlash from negative campaigning offset any gains he might make. Or that his mistake-prone campaign staff all need to be fired.
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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · Debate · Greg Fischer · Senate Race 2008

The Politics are Local

May 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The C-J Loves Bruce: Who would have thought the state’s major newspaper would embrace Bruce Lunsford? Editorial writers at the paper seem to have gotten over all their past problems with Lunsford the politician in a convincing endorsement delivered Sunday. It’s time for those Dems still holding a grudge against Bruce to get on the […]

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Tags: Anne Northup · Bruce Lunsford · Chris Thieneman · Courier-Journal · Metro Council

Political Season Heats Up

May 8th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Lovin’ on Bruce: The Herald-Leader’s profile of Bruce Lunsford, by Sarah Vos, couldn’t have been written any more to the liking of the campaign. First, it ignores the existence of a primary opponent, and explains away the Vencor business history in the way the campaign would like, making the point that an investor who held […]

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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · Chris Thieneman · Congress · Presidential Race 08 · Senate Race 2008

Stop the Negative

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s what I hear people who support Greg Fischer say most frequently about him: he’s a nice guy, and he’s smart.
So I’m wondering how he justifies the mean-spirited attacks he’s produced on Bruce Lunsford, especially in the face of growing resistance from everyone who’s anyone in the Democratic Party. Today the Lunsford campaign released a […]

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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · Greg Fischer · Senate Race 2008

Fischer’s “Ultimate Hypocrisy” Exposed On Page One

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

This is a good one. Close examination of Greg Fischer’s personal financial disclosure form reveals that Fischer is an investor in the same Bruce Lunsford companies on which he has based his entire campaign. Fischer has claimed in ads that Lunsford’s actions as the head of Vencor were unethical and disqualify him from public service, […]

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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · Greg Fischer · Senate Race 2008

Advice to Bruce — Move On

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

There seems to be no end to the mistakes being made, by the minute, by the Greg Fischer campaign for U.S. Senate. Today, Fischer’s taking some heat for his recent attack ads on Bruce Lunsford from some prominent elected officials — Congressman John Yarmuth, Attorney General Jack Conway, Lt. Governor Dan Mongiardo and State Auditor […]

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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · Greg Fischer · Senate Race 2008

Is Fischer/Lunsford Getting Closer?

April 29th, 2008 · 5 Comments

A new Survey USA poll released today shows that the U.S. Senate Democratic primary race is getting closer since the last poll, with Greg Fischer picking up 9 percent in the last two weeks while Bruce Lunsford has dropped 4. But the gap is still 43-18, so you can’t really call it close.
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Greg Fischer Launches Lunsford Attack Ad

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Or how to campaign for Mitch McConnell.
Greg Fischer’s campaign for U.S. Senate has launchd its first real attack ad of the campaign. The ad features an unidentified elderly woman talking about Bruce Lunsford’s business ethics, says he evicted old people from nursing homes while newspaper and internet headlines roll across the screen. It […]

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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · Greg Fischer · Politics · Senate Race 2008

The Latest Lunsford Spot

April 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

It’s a good thing Bruce Lunsford doesn’t cut corners on his TV production — since you’re going to be seeing his spots a lot in the next few weeks. This one has a special, new wrinkle — hip use of a picture-within-a-picture. This technique makes his whole point about pictures, one of the reality of […]

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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · Senate Race 2008

Owsley Does Some Bruce-Bashing

April 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Four weeks from today, we’ll be going to the polls to pick someone to try and knock off Mitch McConnell.
I think Democratic voters will choose Bruce Lunsford, given his gigantic edge in polls and his financial advantage, not to mention the ineptness of the Greg Fischer campaign. I’m not going out on a limb, here, […]

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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · Democrats · Greg Fischer · Mitch McConnell · Senate Race 2008

Bruce Lunsford’s Appearance on Louisville Live

April 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments

Bruce Lunsford, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, appeared on the CW’s Louisville Live this morning (Greg Fischer declined the opportunity and wasn’t mentioned) to discuss his race.
Topics of conversation included: Washington, Mitch McConnell, Bush Misadministration taking down middle America, devaluation of the dollar, our beautiful and thriving economy, Steve Beshear asking him to run […]

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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · CW · Politics · Senate Race 2008 · TV · Video

Fischer Pleads Poverty

April 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Every Friday, as we’ve reminded you over and over again, I (Rick) do a little TV segment at the CW. These segments are proving to be valuable not only for the marketing of our media company and the stroking of my ego, but because I almost always discover a news item or two worth […]

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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · Greg Fischer · Senate Race 2008

It’s Thursday, Be Careful Out There

April 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Careful Opening That Door: Hillary Clinton’s campaign opened an office in Louisville just this week in a building with a controversial past. It was the campaign HQ for Steve Henry’s unsuccessful run in the gubernatorial campaign last year, and is owned by the non-profit The Future Fund Endowment, Inc. Page One has the details […]

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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · Doug Hawkins · Legal · Presidential Race 08 · Senate Race 2008 · Sports · WHAS

Page One & The ‘Ville Voice on Teevee

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments

We’re shameless hacks and they put us on television!
Check out our most recent segment on the CW. All of the legislator & lobbyist scandal you can stomach along with political updates from around Louisville.
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Tags: Anne Northup · Bruce Lunsford · CW · Dixie Highway · John Yarmuth · Media · Metro Council · Senate Race 2008 · TV · Video

Diminished Capacity Premier for Alzheimer’s Association

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments

From Rick:
My grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s for several years before she died, used to crack me up with the crazy things she’d say after the disease took hold. She also brought profound sadness to our faces when she couldn’t remember the basic events of her full and happy life.
Pauline in her final years was […]

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Page One & The ‘Ville Voice on TeeVee

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Based on advice from his wardrobe consultant (*cough*), Rick slipped into a suit and tie for his appearance on last week’s Louisville Live morning show on The CW. He broke some big news on the show — that Bruce Lunsford was going on the air with its first TV spots of the campaign.
Have a look:
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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · CW · Media · Politics · Senate Race 2008 · TV · Video