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ORDagnabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-10 11:42 PM
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sometimes I just get so upset.. I cant understand how Rand Paul could be tied with Jack Conway let
alone ahead of him in the polls..

I lived in KY as a kid and I know how it can be there but seriously Rand Paul is a certifiable nut job! Everyone has seen it and yet he still polls ahead of one of the better candidates in the country.

Heres a snippet from the couriers endorsement of Jack Conway for Senate

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20101024/OPINION01/310240024/Editorial-Endorsements-Jack-Conway-for-U-S-Senate-in-Kentucky

"Dr. Paul's campaign, on the other hand, has been a loopy journey of bizarre positions, often followed by reversals or clarifications. At various times, he has questioned the government's right to prevent racial discrimination by businesses, brushed off the need for the Americans with Disabilities Act (there are at least 12,000 disabled veterans alone in Kentucky) and tough mine-safety regulations, suggested federal anti-drug programs aren't essential in this state, floated the idea of a $2,000 deductible for Medicare and briefly seemed to endorse a regressive 23 percent sales tax to replace income taxes.

As these positions suggest, Dr. Paul has a national ideology but little understanding of Kentucky. At its core, his anti-tax, anti-spending agenda appears not to recognize that Kentucky receives far more in money from the federal government than it sends to Washington. At best, Dr. Paul's odd positions might embarrass Kentucky. At worst, he could cast votes that would inflict serious harm on the state.

Kentuckians should not gamble on a candidate far out of the political mainstream. They should send Mr. Conway to the Senate"
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county worker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-10 11:44 PM
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1. It probably is not true. Get out the vote! 5 days to go!
They want you to feel like it's hopeless.
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somone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-10 11:47 PM
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2. The good people in Kentucky will suffer
Actually, the good doctor will make sure everyone in Kentucky suffer, except for rich people like him and their goons.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-10 11:47 PM
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3. And look at Angle in Nevada how in the hell could anybody
vote for her either. what is this country coming to. What kind of people are Americans turning into.
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Davis_X_Machina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-10 12:18 AM
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4. Will he -- or she -- let me keep my guns?
Edited on Thu Oct-28-10 12:19 AM by Davis_X_Machina
Will he see that at Jesus' name every knee will bend?
Will it scare colored people, and Mexicans, and fags?
Will it piss liberals off?

Hand me that ballot!

You're not dealing with people who are rationally calculating advantage and disadvantage.
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-10 12:25 AM
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5. Tell me about it - not just with Rand/Conway
the others that are just so over the top - it should be a cake walk. Just on the stupidty alone of these TeaBagger challengers.
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-10 12:27 AM
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6. Its the basic urban / rural divide, after the repukes pumped steroids
into the rural part for the last 2 years.
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