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McConnell’s Tea Party Challenger Caught Attending a Cockfighting Rally
ABC News ^
| April 25, 2014
| By Shushannah Walshe
Posted on 04/25/2014 9:31:41 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
with or without spurs?
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:42:08 AM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“Twenty years from now, we will all remember the time when the East Coast con-man thought so little of Kentuckians that he pathologically lied to us about absolutely everything until an undercover camera caught him red-handed at a cockfighting rally, McConnell press secretary Allison Moore said.”
Such statements suggest a campaign that knows it is in trouble. McConnell’s team surely realizes they not only need to fend off Bevin’s challenge, they have to destroy him so completely as a viable option that they have a chance to bring enough of the base home in time to beat Allison Grimes in the general.
I don’t think it’s going to work. McConnell is probably going to be beat Bevin (I haven’t look at the latest numbers, just a gut feeling), but I don’t think he’s going to beat Grimes. IMHO, McConnell is what Lugar was in Indiana a couple years back, only on steroids: a guy in office so long he’s perceived as having long forgotten his state roots (and values) and become a creature of the Beltway.
(BTW, I have no love for cockfighting or the like, just commenting on McConnell’s response).
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:42:16 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(A repo man is always intense.)
To: Moonman62
Actually, it’s “Leetle Yerry” ... funny stuff!
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:42:28 AM PDT
by
glennaro
To: SamuraiScot
We raised chickens when I was a boy. We enjoyed seeing our roosters square off an go at it. Of course, none of these fights were fatal as we didn't strap on steel spurs or other sadistic stuff.
The winner is clear when the loser runs off. If cocks are allowed to fight naturally, I'd see nothing wrong with legalizing the sport.
That being said, Bevin probably just assured the turtle's re-election. Sad.
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:42:55 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Cool, McConnell’s literally helping destroy our economy, but lets be concerned about this. Totally out of proportion, as usual.
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:42:58 AM PDT
by
ilgipper
To: conservaKate
After Obama’s long storied history with Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers, nothing matters anymore. Not even what positions you say you support (Obama lied about all of them).
But I suppose we have to hold “our” candidates to the old standard when even the RINOs aren’t playing by those rules anymore.
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:44:17 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: DemforBush
I think it’s time to come out with a video of McConnell involved in...cat juggling!
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:44:35 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(A repo man is always intense.)
To: Lurking Libertarian
I do not see the problem. How come politicians who want to legalize drugs or attend NAMBLA parades are not treated like this? Rallying for killing babies is not a scandal somehow.
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:44:41 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: chimera
All that you said...but not only that, the failure to engage in exactly the same kind of smear tactics is an automatic disadvantage and gains no points in an electorate that couldn’t give the slightest crap about integrity or other forms of truth telling.
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:44:55 AM PDT
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
So can any Freepers in KY tell me if Bevin has any chance? The polling I see is dismal. And yeah, still early, always tough to read the tea leaves sometimes, but I don’t see this one as looking god.
To: chimera
candidates have to be smart enough to understand that its the way it is, and they have to have the intelligence and instincts to avoid these kinds of traps.
It will be interesting to see how he handles this. Will he do the obligatory apology tour? Will he stand up to them and tell them to shove it? Will he come up with flimsy excuse from his PR consultants?
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:45:51 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: GeronL
and the problem is.... ?
I don't see one either.
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:45:54 AM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Don't tell me, I'll tell you.)
To: skeeter
some freepers will abandon ship everytime the MSM creates a bogus scandal
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:46:30 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
When I was a boy, we called it sword fighting. :)
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:52:34 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
McConnell works in a place where RINOs fight all the time - against Conservatives.
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:53:07 AM PDT
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
To: RIghtwardHo
The polling I see is dismal
Recent polling supposedly shows Landreau, Pryor and Graham points ahead of their challengers.
However, a closer look as some of the polling seems to indicate that the polling was manipulated. In other words, the procurer of the poll got the results they desired.
Conclusion: Don't trust polls at this stage of the races.
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:53:55 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: GeronL
Most of those are 'economic' conservatives always looking for a reason to stick shiv between any 'social' conservative's ribs.
F' em.
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:54:12 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Oldeconomybuyer
1. Bevin didn’t attend a cockfight. It was a rally. For states rights.
2. McConnell’s election team is working with Stephen Colbert to put out attack ads (it’s in the article!)
The headline should read:
Liberal Stephen Colbert Working With Mitch McConnell to Create Attack Ads
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:54:56 AM PDT
by
kidd
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
04/25/2014 9:59:31 AM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(Q)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I live in central KY. I wouldn’t know how to even find a cockfight. This whole thing is just wierd.
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