Palin Unleashes New attack against Obama on Coal

Palin Unleashes New Attack against Obama on Coal

"Seizing on a newly released audio tape picked up by the Drudge Report, Sarah Palin took the opportunity here in coal country to accuse Barack Obama of “talking about bankrupting the coal industry.”

“He said that, sure, if the industry wants to build coal-fired power plants, then they can go ahead and try, he says, but they can do it only in a way that will bankrupt the coal industry, and he's comfortable letting that happen,” Palin said. “And you got to listen to the tape.”

The audiotape Palin was referring to was recorded by the San Francisco Chronicle in a Jan. 17 interview."

Obama: We’ll bankrupt any new coal plants

Obama: We'll bankrupt any new coal plants

"So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.

That will also generate billions of dollars that we can invest in solar, wind, biodiesel and other alternative energy approaches.

The only thing I’ve said with respect to coal, I haven’t been some coal booster. What I have said is that for us to take coal off the table as a ideological matter as opposed to saying if technology allows us to use coal in a clean way, we should pursue it.

So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can.

It’s just that it will bankrupt them."

from HotAir.com

"Yesterday, we looked at Obama’s notions of government sending “price signals” to change behavior that it finds objectionable, especially on energy. This is the way Obama intends to do it. Coal provides 49% of domestic electrical power, and any rise in the cost of producing that energy will raise its cost to consumers and reduce the amount produced.

This comes as no great shock, pun intended. Obama already called for a 15% reduction in demand for electricity — at the same time he and his allies want transportation to switch from gasoline to electricity. Obama never explained this particular contradiction. How does one switch tens of millions of vehicles from gasoline to electricity while not Increasing demand, let alone by cutting it 15%? And when trying to break free from a recession, the nation will need greater production in energy, not a reduction.

The coal-based economics of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, and other states will be the first to feel this new policy. Let’s hope the voters there pay attention."

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Geoff Davis for Congress

Geoff Davis for Congress

"Congressman Geoff Davis has released his first ad of the general
election. The ad began airing district-wide on cable systems on
Tuesday.
The ad draws on Congressman Davis’ success and experience
before he was elected to Congress — both in the Army and in the manufacturing
field. Congressman Davis built a business that helped manufacturing
companies be more competitive in the global economy. In
Congress Geoff Davis has worked to bring job training opportunities to Kentucky,
helping thousands secure good jobs in our communities. "

McConnell: We're "not leaving" until bailout is passed

McConnell: We're "not leaving" until the bailout is passed

"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate still intends to move ahead -- although he doesn't know when.

"We're not leaving town until this is fixed," he just told reporters.

McConnell declined to point fingers over the failure of the bailout bill in the House Monday afternoon.

Instead, McConnell pleaded for quick action.

“Let’s fix the problem instead of fixing blame,” McConnell said.

McConnell said today’s record-breaking losses on Wall Street only underscore the need for immediate action.

Mitch McConnell on HotAir.com

from HotAir.com

"Earlier, I had an opportunity to meet with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as he made his way through Radio Row. Unfortunately, the noise will make it hard to hear the soft-spoken Kentuckian’s answers to my questions, and the noise wasn’t all inadvertent, either. A CBS reporter got into an argument with a member of McConnell’s security team about horning in on my interview, and you can hear the result in the first couple of minutes:...

Ed Morrissey interviews Mitch McConnell

Blocking the Path to 9/11

Blocking the Path to 9/11

Now the imbroglio has been revived for a direct-to-video documentary called
"Blocking 'The Path to 9/11'," produced by right-wing rabble-rouser David Bossie
and directed by former radio host John Ziegler. On its surface, the new video is
a fascinating piece of behind-the-scenes investigative work. But, like the
original telefilm and its quashing by the Clinton camp, it is not without its
own political intrigue. Indeed, "Blocking 'The Path to 9/11'" raises even more
questions and adds its own set of disconnected dots to this broadcasting
dilemma.The new documentary, currently available for sale on its website, will soon be offered at
other locations, with plans also calling for select theatrical screenings in
Southern California to coincide with the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11
attacks next month. Last week, the film’s worldwide premiere at the Skirball
Cultural Center in Los Angeles...." from Politico.com

Louisville Housing probe by State Auditor

Louisville Housing probe continues

"By our count, there are now four official investigations or reviews into the department's finances and/or its management:

The annual audit of Metro government by Strothman & Co.

A review by city auditor Mike Norman, ordered by Mayor Jerry Abramson.

An investigation by the Louisville Police Department's Public Integrity Unit to determine the merit of allegations made about the department.

And the state auditor's office, which will launch its independent study on Monday.

(A fifth, HUD's annual audit, starts in September.)

In announcing her office's foray into this investigatory mosh pit, which is unprecedented in recent city history, state Auditor Crit Luallen cited headlines about the department, but also pointed to continuing concerns raised in department audits since 2004.

City officials say they welcome scrutiny. They promise full cooperation. They tout transparency. They say they want best practices in place....." A multi probe of Louisville Housing from the Courier-Journal

You Decide, Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell Video
You Decide

Obama’s Scandal is Bigger than Edwards’

Obama’s Scandal is Bigger than Edwards’
From Accuracy in Media author Cliff Kincaid:

"Obama’s communist connection, which he failed to disclose in his 1995 book,
Dreams From My Father, by referring to Davis only as “Frank” and ignoring his
communist affiliation, is a far more serious scandal than an Edwards “love
child"

Controversy over the Obama-Davis relationship is growing, at least in the
conservative-oriented media. Rush Limbaugh, who last Thursday commented
on our exposure of the dishonest Associated Press story about Davis, put a link
to the
AIM column on this matter on his website.
Also heavily drawing on our
material, Investor’s Business Daily published an August 5
editorial, “Young Obama’s Red Mentor.” The paper noted that the “cryptic
references” in Obama’s book to this communist mentor “were―and still
are―designed to protect Obama’s background from the scrutiny it deserves.”..."Obama's Scandal

AP lies about Obama's Red Mentor
Rush Limbaugh cites Kincaid Article

Multi- Millionaire Bruce Lunsford

Disguise: Lunsford Campaign Themes Don't Square With Persona from the Paducah Sun

"The true comprehensive plan for energy independence is the one McConnell
champions day after day in the Senate chamber. It includes, like Lunsford's
plan, clean-coal technology, lifting the ban on developing vast shale oil
deposits and alternative/renewable forms of energy. But unlike Lunsford,
McConnell also calls for increasing nuclear power, the cleanest, most economical source of energy.

And he calls for lifting the ban on offshore drilling and
tapping ANWR's vast reserves of recoverable oil.
Unfortunately, Majority Leader Harry Reid thwarts every serious attempt to decrease American dependence on foreign oil. Increasing domestic supply is anathema to Democrats in Congress, who are under the thumb of the environmental lobby. Multi-millionaire Bruce is disguised as a regular Joe. He's apparently intimidated by Kentucky's two largest newspapers, with their reliably liberal editorial pages, hoping they won't pick on him for being rich as long as he rails against others in his tax bracket. It's an unbecoming role for Lunsford. ...." Disguise Lunsford

McClatchy Tribune Article

Senator Mitch McConnell in Danville KY

"Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell said his energy plan would cut oil imports into
the United States in half over time.
The four-term senator promoted his
proposal to encourage more energy production and more conservation in a speech
to the Danville Rotary Club on Friday.
Energy issues have been at the
forefront of McConnell’s race against Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford, a
Louisville businessman.
Noting the November election, McConnell said Kentucky
would lose considerable influence in Washington if he were replaced by someone
with no seniority in the Senate"..... Senator Mitch McConnell in Danville KY

Pelosi, Pickens plan to pick your pocket

Pelosi, Pickens plan to pick your pocket
"TV commercials touting a new clean energy strategy and an environmental ballot measure in California have one thing in common: If they succeed, they'll make investors – from "big oil" to the U.S. Capitol – a lot of money.
The ads champion Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens' "Pickens Plan" to move the U.S. from foreign oil dependence to domestically produced wind power and natural gas fuel for automobiles. The plan is touted as a cleaner, more eco-friendly alternative to our current reliance on coal power and gasoline.
The ballot initiative is California's Proposition 10, known as the California Renewable Energy and Clean Alternative Fuel Act, which would spend $5 billion in California bond money – $10 billion by the time the interest is paid, according to the L.A. Times – to promote natural gas as an cleaner alternative for automobile and truck fuel.
Not surprisingly, the nation's largest provider of natural gas for transportation, Clean Energy Fuels Corporation, or CLNE, has a great deal to gain from the adoption of Pickens' fuel strategy and the passage of Proposition 10. In fact, according to the California Secretary of State website, CLNE has contributed $3,247,250 to supporting Proposition 10's passage.
CLNE, however, was formerly known as Pickens Fuel after its primary investor, T. Boone Pickens.
While Pickens touts a plan in the name of environmentalism that will also line his company's pockets, a #dontgo investigation has revealed that another environmental champion and backer of Proposition 10 has also invested in CLNE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California.
According to the investigation, Pelosi purchased $50,000-$100,000 in CLNE stock on May 25, 2007, apparently on its initial public offering.
Now the House speaker stands to make a large profit on her reported 22,000 shares of CLNE if she and other public figures can persuade the people of California to vote for Proposition 10 in the name of renewable energy and clean, alternative fuels. from : World Net Daily

Geoff Davis : Send me your gas receipts

"In an attempt to show Speaker Nancy Pelosi how high gas prices are effecting people in Kentucky’s 4th District, Congressman Davis has asked for people to send him their gas receipts and a short story explaining how gas prices are effecting their lives...."
Geoff Davis : Send me your Gas Receipts from Cyberhillbilly

Infanticide Revisited, Obama's position

"Barack Obama wants to move closer to Catholics, or more accurately, wants Catholics to move closer to him. Despite a track record of abandoning all limits for on-demand abortion, Obama plans to argue that he actually is a moderate on the topic. He has repudiated criticism for his vote on an Illinois bill that would have required practitioners to give normal medical attention to infants born alive during an attempted abortion by claiming that it lacked a pre-birth neutrality clause that was included in a bill adopted unanimously by the US Congress in 2002.

The National Right to Life Committee now claims that Obama lied about the bill in order to provide cover for his support of infanticide:......" Infanticide Revisited

"Clearly, Obama lied about his position. It’s no small rhetorical matter, either. His vote puts him on the extreme of the pro-abortion camp, so extreme in fact that not a single member of Congress would follow his example. Obama voted to allow Christ Hospital and other facilities performing abortions to allow live children to die." from HotAir.com

Infanticide Revisited

Top 10 reasons Obama voted against the Illinois Born Alive Infant Protection Act

Top 10 Reasons Obama Voted against the Illinois Born Alive Infant Protection Act
...This post is from Jill Stanek at Illinois Review
"

Here are the top 10 reasons Barack Obama has variously stated why he voted against Illinois' Born Alive Infant Protection Act when state senator.

10. Babies who survive their abortions are not protected by the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. Speaking against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act on the IL Senate floor on March 30, 2001, Obama, the sole verbal opponent to the bill stated:

... I just want to suggest... that this is probably not going to survive constitutional scrutiny.

"Number one, whenever we define a previable fetus as a person that is protected by the equal protection clause or the other elements in the Constitution, what we're really saying is, in fact, that they are persons that are entitled to the kinds of protections that would be provided to a - child, a nine-month-old - child that was delivered to term. That determination then, essentially, if it was accepted by a court, would forbid abortions to take place.

I mean, it - it would essentially bar abortions, because the equal protection clause does not allow somebody to kill a child, and if this is a child, then this would be an antiabortion statute. For that purpose, I think it would probably be found unconstitutional...."

read the rest of the article Top 10 Reasons Obama voted against the Illinois Born Alive Infant Protection Act

$10 gallon gas doesn't change Senates mind

$10 Gas Doesn't Change Dem Senator's Mind on Oil Drilling

"There was a rather extraordinary confrontation on the Senate floor Thursday involving offshore oil drilling that got very little press coverage.
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kent.) tried to get Democrats to vote on a measure that would open up such drilling if the price of gasoline reached a certain level.
Although the "bidding" eventually reached $10 a gallon, Colorado's Ken Salazar continually objected. ...." News Busters

McConnell Increase Domestic Oil Production

McConell Increase Domestic Oil Production
"We should allow responsible energy exploration off the Outer Continental Shelf, at least 50 miles from the coast, where states choose to do so. After all, the offshore areas off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts contain more oil than total U.S. imports from all Persian Gulf countries over the last 15 years combined -- yet 85 percent of this area is currently off limits....." Senator Mitch McConnell: Increase Domestic Oil Production

McConnell Victory Critical for GOP

"Senator McConnell is actually a bright spot because he's gotten our party on the offensive on the No. 1 issue in the country, which is $4 gasoline," said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.....

"McConnell's party is trying to hold on to enough seats to deny majority Democrats absolute power in the Senate and prevent McConnell's authority from being sharply undercut...." McConnell Victory Critical

Team Mitch Blog

Sen McConnell Energy Bill Prices at the Pump

Senator McConnell, Mitch McConnell
"There's clearly nothing more important in the country for Congress to deal with ... than the price of gas at the pump," said Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.). The minority leader said his party would continue to hold up business on the Senate floor until Democrats allowed them to offer a series of amendments on expanded offshore drilling, oil-shale development, nuclear power and other energy alternatives.
Republicans have been trying to use a swell of public support for increased petroleum production -- including areas currently closed on the Outer Continental Shelf -- to break Democrats' opposition to lifting a decades-old drilling moratorium......" Energy Bill

WSJ: Democrats Against Drilling

Gov Beshear leaves Kentuckyians scratching their heads...

"Once again, Steve Beshear has left Kentuckians scratching their heads and wondering “what was our Governor thinking?” In case you missed it, the Associated Press is reporting that Gov. Beshear has restricted when the flag can be lowered for fallen service members. Now, the flag will only be lowered for service members “born” in Kentucky – excluding the thousands of military personnel who currently call our state home (AP, 7/24/08).

In the article, Sen. Elizabeth Tori (R-Radcliff), whose district covers Fort Knox, was right on with her statement that “any soldier stationed in Kentucky should be honored by the state if they're killed in action” and that “the governor, as well as everyone in our nation, owes them a debt.” State Rep. Tim Moore (R-Elizabethtown), who served in Afghanistan, was also appalled – calling the Governor’s decision “disgraceful.” Moore noted in the AP article that Beshear is ignoring the fact that “residents around Fort Knox consider soldiers part of their community” (AP, 7/24/08). ........." from Kentucky GOP

Northup cuts into Yarmuth lead

Anne Northups, Kentucky, numbers improve

"Republican Anne Northup has taken a huge chunk out of John Yarmuth's lead in the 3rd District congressional race, according to the latest Survey USA/WHAs 11 News poll. Northup still trails Congressman Yarmuth by 10 points, but that's down from 17 last month.

The poll shows Yarmuth leading 53%-43% in a poll taken July 18-20...." Northup cuts into Yarmuth lead

Northup for Congress

Anne Northup's Blog

Bruce Lunsford for Gas Tax Kentucky Politics

Bruce Lunsford for Gas Taxes

McConnell gets $75million for VA Kentucky

Senator Mitch McConnell worked with the Senate Appropriations Committee to secure $75 million for the construction of a new Veterans Administration medical center in Louisville. Read more from the Courier-Journal:

""A Senate panel today agreed to provide $75 million for the new Veterans Affairs hospital in Louisville — a $30 million increase over what the House would spend.
The increase was requested by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and would be used for design work on the new facility...." McConnell gets 75 million for VA in KY


Mitch McConnell

McConnell Energy Bill Sen Mitch McConnell

"Inspired, perhaps, by Newt Gingrich’s “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” petition, one group -- led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) -- is trying to do something about the price of gasoline right now.
McConnell -- joined by 42 Senate Republicans -- introduced the “Gas Price Reduction Act of 2008” on June 26. The bill -- which Reid has so far refused a vote -- would open up 14 billion barrels of oil in the Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling at the option of the states.
More than three times the oil reserves of Saudi Arabia are embedded in Western states’ oil shale, estimated at 800 billion to 2 trillion barrels of recoverable oil. The Gas Price Reduction Act also lifts the Congressionally-imposed moratorium on exploration and development of this huge oil reserve. ..." McConnell Energy Bill

Pain at the Pump Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell Engergy Bill

Lunsford in Chicago for July 4th

from Kentucky Politics:
"Now, we learn that Bruce went back home to Chicago for the weekend, on his private jet. (See pictured.) Campaigning is rough business, we realize. But the clock is ticking and election day isn't that far away. Don't you think a candidate for U.S. Senate, especially someone who's way behind in the polls, should have stayed in Kentucky to make the Fourth of July..." Kentucky Politics

Lunsford Jets Home to Chicago for the weekend

Vote for Sen Mitch McConnell

Evangelical Leaders Support McCain

Evangelical Leaders meet and decide to back Sen John McCain
More than 90 evangelical leaders representing millions of conservative Christians met in Denver on Tuesday to lament the condition of the religious conservative movement and to conclude they should get behind Sen. John McCain even if they didn’t like everything about him as a candidate.

“The alternative is so bad we must support John McCain,” said Phyllis Schlafly, founder and president of Eagle Forum, adding that the leaders should have held a strategy meeting in 2001 when it was clear Vice President Dick Cheney wouldn’t run for president instead of waiting until four months before the 2008 election.....Evangelical leaders meet and decide to support John McCain

Poll Gives Davis Big Edge

"Two-term Republican Congressman Geoff Davis of Boone County holds a 13-point lead over Democrat Michael Kelley in a poll released Tuesday.

Davis leads Kelley, an Oldham County physician making his first run for office, 54 percent to 41 percent, according to a SurveyUSA poll done for WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, WLEX-TV in Lexington and WHAS-TV in Louisville. The automated phone poll of 550 likely voters was conducted June 28-30 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.

Five percent of voters are undecided.

"There's only one poll that matters, and that's on Election Day," Davis campaign manager Jeremy Hughes said in an e-mail. "Congressman Davis is raising funds, organizing volunteers, and preparing for another tough election. We will take nothing for granted this fall."

According to the poll, Davis leads among men (by 22 points) and women (by 6 points) over Kelley. Kelley leads by 3 points among voters 18 to 34. Davis leads by 14 percentage points among voters 35 to 49, 19 percentage points among voters 50 to 64 and 27 percentage points among voters 65 and older.

In the poll, 21 percent of Democrats cross party lines to support Davis; 9 percent of Republicans support Kelley.".... Poll Gives Davis Edge

Jane Roe of Roe v Wade speaks in Louisville KY

Kentucky Doctors For Life Foundation,Inc.
Presents The Third Annual Hyman/Hulsman Memorial Lecture MISS NORMA MCCORVEY – Jane Roe of Roe v Wade – Speaking Out for the Unborn and Sharing Her Conviction for Life
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
St. Matthews Community Center, 310 Ten Pin Lane, Louisville, KY 40207
6:00 PM Doors Open 6:30 PM Dinner 7:30 PM Program
“Miss Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe of Roe v Wade) reluctantly became the poster child for the pro-choice movement. After much pain, and much death and so many ill-considered choices she found out that the real choice was not [about] abortion but about eternal life. It was a choice that would shock the world and change Norma’s life…” –Excerpt from “Won by Love” by Norma McCorvey with Gary Thomas. more from Kentucky Doctors for Life (Reservations & advanced tickets required)
"Won by Love" by Norma McCorvey

BlogNetNews.com/Kentucky

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from the Site:

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Fourth of July What Does Patriotism mean to Obama?

Fourth of July What does Patriotism mean to Obama?
"No doubt Barack Obama will take advantage of the upcoming Fourth of July holiday to speak more platitudes to the American people about patriotism. But it is fair, don't you think, to look at his actions in addition to listening to his words? Here's a reminder:... Bluegrass Bulletin

Harry Reid Said Coal Makes us Sick?

"In a Fox Business interview, Senator Reid claimed “coal makes us sick.” Coal is Kentucky’s most abundant resource and a piece of the puzzle to solving our nation’s energy crisis. I would invite you to sign Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s energy petition and help him send a message to his colleague Harry Reid that we support coal-to-liquid technologies and common sense solutions to lowering gas prices. Empty rhetoric is not helping lower the price of gas or reduce our dependency on Middle Eastern oil. Congress must take action to increase domestic energy exploration and production......" from Geoff Davis Blog

Geoff Davis Cruising to Victory in Kentucky

Kentucky Geoff Davis Cruising to Victory in New Poll from OSI Speaks

"Four Months Out, GOP Incumbent Davis Has Early Lead in KY4 US House Re-Election Contest: In an election for US House of Representatives in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District today, 07/01/08, incumbent Republican Geoff Davis defeats Democrat Michael Kelley 54% to 41%, according to this SurveyUSA election poll conducted for WHAS-TV Louisville, WCPO-TV Cincinnati, and WLEX-TV Lexington. 21% of Democrats cross over to vote for Republican Davis; 9% of Republicans cross over to vote for Democrat Kelley. Independents split. Among voters age 18 to 34, Kelley leads narrowly; among voters age 35+, Davis leads by double digits. Among men, Davis leads by 22 points; among women, Davis leads by 6. Davis was first elected to Congress in 2004; Kelley is a physician from Oldham County. Kentucky's 4th Congressional District, rated "Solid R" by the Cook Political Report, has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+12. Davis won with 52% of the vote in 2006 and with 54% of the vote in 2004. Before Davis, Democrat Ken Lucas held the seat for 6 years; Lucas was Davis' 2006 opponent...."

Geoff Davis

Geoff Davis for Congress Blog

Survey USA Geoff Davis Poll

Pro-Lifers Demand Parties Refuse Planned Parenthood Funding

"Democratic and Republican candidates must reject donations from Planned Parenthood this election year, and Congress should end all federal funding for the abortion provider, according to black pro-life leaders who held two press conferences last week in Washington, D.C., at Democratic and Republican Party Committee headquarters.The Planned Parenthood Federation of America is expected to spend $10 million this year on voter mobilization, according to The Los Angeles Times, and its political action committee has donated $60,000 to federal-office candidates so far this year. Planned Parenthood receives a little over $300 million in government grants and contracts, according to its latest annual report, and its political action fund voted in June "to recommend endorsement of Senator Obama" for president. Among the black pro-life leaders who organized the press conferences were: Dr. Alveda King, niece of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Johnny Hunter, president of Global Life & Family Mission, and Day Gardner, president of the National Black Pro-Life Union. ....."

Pro Life Demands Politicians Reject Contributions from Planned Parenthood

Bruce Lunsford’s campaign accepts money spent on its behalf by the oil and gas industry

from TeamMitch

"Bruce Lunsford’s hypocrisy knows no bounds. Bruce Lunsford attacks Mitch McConnell for taking campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry while accepting DSCC campaign expenditures funded by the oil and gas industry. He attacks oil companies and Wall Street for driving up the price of gas, yet has invested millions in oil and gas companies and speculation. ...." from TeamMitch Blog

McCain in Louisville KY fundraiser

"Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, used a $2 million fundraiser in Louisville yesterday to criticize his Democratic opponent, saying that Sen. Barack Obama's "words may not be trusted."
More than 650 people paid between $1,000 and $12,300 to attend the event at the Kentucky International Convention Center, one of the most lucrative political fundraisers in Kentucky's history.
McCain said that Obama had not agreed to participate in a series of town-hall meetings that McCain has proposed, and has only recently said he would travel to Iraq. McCain also panned Obama's plan to withdraw troops from Iraq.
But he saved his harshest criticism for Obama's initial promise to limit his fundraising and take public financing for his campaign, and then last week announcing that he would opt out of the public financing system......" McCain raises $2million in Louisville, KY

New Senate Poll Shows McConnell Up

New Senate Poll Shows McConell Up

"The Rasmusson
poll continues to lurch along, this time towards Senate Republican Leader
Mitch McConnell. The poll shows McConnell up by seven points (48-41) over
perennial candidate Bruce Lunsford.Last month, Rasmusson asserted that McConnell
was down by five points. It's hard to believe a poll that swings twelve points
for no apparent reason.McConnell's favorable rating, according to the poll, is
56 percent (40 percent unfavorable). Lunsford is viewed favorably by only 43
percent (46 percent negative)...." from Elephants in the Bluegrass

Sen McConnell $100,000 cars not a solution

"Senator Mitch McConnell believes that along with conservation and the development of new technologies, part of any serious long-term solution to our energy crisis must include increased domestic energy exploration and production. The way to lower energy prices is to increase our supply of energy. By opening areas to exploration and production that are currently off-limits including wilderness and off-shore areas, we can create American jobs and reduce our dependence on foreign oil...." TeamMitch

Sen McConnell Neil Cavuto

Drill Now, Drill Here, Pay Less

"American Solutions for Winning the Future announced today that more than half a million Americans have now signed a petition urging Congress to immediately start drilling for oil domestically to lower gas prices. The petition is part of the “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” campaign American Solutions launched a few weeks ago.

The petition reads:

“We, therefore, the undersigned citizens of the United States, petition the U.S. Congress to act immediately to lower gasoline prices (and diesel and other fuel prices) by authorizing the exploration of proven energy reserves to reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources from unstable countries.”

According to American Solutions’ new research data, 81% of the American people support the U.S. using more of its own domestic energy resources, including the oil and coal already here, to combat the rising cost of energy and reduce dependence on foreign energy sources. This belief is so widespread it is supported by a majority of Democrats, Republicans, and independents.

“Hard-working American families are struggling to pay the soaring prices for gas, diesel, food, electricity, and everything else affected by the high price of oil,” said Dave Ryan, American Solutions Executive Director. “The voices of more than half a million Americans are united in demanding that Congress offer real solutions to our energy challenges, starting with taking immediate action to drill here and drill now.”

Drill Here, Drill Now,Pay Less

Lynn Westmoreland Supports Drilling

Congressman Lynn Westmoreland supports drilling domestically:
"U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland today encouraged his constituents fed up with soaring gas prices to express their support publicly for more domestic energy production. Those interested can sign the petition "Drill here. Drill now. Pay less." ....
Congressman Westmoreland was on Hannity and makes excellent points about exploring for domestic sources of oil .

John McCain visits Inez, KY

John McCain Visits Inez, KY from Cyberhillbilly:
"Big day today for the small town of Inez, Kentucky, as it plays host to John McCain. Here's the text of the town's press release yesterday putting his visit into context:

The mountain hamlet of Inez, one of Kentucky’s smallest towns, is rarely at the heart of the national political scene and the subject of national media inquiries—until now.

“This is big news for a little town like Inez. We are thrilled to have Senator McCain visit our mountain home....." McCain will tour Kentucky Coal

Mitch McConnell Kentucky Special Diabetes Program

Mitch McConnell- Kentucky Special Diabetes Program

"In Kentucky, over 260,000 people have diabetes (Type 1 or Type 2), a number that represents over 8 percent of our population. This disease cost Kentucky almost $3 billion (in health care and lost productivity) during 2004. This number will only increase without continued support from our elected officials. The complications of diabetes are horrific and include blindness, kidney failure and heart disease.

One federal program that is producing real results and accelerating our timeline to a cure for diabetes is the Special Diabetes Program, or SDP. The SDP has produced tangible research breakthroughs including the continuous glucose monitor and new drugs to treat diabetes complications....." from Team Mitch

Obama most pro abortion presidential candidate ever...

"Barack Obama is the most pro-abortion presidential candidate ever. He is so pro-abortion that he refused as an Illinois state senator to support legislation to protect babies who survived late-term abortions because he did not want to concede -- as he explained in a cold-blooded speech on the Illinois Senate floor -- that these babies, fully outside their mothers' wombs, with their hearts beating and lungs heaving, were in fact "persons." "Persons," of course, are guaranteed equal protection of the law under the 14th Amendment. In 2004, U.S. Senate-candidate Obama mischaracterized his opposition to this legislation. Now, as a presidential frontrunner, he should be held accountable for what he actually said and did about the Born Alive Infants Bill. State and federal versions of this bill became an issue earlier this decade because of "induced labor abortion." This is usually performed on a baby with Down's Syndrome or another problem discovered on the cusp of viability. A doctor medicates the mother to cause premature labor. Babies surviving labor are left untreated to die. ...." from CNSNews.com
Article from
Obama Is the Most Pro-Abortion Candidate Ever
By Terence P. JeffreyCNSNews.com Editor in ChiefJanuary 09, 2008

Sen. Mitch McConnell responds to CJ editorial

Sen Mitch McConnell responds to the CJ (Courier Journal) editorial:
"Of the 62 votes on cloture motions this year, half were votes where Republicans and Democrats joined together to move a bill forward. Four were party-line votes where Democrats voted to "block action on the bills." Four were unanimous, bipartisan votes. And two, from earlier this month, were Democrat filibusters of vital national security legislation: the Terrorist Surveillance Program and the McConnell-Stevens bill to fund U.S. troops in the field...." Courier Journal
from Senator McConnell:

"I also took action when liberals in Washington tried to use an energy bill to raise the price of gasoline and utility rates here in Kentucky. And when the Democrat majority in Congress tried to create a permanent, multi-billion-dollar tax hike in exchange for a one-year delay in the middle-class tax increase known as the AMT, Republicans said "no."" from Team Mitch Blog

McConnell's Filibuster of the Energy bill saves Americans billions

Mitch McConnell Filibuster of the Energy Bill saves America's Small Businesses Billions
"One of Mitch McConnell’s underreported successes this year was the victory in stripping the energy bill of tax hikes and regulatory burdens that could have been disastrous for American small businesses. The energy bill, in addition to increasing fuel efficiency standards for future automobiles, would have originally required investor owned utility companies to generate 15% of the energy they produced through renewable energy. The bill would have also increased taxes on energy companies by nearly $22 billion." from Cyberhillbilly

Mitch McConnell

Legislative Victories for Republicans in 2007

Legislative Victoires for Republicans in 2007:
"Even Republicans were surprised with the outcome. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell remarked, "If we had been having this press conference last January and I had suggested that a Republican minority in Congress would be able to meet the president's top line,...." Republican legislative victories 2007
"Incidentally, according to McConnell, the only truly bipartisan piece of legislation where genuine compromise was part of the equation was ethics reform, signed into law in September. But even Democrats, who heralded the landmark reforms, took advantage of the loopholes in the bill to insert about 300 air dropped earmarks which had not been taken up by either the House or Senate on the floor or as part of a vote. ..."