We never finished last year’s Rooties (maybe someday) but we did count all the votes and over Joe’s strenuous objections, the below ten minutes won the 2011 Rootie for Best Moment in Kentucky politics. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy I bring this up now, today, beacuse it’s Joe Sonka’s birthday and he claims to have never watched the above interview. It seems like a good day to start, doesn’t it? So everyone,...
Read moreWORST CAMPAIGN Runners Up: JOHN KEMPER. The Tea Party hopeful was bankrupt and running for state auditor in order to get a handout from the government. “I’m living under the thumb of the federal government for five years,” he said, as if his bankruptcy qualified him for the job of auditor. And then there was his campaign ad: And his facebook voter outreach: THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATES. They all tied with each other. Bachmann fell apart, Perry never...
Read moreThis one’s a doozy. We’ve been putting it off but then last night we walked down the steps of the Carnegie Center with Congressman Ben Chandler after the Gatewood memorial and, of course, that was not the time, but today is as good as any. Let’s get ‘er done. ***MOST REPREHENSIBLE BEN CHANDLER VOTE OF 2011*** Before we get to the bad ones, it is worth noting (and only fair) that 2011 was not an entirely dark year for our dear 6th District Congressman, little...
Read more***Best Moment of Hypocrisy/Biggest Hypocrite*** RUNNERS UP: –RAND PAUL goes on The Daily Show and actually argues that the air has gotten so much cleaner over the past 30 years that the government regulations that stopped corporations from dumping crap into the environment are no longer needed. –Comrade RAND PAUL, who mocked Trey Grayson for suggesting a multi-year approach to balancing the budget might be feasible — “those who would propose a ten year plan to...
Read more***FUNNIEST MOMENT*** RUNNERS UP: Jeez. Where to start? Okay, here… Frank Simon’s hate fest: Next… Alex Jones culture jams The View: Rev. Lee Watts, chaplain of the Kentucky State Assembly, sends the coolest e-mails. Smite or Bless? Our G-d is an awesome G-d who uses a crazy keyboard because of his giant omnipotent fingers. The Yes Men punk King Coal: Why Free Inhalers? Because COAL CARES. Coal Cares™ is a brand-new...
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