Kentucky politics

Why are the Republicans so concerned about the morality of casino gambling when they come from a state that makes its bread and butter off of horse racing and bourbon? It’s not like the casinos would compete with the horse tracks. The horse tracks would be the casinos. And 65% of Kentuckians are in favor. So what’s the hold-up, Republicans?

It’s just like the Rep take on guns. Republicans are anti-crime, but they make sure that guns are available to anyone who wants one. The Reps are all against governmental interference with how someone uses their own money, just as long as it’s not being used in a casino.

The KY Reps are trying to play the morality angle. But they never say diddley about casinos in other states. There are casinos just over the Kentucky River in Indiana. Why aren’t they sitting on the bridge with picket signs?

The funny thing about Mitch McConnell is that despite all his fund-raising prowess, he never struck me as the least bit charismatic. He’s rather clunky, old and dorky. He’s not dumb enough to call “folksy”, not smart enough to call “intellectual”. He’s never displayed any humor or wit, never displayed generosity that rises to the level of magnanimous, and never gave a stirring speech that roused an audience to its feet. When I hear him I disagree, but not to where I’m enraged, such as when Limbaugh or some other idiot presents some irrational partisan rhetoric. In the rare case that do I agree with McConnell, I’m never even moved enough to think “good point.” He raised three hundred million dollars for the RNC. How do you do that when you’re utterly bereft of personality? How do you get elected in the first place? Is reciting the Republican talking points verbatim that all it takes to make it in DC? I’ll be a mouthpiece for either political party if I could land a senate seat for life.
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The Republicans used to be lockstep. Now I can't figure out what the hell they supposedly want. Bobby Jindal was out criticizing Obama for being too much big government, now he says Obama is not doing enough to mop up the oil spill in the Gulf. Sarah "Drill, Baby Drill" Palin says Obama has too many ties to the oil industry. Rand Paul says that Obama is un-American because he's enforcing a legal contract that BP signed and making BP clean up the mess like they said that they would. All for limited government, except if you need big government to bail your ass out. I'm thinking they need to consult a dictionary and look up the word "contradiction".