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Moffett update
Number of Comments » 0Dear friends, By now you may have heard Phil Moffett has been invited to introduce Sen. Rand Paul at the Conservative Political Action Conference. That is no place for weak-kneed politicians who won’t stand up for taxpayers when it counts. Phil is gaining national recognition for his Tea Party credentials and his action plan for [...]
Rand Paul in the news
Number of Comments » 0SENATOR RAND PAUL News Clips 01.28.11 Media Mentions 1. Paul’s Meat Ax – Louisville Courier Journal 2. Freshmen set to mix up Senate Energy debate – Politico 3. Senate Puts a Stop to Secret Holds – ABC 4. Not done yet: Sen. Rand Paul to introduce Social Security bill ‘in the next two to three [...]
Democratic lawmakers living in a vacuum need to suck it up
Number of Comments » 0By Jim Waters Democrats in the state Legislature apparently think that supporting public charter schools puts them in cahoots with the entire Republican agenda. Earlier this month, during a rare Friday afternoon session to conclude the first week of the 2011 legislative session, all 15 Senate Democrats voted against Senate Bill 3. Among its provisions: [...]
KY Club for Growth on the 2011 campaigns
Number of Comments » 0The 2011 Campaign Begins The filing deadline for partisan statewide office has passed, and the primary ballot is set (although independents can still file for the general). Here are the candidates, linked to anything we’ve written about them. Incumbents are marked with *. Governor/Lt. Governor Steve Beshear/Jerry Abramson (D)* David Williams/Richie Farmer (R) Phil Moffett/Mike [...]
Extraordinary
Number of Comments » 0Long ago and in another culture, when Roe v. Wade was first handed down (Jan. 22, 1973), those wide-eyed alarmists over on the Religious Right warned that it could lead to a hundred thousand perfectly healthy babies being aborted every year. Ridiculous? Unthinkable? Turns out they were understating the case. By a factor of 10. [...]
Bi-Partisan-Bad Partisan
Number of Comments » 0by Randy Walters, Coal Fed Families Just when you think our congressmen and women couldn’t possibly go any lower, some fool brings a shovel and down they go. Sitting together at the State of the Union Address? Come on, do they actually think they were fooling the public? The truth of this mess is that [...]
Moffett to introduce Rand Paul at CPAC
Number of Comments » 0Tea Party twofer Dear friends, People are often surprised when, after a fundamental shift, whatever got changed continues to stay different than it was before the shift. The Tea Party era began just such a change with huge rallies featuring people who had never spoken out and the election of non-politician candidates like Kentucky’s Rand Paul. As [...]
Senator Jim DeMint on the state of the union
Number of Comments » 0Dear Fellow Conservative: The President used his State of the Union Address last night to disguise his liberal agenda in free-market, conservative rhetoric. Yet the specific policies he promoted are part of a deliberate strategy to grow the government at the expense of our personal freedoms and jobs. For all of the talk in the [...]
Rand Paul update
Number of Comments » 0Thank you for joining me today. As we begin the first week of legislative work in the Senate, there are many issues I look forward to addressing. Last week, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the government takeover of health care. I applaud them for that – and I will fight to see it [...]
John Riley comments on proposed constitutional convention
Number of Comments » 0You may already have this. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110124/NEWS0108/101240318/1173/Williams-Moffett-stirring-teapot The Richie Farmer campaign is sending this around like there is some truth to it. It may soon be time for the TEA party/912/Take Back Kentucky and other groups to circle the wagons around Phil Moffett and make it abundantly clear who these groups are supporting. Clearly Rand is [...]
