With Hillary's bad, bad night behind her, the nation now turns its eyes to Kentucky (finally), where her campaign will make its final (and statistically impossible) last stand.
And when the nation looks at Hillary campaigning in KY, what will they see? Well, it will look much different from Obama. Besides the obvious difference in the size of the crowds, let's take a look at the company they will keep.
Barack Obama will have John Yarmuth and Ben Chandler at his side, two squeaky clean guys, one of whom is the single best progressive Democrat we have in this state, and the other whom I'm hopeful will straighten up and make us proud this year.
Who will Hillary Clinton have at her side? The festering boil on the ass of the Kentucky Democratic Party: Jerry Lundergan. And his henchman, Jonathan Hurst. And Steve Friggin' Henry.
One of the (many) reasons we, progressives, all worked so hard to get Steve Beshear elected was to oust the untrustworthy Lundergan and his good ol' boy clan from power.
And what is Hillary doing? Letting all the good 'ol boys run back into the room so they can control things.
Jerry Lundergan is EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PARTY. Want the endless Mark Nickolas dossier at Bluegrass Report? Here.
And a question: is Lundergan simply doing this because Hillary promised him an ambassadorship to Italy? Is this simply the pay-for-play cronyism that we are all too accustomed to here in Kentucky?
If these quasi-crook good 'ol boys want to parade Hillary around this state in the next two weeks, I think we owe everybody in the nation a favor by shining a light on just what kind of people are running the show here for her.
Anybody want to help?
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The Hillary good ol' boy roadshow comes to KY
Posted by Media Czech at 11:22 AM
Labels: corrupt bastards, Hillary Clinton, Jerry Lundergan, Presidential Race 2008
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The great untold story of this long contest between Hillary and Barack Obama is that, should Hillary be the nominee, Republicans will dredge up all the baggage she brings with her: Whitewater, Bill's affairs, her made up stories about dodging sniper fire in Bosnia.
The Obama campaign has not gone down that road, even as Hillary relentlessly charged that Obama will come under attack from Republicans.
But if Hillary IS the nominee, the Republicans will not be as civil as the Obama campaign. We will have to re-live all the nonsense of the 1990s and more.
Now the double-headed dragon is back! The last thing we need here is to bring these crooks back from the political dead.
Until recently, I was firmly on the fence about who will get my vote. Strictly because of their local affiliations, count one more for Obama!
MC - thanks for shedding some light on this unfortunate subject.
"On March 29 and 30, 2007, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lexington, KY, Steve Henry, Jody Richards, Jonathan Miller and Steve Beshear spoke to the UMWA 's Coal Miners Political Action Committee. In the presence of approximately 35 UMWA members each Candidate was ask the question if they would replace Jerry Lundergan as KDP Chair. Steve Beshear and Jonathan Miller responded without hesitation that they would replace Jerry Lundergan. Steve Henry defended Lundergan and indicated he would not remove Lundergan. Steve Henry then made the comment from the podium to give him a name that would be better. The Chair of the meeting responded,"Just throw a rock out in the crowd, anybody you hit would be better" this got quite a laugh out of the group and clearly Henry was displeased with the joke. Jody Richards bragged on Lundergan and tried to avoid answering the question but when pressed Richards refused to say he would remove Lundergan. There you have it."
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