The Rural Democrat

Aint No Riddle Man, Benny Ray Bailey JR Has a Record

The cat is out of the bag; 84th House District candidate Benny Ray Bailey JR has a record but not the type of record he would brag about.

Someone in Perry County is distributing flyers with Benny Ray Bailey JR's court records on it. The flyer claims to be the work of another 84th District candidate Chester Jones (D) and he is mad as hell and is threatening to sue the creator of the flyer. It must be nice to have had a daddy like Former State Senator big Benny Ray Bailey. This guy sure loves to drive fast!

Boone -  1998 - Speeding 10MPH Over (Guilty)

Perry - 1998 - Speeding 20MPH Over (Diversion)

Perry - 1998 - Failure to Produce Insurance Card (Dismissed)

Perry - 1998 - No Insurance 1st Offense (Dismissed)

Perry - 2000 - Failure to Produce Insurance Card (Dismissed)

Perry - 2000 -  No Insurance 1st Offense (Dismissed)  [What?]

Wolfe - 2000 - Speeding 26MPH Over (Dismissed) [DAMN!]

Knott  - 2000 - Improper Equipment (Guilty)

Knott - 2000 - Speeding 23MPH Over (Amended Down) [Amended! To what Jaywalking]

Floyd - 2001 - Aggravated Assault Spouse Abuse (Dismissed)

Floyd - 2001 - Violation of EPO/DVO (Dismissed)

Floyd - 2001 - Aggravated Assault Spouse Abuse (Dismissed)

Perry - 2001 - Speeding 17MPH Over (Diversion)

Perry - 2000 - Speeding 15MPH Over (Diversion)

Leslie - 2002 - Speeding 15MPH Over (Dismissed) 

Fayette - 2002 - Careless Driving (Paid Citation)

Knott  - 2007 - Speeding 15MPH Over (Dismissed)

Knott - 2006 - Speeding 25MPH Over (Amended Down)

Perry - 2006 - Speeding 20MPH Over (Dismissed)

McCain Says Something Stupid

It is general election stupidity in May. I have told both family and friends that Senator John McCain (R) will lose to Obama because of his stubbornness and or his mouth.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, leaving a functioning democracy there and allowing most U.S. troops to come home

I was thinking more like 5 months not 5 years.

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Dito the title

Bruce Lunsford is Within Striking Distance of Mitch McConnell

The presumptive Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Bruce Lunsford is within striking distance of presumptive Republican nominee Senator Mitch McConnell.

A poll dubbed the Kentucky Poll conducted by WKYT and Lexington Herald Leader indicates that it really doesn't matter who the Democratic nominee is, both Greg Fischer and Bruce Lunsford are 12 percent down to McConnell. That percentage speaks volumes as many Kentuckians seem to be fed up with Senator McConnell and it appears a Democratic candidate with some major cash and support could give Mitch fits.

McConnell's approval rating is resting at 48% and his totals in respect to a theoretical challenger mirrors that total. His latest SurveyUSA approval rating was his second lowest ever at 46%. So the Kentucky Poll seems to be sound in that regard. McConnell's approval among Democrats is inching close to the dead zone, 26% of Kentucky Democrats approve of McConnell. A Republican candidate must garner at least 25% of the Democratic vote to win a statewide election in Kentucky.

Iowa Sends in the Cops against Illegal Aliens and Kentuckians Eat Too Much Chinese Food

A crackdown on illegal aliens in Iowa has resulted in as many as 700 arrests. A kosher meat packing plant that employs around 1100 people will probably be short a few folks tomorrow as the 700 arrested worked at the plant. Federal Immigration officials had been accused of violating the Civil Rights of American citizens in a similar raid in 2006.

In Kentucky, WHAS11 in Louisville has conducted an investigation into the slimy world of Chinese restaurants. The Immigration and customs enforcement raided Bardstown's China Star restaurant earlier this year. WHAS11 says most Chinese workers are bending the rules because..... well they didn't give much of a reason for the undercover investigation. But rehashed the story and back story of the Bardstown raid. WHAS11 repeated the horrible fact that most illegal aliens are basically slaves to the man back home. Maybe our esteemed master of intellectual news should expose the gangsters that traffic in human beings. Instead of beating on the illegal immigrant.

 

Appalachia exposed? or Kentucky exposed?

I find it amazing that Kentuckians apparently do live in the stone age. I defended the Bluegrass State but will no more, as it appears the people have spoken on the so called issues of gender and race. See Poll results (Here)

21% of likely voters say Obama's race would be a factor in this primary. Too me that is a very high number and the undecideds rest at 19%, so split that percentage and you get some odd 30.5% of likely voters figure Obama being Black is a bad thing or could keep him from being elected. That is a legacy Kentucky holds and the data indicates Kentucky will continue to hold that terrible reputation. But it is not isolated to the Highlands of Kentucky, the entire Commonwealth carries this burden. And Kentucky's Black population apparently believe that Obama's race will keep him from being elected the most, at 31%.

Apparently the comments made by Reverend Wright mean a little something to Kentuckians.

• Either Very important or Important - 43%
• 29% says it doesn't matter
• 28% are not sure

If you split the undecideds, it is very apparent that Reverend Wrights comments have caused Obama big trouble in Kentucky.

Obama's comments in regards to bitter rural Americans mean very little to Kentuckians according to polling data collected by the Lexington Herald Leader.

Mongiardo Endorses Obama

Very good move and I find it amazing that Obama has captured the first real group of Kentucky superdelegates while being beating like a rented mule in the polls. I also remember Senator Kerry being jobbed in the Kentucky presidential polls in 2004. Lets just hope the superdelegates and the people aren't too divided in their opinions about Barack Obama.

Now I will start to concentrate on McCain's track record on Native American issues. Seeing that the primary is long over, or at least it better be.    

PS I know Daniel is not a superdelegate.