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Post by TonyV on Oct 13, 2014 15:05:11 GMT -5
For your information>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Mitch McConnell has agreed to debate Alison on Monday the 13th of October. The event will be at KET Studio 600 Cooper Dr Lexington KY. Parking is available next to the studio at the U K Tennis Center. If you plan on attending, we are asking people to arrive there no later than 6:00 P M EST.
McConnell and Grimes will be on Monday's edition of "Kentucky Tonight" on KET. The program airs at 8 p.m.
We ask you to bring banners shirts,caps and anything you can that not only shows your support for Alison, but also identifies your union, civic or social organization.
There is going to be a festival atmosphere before the actual Debate; with corn hole, music and other fun and exciting things to entertain the entire family.
Please plan on being there, as this event will draw not only national but also international attention to this election, because on November 4th 2014 Kentucky will not only change the political and social policies of the United States but also the policies of the world, when we elect Alison Lundergan Grimes to the United States Senate.
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Post by Ex-metalman on Oct 17, 2014 9:27:17 GMT -5
You got that right it will be a real BIG CHANGE if they elect grimes!!!for the worse
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Post by cal50 on Oct 17, 2014 14:03:31 GMT -5
If I am not mistaken Grimes dodged a VERY simple question in a debate on who she voted for : Obama or Romney.
I highly doubt she voted for Romney which leaves Obama. Is she ashamed to admit she voted for him ?
This is as simple a question as it gets and she had problems answering it because she never did.
Obama is pretty clear that he and his administration dislike coal & coal fired power plants.
That is not a good thing for workers and industry in Kentucky and West Virginia.
It would directly affect jobs & industry in those states and indirectly hurt energy (electric) costs to consumers, industry & manufacturing ( Ford ). If someone wants to vote for Grimes then knock yourself out but she supports Obama and his policies have hurt all of us more than its helped anyone.
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Post by justaworker on Oct 18, 2014 2:50:54 GMT -5
There is no person more anti coal than Nevada senator Harry reid. As was pointed out in the debate, grimes first vote as senator would be to establish him as the Democrat leader of the senate. It's important that Republicans take back control of that body. In doing so, mitch McConnell would be the Senate majority leader. Second most powerful man in Washington representing Kentucky..... Not bad.
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Post by Ex-metalman on Oct 18, 2014 7:59:18 GMT -5
I think it's funny that Grimes points out Mitch has had a raise every 6 yrs!!! That's normal !!! Our UAW should try to follow that order.5 raises over 30 yrs.,Hell Mc Donald's does that I'm sure..Go Mitch
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Post by cal50 on Oct 18, 2014 8:46:51 GMT -5
It looks like the people around her campaign know she is a liar and its "OK" with them.
Pretty sad.
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Post by tiger66 on Oct 18, 2014 13:23:14 GMT -5
Something to think about. kET had a great show about the history of coal in ky and our low electricity rates in the state. They said that the only reason ky has four major auto-plants in this state is because of the cheap electricity.. We think coal has little to do with us but it has a lot of impact on these auto plants
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Post by justaworker on Oct 18, 2014 14:11:25 GMT -5
Great points tiger.
It's even bigger than that. The worldwide demand for coal right now is skyrocketing. Many other nations are building new coal fired power plants. Kentucky stands in the enviable position of being one of the world's great energy producing regions.
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Democrats worship the global warming alarmists. And are trying to do all they can to Kill the industry. All in a time when it should be thriving.
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Post by ktpelec on Oct 18, 2014 15:53:53 GMT -5
The coal industry's biggest threat is natural gas, fracking technology has made it a much cheaper source of power, it is easier to transport and is much cleaner. Over 50 coal fired power plants were closed in the US during the Bush administration due to this. I guess this war must have started then....
Check out the air quality of any major city in a foreign country that uses coal, the population there pays for that cheaper energy in other ways.
The policies of McConnell and the Repubs have been waging a war on the entire American middle class workers wages and benefits.
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Post by justaworker on Oct 18, 2014 17:21:43 GMT -5
We use coal for our electricity. It's fine. It's your opinion that Republicans are to blame for crumbling middle class. I disagree, as do many others.
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Post by cal50 on Oct 18, 2014 19:39:40 GMT -5
Over 50 coal fired power plants were closed in the US during the Bush administration due to this. I guess this war must have started then.... The policies of McConnell and the Repubs have been waging a war on the entire American middle class workers wages and benefits. The EPA AND Obama & his admin have a big hand in present & future closures. Existing / operating coal powered plant met past EPA regulation but the NEW regulations set the bar higher and can not be met my a large percentage of older plans and some new ones. Many people have an agenda to end coal production and use. Mainly the EPA but Obama is all in. The same people are holding up the XP pipeline as well as renewing drilling permits off shore and on shore. dailycaller.com/2013/05/03/report-epa-rules-to-shut-down-more-than-280-coal-fired-units/As to the "war on the middle class" is somewhat laughable. Since Obama and his administration have been in control for the last 6 years / + half decade take home pay has dropped each and every year for working people, on average. Unemployment and underemployment is huge and the economy has shrank ( not better ). The labor participation rate is at a record ( 36 years ) low level all under Obama and his policies. Even worse if you are black. Hammering the energy sector with "green" wishes will not help any manufacturing jobs. The economy sucks and the democrats own it,voting in people that want more of the same is insanity. Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over then expecting a different result or outcome. Forget the boogeyman repubs and Mitch, Obama has hosed all of us far worse. |
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Post by ktpelec on Oct 18, 2014 21:32:24 GMT -5
LG&E. Uses hydroelectric power from the river, coal, and natural gas for producing electricity.
Power plants have always had to be pushed screaming into compling with air quality regulations, power companies make huge profits, it all comes down to if they are willing to lower their profit margins to help protect US citizens, it just costs them money.
There are radical people on both sides of this issue.
But we are talking Grimes vs. McConnell....
The country was in the worst economic depression since the 1930s, unemployment high, business and home forecloses, as a result of the administration before Obamas. It was handed down, and improvement has been made since 2007, and yet the Republican party's voting record shows they have not helped the middle classes recovery.
Wall Street is making record profits in many sectors, yet wages have remained flat.. How is that the fault of anyone but the corporate world? (Republicans).
What "policies" have spurred that? Corporate greed, Wall Street controls every congressional issue.
And Mitch has been right in the middle of it for 30 years.
Insanity: is to keep voting Republican and hope employment/wages go up and prices go down...
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Post by justaworker on Oct 18, 2014 21:51:28 GMT -5
Now you wanna talk corporate profits and wages... How can you do that while defending the uaw? Ford had record profits, and we still settled for a concessionary contract.
I'm a Republican. We want everybody to be rich.
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Post by cal50 on Oct 19, 2014 0:57:36 GMT -5
Wall Street is making record profits in many sectors, yet wages have remained flat.. How is that the fault of anyone but the corporate world? (Republicans). What "policies" have spurred that? Corporate greed, Wall Street controls every congressional issue. And Mitch has been right in the middle of it for 30 years. Insanity: is to keep voting Republican and hope employment/wages go up and prices go down... Mitch is a better choice than the bitch, IMHO. YMMV Obama, most democrats and the UAW were all in favor of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement. Basically they were all pointing at it as an example of greed and now some want to use Wall Street as an indicator of how well things are. That is some funny shit.... What you miss is the uncertainty cast upon all businesses and corporation by Obama and his administration to stall / kill the economy. The uncertainty of how much corporate taxes were increasing, the cost to hire any single employee or the added cost to retain the ones you had on the payroll. The impact was business trying to maintain production with fewer employees to reduce costs but maintain profit levels. Energy prices through the roof, etc. Obamacare hurt / killed the economy. It did however generate million more in profit for some companies & Wall St. by forcing people to buy insurance and the government guaranteeing a profit to the insurance providers. If democrats are for the middle class then why is it Obama's policies cost the middle class the most money and personal income for everyone is down? The last time democrats got involved and guaranteed someone a profit it was the housing market & the banks. We all know how that ended up. Obamacare is a larger segment of the economy that guarantees profit with no controls to reduce or maintain costs. Its a disaster growing with a bigger payload than the housing loan disaster. When a business is hit with a increase in cost/s it is passed along to the customer or it comes out of employees wages & benefits. Look at the benefits all UAW workers have given back as one example. The UAW endorsed 2nd tier, as long as they paid dues, they must be republicans. The IUAW is the exception as they raised due and have enjoyed pay raises the membership has not while we lost head count. Bottom line you want to blame Republicans except the people that have been actually making all the decision for the last half decade + a year (Democrats). If that makes you feel good I am happy for you but its not true or accurate. Obama, his admin and supporters all own the state of things today as they are. Bush was bad but Obama has made things FAR worse. Domestically and foreign affairs included. Looking ahead I hope there is a good candidate for president and will look at the options available unlike many brain dead party line voters from both parties. Many could vote absentee now years in advance without a person named and you sound like one of them. |
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Post by ktpelec on Oct 19, 2014 7:45:22 GMT -5
Obama is not on the ballot for this election in Kentucky..... although all McConnell has done is in his campaign is bring up the presidents name time and again, because he has no past efforts or accomplishments to list that actually helped the middle and lower classes of Kentuckians. His only strategy is to get people to vote against Obama not actually for him. Sad...
a brain dead person would vote that way.
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Post by cal50 on Oct 19, 2014 11:17:54 GMT -5
Obama is not on the ballot for this election in Kentucky..... Glad you figured that out, but his policies and the people that support them are. |
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Post by justaworker on Oct 19, 2014 14:06:17 GMT -5
Obama is not on the ballot for this election in Kentucky..... although all McConnell has done is in his campaign is bring up the presidents name time and again, because he has no past efforts or accomplishments to list that actually helped the middle and lower classes of Kentuckians. His only strategy is to get people to vote against Obama not actually for him. Sad... a brain dead person would vote that way. Koch brothers aren't on any ballot anywhere... Yet, that's all grimes wants to talk about. Did you notice? |
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Post by saugerman on Oct 23, 2014 5:37:50 GMT -5
george bush made her do it....lol  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 16:18:23 GMT -5
Good family genes as well! The Grimes Family is trash! Allison Grimes Dirty FamilyDemocrats are convinced that Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is vulnerable in next year's midterm elections. Even the most vulnerable Senator, however, needs an opponent in order to lose. Actress Ashley Judd floated, and then quickly deflated, her own trial ballon about opposing McConnell. Dem hopes now seem to be focused on 34-year-old Alison Lundergen Grimes to challenge McConnell. She comes into the race with considerable family baggage. With Judd's exit from the race, and without any Tier-1 candidates to challenge McConnell, KY Democrats are looking to newly elected Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes to take on the veteran Senator. The 34-year-old has only been in elected office for 2 years, but she comes from a storied KY Democrat political family. The stories, however, are not all positive. Grimes' father is Jerry Lundergan, a long-time KY legislator and one-time head of the KY Democrat party. He was forced to resign both positions when he was convicted of an ethics violation. His catering company inappropriately received a lucrative government contract for an official event, which he failed to disclose. He escaped a prison sentence when a mistrial was ruled in his proceedings. James Sullivan, a childhood friend of Lundergan, was later convicted of jury tampering in the trial. It is perhaps no surprise that the Lundergan family have very close ties to former President Bill Clinton. Lundergan's company even catered Chelsea Clinton's wedding. Lundergan was also Kentucky Chair for Hillary's campaign for President in 2008. Democrats may have no other option than a neophyte scion of a political dynasty with a checkered heritage. Such is the state of politics in the Bluegrass State. If Grimes were to run, Clinton would no doubt make appearances on her behalf, but haven't we reached the sell-by date on corrupt Southern political dynasties? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 22:59:11 GMT -5
Recently, Kentucky U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes attended a New York City fundraiser with Michelle Obama and picked up her endorsement. In her remarks Mrs. Obama said that electing Grimes is "critical" to enacting President Obama's anti-Second Amendment agenda.
There are tens of thousands of NRA members and Second Amendment supporters in Kentucky who deserve to know that Mrs. Obama believes that electing Grimes to the U.S. Senate is critical to enacting President Barack Obama's gun grabbing agenda.
Excerpts from Michelle Obama’s remarks:
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"And let's not forget about that common-sense gun legislation, that so many of us feel so strongly about. Sadly as you know, that bill failed. Anyone know by how many votes? It failed by just six votes in the Senate. Six. So make no mistake about it: the midterm elections, they matter. They matter."
Obama went on to say that said that people could make a "huge difference" in the Kentucky election by writing a "huge check."
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"And it's simple, you can write a big ol' fat check," she said, to laughs. "That's what we need you to do. Right now, write a big check, big huge one, write the biggest check you can possibly write."
In conclusion, she said that electing Grimes is critical to enacting President Obama's agenda.
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"So it is critical that we elect Michelle Nunn, Alison Grimes, Natalie Tennant. It is critical that we get them to the Senate....it is critical, because we all know that it’s not enough to elect Barack Obama President if we don’t give him a Congress that will help him..."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 22:59:44 GMT -5
She backs obamas anti gun views as well.
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Post by justaworker on Oct 23, 2014 23:22:25 GMT -5
No question that she's trying to pretend to be somebody she's not in order to get elected. Do people fall for that, or just not care. Is lying okay if it justifies their means?
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Post by cal50 on Oct 24, 2014 19:32:56 GMT -5
Her campaign staff is calling her a liar to win the election.
There is a big difference in someone that may honestly change their position once new facts are learned or someone that will say anything to simply win.
I am not a McConnell fan but he is less offensive than Grimes who is a liar and Obama supporter.
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Post by ktpelec on Oct 24, 2014 21:28:22 GMT -5
As to the "war on coal"... The Mine Workers of America is supporting Grimes, the miners themselves, not the coal companies.
Whatever her father did were his actions not hers...
There is no current gun legislation in congress, and she hasn't cast a single vote in congress, yet some how she's supporting Obama?
Mitch's past voting record is online, look it up, he has consistently voted against the American worker.
Mitch's own words in concerning the UAW wages after bailing out the banking industry wth 700 billion dollars...
“The Corker Amendment also requires that labor costs at participating companies be brought on par with companies like Nissan, Toyota, and Honda — not tomorrow but immediately — because it is delusional to think that a company which spends $71 per labor hour could compete with a company in the same industry that spends $49.
He got that accomplished..
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Post by justaworker on Oct 24, 2014 21:41:41 GMT -5
Lol, is that like how uaw leadership supporting Obama... Means auto workers support Obama?
She should just be honest about who she is. She would still lose, but maybe people would at least respect her.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 21:53:46 GMT -5
As to the "war on coal"... The Mine Workers of America is supporting Grimes, the miners themselves, not the coal companies. .. Go to Muhlenberg county and tell me how many Grimes signs you see. We seen "Team Mitch" signs everywhere down there and not one of her signs. The Union gives to the democratic party so who do you think the leadership is backing? They could stuff a one armed circus monkey in a suit and the Union would back him. Im no Mitch fan but Grimes is not good for Kentucky or our jobs. |
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Post by cal50 on Oct 24, 2014 23:42:59 GMT -5
Mitch's past voting record is online, look it up, he has consistently voted against the American worker. Who's policies have been in effect for over the past half decade ? Wages have been decreasing each and every year since Obama was elected, from HIS policies. Social welfare is just as bad as corporate welfare and Obama and the current democrats own this economy, unemployment , under employment and a historic record low labor participation rate. Grimes supports Obama and his policies so if you want more of the same vote party line / Grimes. Looks pretty clear Obama's policies have only benefited Wall St. and the already wealthy. If you are suggesting Obama has done anything good for the "American worker" you cant do basic math. |
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Post by ktpelec on Oct 25, 2014 7:30:59 GMT -5
So Obama has forced employers to cut American jobs, shipping them overseas, cut wages and benefits, and work longer hours, all while earning record profits?
Hell, if he's responsible for that then Republicans would be voting for him...
Those very things are the corporate worlds very goals and have been for decades....
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Post by justaworker on Oct 25, 2014 9:24:37 GMT -5
Forced is a strong word, but extreme liberal policies have consequences.
It's okay though. The government will always take care of us.
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Post by cal50 on Oct 25, 2014 10:52:19 GMT -5
So Obama has forced employers to cut American jobs, shipping them overseas, cut wages and benefits, and work longer hours, all while earning record profits? Hell, if he's responsible for that then Republicans would be voting for him... Those very things are the corporate worlds very goals and have been for decades.... Obama and his administration passed along higher costs to all businesses , employers and employees. That uncertainty kills hiring employees and does not / did not help the economy. You do not "get it" that when something costs a business more out of pocket money they pass those costs along to customer OR cut the employee wages / benefits / jobs. Face it, if Obama and his administration was actually doing a 1/2 way decent job his supporters would be a shoe in running for re-election. Instead the majority of democrats avoid him like Ebola yet most fully support Obama and his policies that are not working after a half decade + a year. The public sees the failure and its the reason some democrats will be out of a job in November. Its sad some people are too blind or stupid to acknowledge failure and make a change. Insanity : Doing the same action repeatedly but expecting a different outcome Democrat & republican party line voters are insane. |
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