You all have heard the statistics about the loss of coal mining jobs in KY, and observers have noticed this has been going on all the time McConnell has been Senator of KY. But now, McConnell declares that the anti-Christ in the White House is waging a "War on Coal" with his new EPA rules on power plant emissions. McConnell may want to take a closer look at his own family for a traitor within means to eliminate the coal industry: Elaine Chao, McConnell's wife. The Grimes campaign should pay attention to this little development among our lying, hypocritical Senator's family.
According to the report, Chao has down some work for Bloomberg Philanthropies, whose stated goal is the closing of coal fired power plants. Now, McConnell's campaign is trying to argue that the funding for this initiative from Bloomberg came AFTER his wife signed on to do some work, which she was only paid $9,400 dollars. However, is on the Board of Directors of Wells Fargo; this company wants to disinvest from the surface mining of Coal in KY. And Chao got a hefty $332, 000 dollars for that work.
And it is completely fair to go after Chao during this campaign. Chao has decided to insert herself into her husband's campaign by making an ad calling Grimes and liberals a bunch of liars about her poor hubby's records on women's issues. Newsflash: Chao is lying like a cheap fucking rug on her husband's votes on the VAWA. She crossed the line, and I think if Grimes blasted McConnell for hypocrisy on the "War on Coal" issue so be it.
Is all of this talk about coal, coal, coal irrelevant to the real issue of bringing jobs to KY and protecting the environment? Yes, of course. But if neither candidate wants to address the real issue and instead fight over a phony one, well, I say may the better candidate smash the major proponent of the phony issue on hypocrisy and conflict of interest charges. And if his wife gets hit in the political crossfire, she's a big girl and can take care of McConnell financially if he loses his seat.