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Edwards to Bush and Giuliani: Get Real!!
This has been a really busy week for the Edwards campaign. Besides the unveiling of new Progressive policy proposals their has been a wealth of not so bright things said by President Bush and Rudy ...
RDemocrat 08/10/2007 28 27 - 38
John Edwards in My Old Kentucky Home
A few weeks back, John Edwards had a demand a visit contest, and a small town 45 miles from me in Paducah called Columbus, Kentucky won, due to the online efforts of that town. Many people, ...
RDemocrat 09/25/2007 31 27 - 20
Sad Turn of Events Show the Need for the Foreign Policies Proposals of John Edwards
Well, today has turned into a very sad and dangerous day for the world. I am sure by now that many of you have heard about the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, an important opposition leader in ...
RDemocrat 12/27/2007 49 27 - 2
After Tragic Storm, Western Kentucky Still Hurting
Superbowl Sunday was not a festive occasion for many in Western Kentucky. On last Tuesday night a major, devastating weather event in the form of an ice storm swept through our region and several ...
RDemocrat 02/02/2009 33 27 - 21
Goodbye and Good Riddance
Crossposted from HillbillyReport Today Democratic Party leaders got what they will consider bad news. However, I ...
RDemocrat 12/22/2009 39 27 - 97
We Have a Candidate Running Against Mitch McConnell
While national Democrats have expressed disappointment in the fact that Ashley Judd will not be running against Mitch McConnell and Kentucky Democrats wait for a big name such as Alison Lundergan ...
RDemocrat 04/15/2013 13 27 - -
John Edwards Shows Leadership on Terrorism
One of the many reasons I find myself so firmly in the Edwards camp during this nomination fight is his stance on the "Global War on Terror", and his ideas for combatting the rise of global terrorism.
RDemocrat 07/01/2007 56 26 - 15
Healthcare Arguments Boiling my Blood
As one of the almost 50 million Americans that does not have health insurance I have been following the fight for healthcare very closely. Lately, with even a Democratic President and a Democratic ...
RDemocrat 06/17/2009 32 26 - 30
Whirlpool Rally Shows What we Should all be Doing
Over at Hillbilly Report, we have been following the Whirlpool plant closing in Evansville, Indiana. This ...
RDemocrat 02/27/2010 23 26 - 38
Coal Mining Tragedy Strikes Again, This Time in Western Kentucky
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. There is sad news yet again to report from ...
RDemocrat 04/29/2010 13 26 - 166
Rand Paul and the Right to Work for Less
Crossposted from Hilllbilly Report. The Rand Paul campaign was really proud of the $2500 their ...
RDemocrat 07/05/2010 29 26 - 64
Edwards Bids Rove Adieu, Blasts Bush Photo Op
Boy, these have really been a busy last several days for the Edwards campaign. Besides beginning his Fighting for One America Road Tour in Iowa, and coming up with new Progressive policies to create ...
RDemocrat 08/13/2007 22 25 - 10
Amid Rising Poll Numbers Edwards Calls on Congress to Provide Sanity on Iraq
We all remember before our Congress capitulated to Bush on the Iraq Supplemental vote how John Edwards called for Democrats to fight. We all remember how John Edwards also called for Democrats to ...
RDemocrat 08/29/2007 33 25 - -
Heather Ryan Comes Out Firing Again at St. John's Picnic
Just down the road from Paducah, Kentucky sits St. John's Catholic Church. Every year, they have an annual picnic with games and political speaking. While not as famous, and a lot tamer than the ...
RDemocrat 09/06/2008 27 25 2 25
Mitch McConnell Called Out Twice
We all know what Mitch McConnell is made of. After rubber-stamping the worst President in American history and creating the huge mess that Democrats are now trying desperately to clean up despite ...
RDemocrat 03/05/2009 13 25 - 16
Rand Paul and Republican True Colors
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. The debate for the Kentucky Senate seat got awfully testy last night.
RDemocrat 10/18/2010 24 25 - 90
Why Sen. Kennedy Got it Wrong in My Eyes
As a John Edwards supporter it is perplexing to see so much of our establishment shunning what many grassroots Democrats see as our only hope to effect real change in this country. One by one, the ...
RDemocrat 01/28/2008 137 24 1 8
In Defense of John Edwards
I know this mere title is probably flamable here right now. I have been watching the steady stream of John Edwards diaries the last week or so here, and have put my two-cents worth in several. Most ...
RDemocrat 08/17/2008 167 24 2 32
60 Votes Shows Differences Between Parties
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. In last year's elections Progressives everywhere gave their time, money and passion to do several things to change ...
RDemocrat 07/06/2009 47 24 - 373
House Democrats Get Serious on Healthcare
Visit us at Hillbilly Report. I have been as critical of Democrats in the process of pounding out reform for our failed healthcare system ...
RDemocrat 07/08/2009 21 24 - 20
Labor Leader McEntee Ruffles Feathers in White House
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. You know, one thing that led to so much disaster in ...
RDemocrat 10/18/2009 56 24 - 58
Tea-Bagger Protest Once Again Ignores Harsh Realities
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. I know that every American has the right to assemble and protest peaceably in this country. It is one ...
RDemocrat 12/13/2009 20 24 - 76
Rand Paul: "The Real Answer to Medicare Would be a $2000 Deductible"
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Seniors in Kentucky who are thinking ...
RDemocrat 09/28/2010 35 24 - 140
John Edwards: A Sacred Contract with our Veterans
I had detailed Edwards plans on building a new military for a new century. I shouldn't have to argue with anyone here that George W. Bush has disrespected our troops by first sending them to the ...
RDemocrat 06/18/2007 69 23 1 16
Reclaiming the Democratic Party
There are many reasons why different people are supporting different candidates for President. As candidates have come out with their various plans for different problems, many of their suppporters ...
RDemocrat 07/22/2007 43 23 - 5
Retired Rear Admiral Praises John Edwards for Fighting for Our Veterans
A former top official in the Pentagon, retired Rear Admiral David Oliver recently added his voice to the voices of millions of Americans who realize that John Edwards will respect our troops and ...
RDemocrat 08/30/2007 8 23 - 1
Ed Whitfield, Riggs Bank, and The Saudi-Bush-Terror Connection
The hypocrisy of the modern Republican Party never ceases to amaze me. The Republican Party leadership is, and always will be the party of the mighty Greenback. Despite this they try to lecture all ...
RDemocrat 07/31/2008 16 23 - 242
Jim Bunning's Charity Profits..... Bunning!!!!
Ah, those wonderful Kentucky Republican Christian Values!! We all know that the Kentucky Republican Party represents the most greedy and least patriotic among us, but this story takes the cake. Not ...
RDemocrat 12/18/2008 21 23 - 16
The Republican Model for Labor in America
No matter what your opinion on the auto bailout, one lasting image of that fight was Mitch McConnell, and his fellow facist neo-con flock "informing" Americans how we are too fat and sassy because ...
RDemocrat 01/06/2009 35 23 2 23
Employee Free Choice Act: The Fight is On!!
In last year's election, Organized Labor contributed greatly to and helped Democratic candidates all over the country in their historic victories. Of course, that is no surprise. The Republican ...
RDemocrat 03/09/2009 35 23 2 29
Sobering Facts on the Uninsured and the Public Option
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Conservatives and Republican politicians would have us believe that the problem of 47 million ...
RDemocrat 08/23/2009 12 23 2 24
Bunning's Actions Ripple Across America but are Supported by Some at Home
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. By now everyone knows about the ...
RDemocrat 03/01/2010 19 23 1 33
The Rand Paul Circus of Idiocy Rolls On...
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Ah Kentucky. Home of Bourbon, basketball and bluegrass. Now ...
RDemocrat 11/14/2010 21 23 - 61
President Obama: Change is Hard?
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. In a videotaped message to the fourth Netroots Nation conference of his administration President Obama had a simple message to Progressive activists that had ...
RDemocrat 06/10/2012 118 23 1 285
John Edwards Supports American Workers
Since our candidates are speaking at the AFSCME forum today, I decided to talk just a little about John Edwards and his support for the American worker. As we know, John Edwards grew up in a working ...
RDemocrat 06/19/2007 17 22 - 14
Building One America: A Preview
In 2004, John Edwards stormed onto the American political scene with his talk that strongly resonated with voters, including myself, about the two Americas that exist today. Now, Edwards is ...
RDemocrat 06/21/2007 22 22 1 -
A Message to Nevada Voters
I would like to use my diary today to make an appeal to the voters on this site who will attend the Nevada Caucus tomorrow. I know this has been a long grueling primary that has brought out hard ...
RDemocrat 01/18/2008 17 22 1 7
Two Great Ladies in Two First Districts
The First districts of Louisiana and Kentucky both have great Democratic women running to win their seats. Heather Ryan in Kentucky's first, and Gilda Reed in Louisiana's first are definately what ...
RDemocrat 02/17/2008 48 22 2 25
KY-01: Heather Ryan Shines in Debate Disgrace
Well, the only thing to be proud of in the KET's "debate" for Kentucky's First Congressional District was the performance of Heather Ryan. Of course, cowardly elitist Exxon Ed Whitfield joined his ...
RDemocrat 10/14/2008 21 22 - 17
Younger Workers Get Even More Bad News
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. We have ...
RDemocrat 10/01/2009 81 22 - 121
Think You Have the Right to Organize? Think Again
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. It is no big secret that the middle-class has become an ...
RDemocrat 04/26/2010 9 22 1 52
Rand Paul Writes Budget, Gets Pounded by Conway
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. The Kentucky Senate race has some new developments today. ...
RDemocrat 06/07/2010 26 22 1 29
Will Hillary Follow the Lead Once Again?
You know, all throughout this primary for the Democratic nomination, Edwards supporters have repeatedly pointed out how John Edwards has taken the lead on most issues. From healthcare to worker's ...
RDemocrat 12/20/2007 28 21 1 -
My New Fight Against Myself, And My Old Fight For One America
Well Fellow Kossacks, its been a long week. I wrote a diary the other morning for my great Congressional candidate Heather Ryan. Soon after writing this I became very dizzy and light-headed. My ...
RDemocrat 02/23/2008 55 21 3 10
Type 1 Diabetes and Some Real Heros Who Provide Hope
Some of you may have caught my diary yesterday in which I told about recieving the news of having Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes. It has opened my eyes to a lot of things in the last several days. One of ...
RDemocrat 02/24/2008 30 21 - 12
Ryan For Kentucky: News and Momentum!!
Here at Ryan for Kentucky, we have had a good couple of weeks. We now have three pages on ActBlue raising money, and thanks to you our campaign is taking hold. My own personal fundraising page, ...
RDemocrat 03/04/2008 10 21 - 156
Heather Ryan Comes Out Swinging
We may be engaged in an uphill fight here in Kentucky's First Congressional District, but hey, we ARE fighting!! It appears that our opponent, Ed Whitfield realizes he has a battle in front of him. ...
RDemocrat 04/25/2008 11 21 - 26
Congressional Elections: Kentucky Republicans in Peril
The crashing of our economy off a cliff is changing the complexion of the Congressional races in Kentucky. You see, one constant in the last decade or more has been the contingent of a strong ...
RDemocrat 09/27/2008 13 21 - 13
Think Progress Fires Back at Rick Scott
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Here at Hillbilly Report we have been following Rick Scott, and his fight to deny millions of Americans the ...
RDemocrat 06/02/2009 6 21 - 22
Did Axelrod Just Axe the Public Option?
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. In the Healthcare debate roller-coaster two things the millions of Americans who voted on this issue in the last ...
RDemocrat 06/29/2009 82 21 1 69
Recession Widens Gap Between Rich and Poor
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. It seems like the one constant that can be depended on in this ...
RDemocrat 09/28/2009 8 21 3 50
Could the Next Decade Possibly be Worse Than the Last??
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. On New Year's Eve we will be ushering in not only ...
RDemocrat 12/27/2009 113 21 - 158
Obama Wants to Take Your Fishing Poles??
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Man for so many years in rural America we have heard that ...
RDemocrat 03/10/2010 39 21 1 97
Sestak is the Democratic Option in Pennsylvania
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Tuesday in Kentucky we will go to the polls and choose ...
RDemocrat 05/14/2010 37 21 - 28
Boehner: Cut Over a Million Jobs
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Yes the Republicans have released their plan to finish destroying ...
RDemocrat 09/26/2010 15 21 1 51
Mitch McConnell: Self Serving Bastard
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. One thing we know around here that other Kentuckians just cannot ...
RDemocrat 12/21/2010 31 21 1 87
Edwards Offers Progressive Vision on Gas Prices and Energy Independence
If you are like me, one of the main things you have struggled with lately is the price of gasoline, which in the last several years has been higher than ever. Many regions in this country have faced ...
RDemocrat 06/29/2007 65 20 1 18
John Edwards in Prestonsburg: The Video Tells the Story
I read a diary last night on another blog in which the author stated he had gone to the Edwards event in Prestonsburg, Ky, my home state, and that the crowd there was not very excited and the ...
RDemocrat 07/19/2007 27 20 - 35
Where Edwards Leads, Hillary Soon Follows
I came across this story today in the news: http://www.comcast.net/news/politics/index.jsp?cat=POLITICS&fn=/2007/08/07/733354....
RDemocrat 08/07/2007 97 20 - 5
John Edwards Common Sense Approach to Immigration
One of my father's neighbors is a lifelong Republican. Like most Republicans right now, he is whipped up into a frenzy over Immigration. Republicans are seeking to make this issue the gay marriage ...
RDemocrat 10/11/2007 50 20 1 4
Edwards Stays Focused on Issues as "Coast to Coast" Tour Begins
The plain and simple truth of the matter is that all throughout this primary John Edwards has been focused on the issues that matter to the American people. All throughout this primary, he has led ...
RDemocrat 01/17/2008 8 20 - 21
Corporate Democrats Stall Healthcare in the House
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Well, just when we thought the House was doing some very good and essential work on Healthcare Reform ...
RDemocrat 07/10/2009 41 20 1 15
The Real Weakness of Democrats
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. You know, living in a red area that has a Democratic tradition I constantly hear one thing when trying ...
RDemocrat 10/28/2009 39 20 - 60
Republican War Against Enlightenment Continues to Rape the Middle-Class
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. It is no secret that Republicans ...
RDemocrat 04/12/2010 19 20 1 206
Union Mines are Safer and Why
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. The Coal Industry seeks to claim that non-union mines are safer than union ...
RDemocrat 05/04/2010 9 20 - 42
Trumka Defends Stimulus as Social Security Comes Under Fire
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Two things that have taken a lot of heat ...
RDemocrat 06/30/2010 58 20 - 22
Fancy Farm Previews Republican Strategy For the Fall
Ah the Fancy Farm Picnic. A hearken back to the old days when politicians had to actually meet the ...
RDemocrat 08/08/2010 26 20 - 44
Despite Failing Infrastructure Bush Calls For More Corporate Welfare
Despite the fact that our infrastructure in America is falling apart. Despite the fact that he inherited a huge surplus and quickly turned it into a deficit. Despite the fact that he has squandered ...
RDemocrat 08/09/2007 29 19 - 12
Conservatives Run Ad on McConnell's Ridiculous "Jesus" Comparison
Conservatives are becoming increasingly ridiculous. We know they have long used religion to divide our country. We know that they are desperate after losing all over the country. However, their ...
RDemocrat 02/19/2009 48 19 - 16
Child Poverty in Rural America is a Sad Fact
Join the discussion for Rural Progressives on our issues, challenges, and candidates for 2010 at Hillbilly Report. City Slickers are more ...
RDemocrat 04/09/2009 12 19 - 23
Christian Hate Groups Signing Their Own Death Certificate
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Jesus is stated to have visited the Temple in Jerusalem, Herod's Temple, at which the ...
RDemocrat 09/08/2009 31 19 - 48
Dodd Fires Back as McConnell Fights for Bankers
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Well we knew the fight over reform for our financial ...
RDemocrat 04/14/2010 9 19 - 197
Romney Rips Populism, Main St. and Defends Bankers
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. We have all seen that Republicans are going to do ...
RDemocrat 04/27/2010 11 19 1 32
New Kentucky Democratic Party Leader Shows Our Party's Weakness
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. For a long time now we have had a problem ...
RDemocrat 06/21/2010 7 19 - 44
The Historic Lesson on the Bush Tax Cuts
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Now that it is coming down to the wire on the argument of ...
RDemocrat 11/15/2010 22 19 1 206
Congressional Elections: Lets Make 2008 The Year of the Woman!!
I am proud to be supporting a woman for my Congressional seat. She is Heather Ryan, in Kentucky's First District. However, just clicking on the sig lines of fellow Kossacks I see that all over our ...
RDemocrat 02/19/2008 48 18 - 14
Heather Ryan Blasts Exxon Ed Whitfield in Letters to KY Papers
Here in the blogosphere we are constantly bemoaning the fact that we don't have enough "Fighting Democrats" who fight the Republicans by standing up for us. Well, here in Kentucky we have a chance ...
RDemocrat 03/28/2008 11 18 - 4
KY Election News: Editorials Rip McConnell, Whitfield Cowers on Rove
Boy, here in Kentucky we sure are straddled with two of the worst the national Republican Party has to offer. First we have Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, then we have Exxon Ed Whitfield, ...
RDemocrat 07/22/2008 25 18 - 101
Kentucky Democrats Get Serious About Gas Price Gouging
A funny thing happened last night in Paducah. Although Hurricane Ike had not even touched ground in the United States yet, prices at the pump started rising and hitting as high as $4.59 a gallon. ...
RDemocrat 09/12/2008 50 18 - 17
Fresh Off Victory McConnell Renews Idiotic Failure
Boy, you would think that there would at least be a short grace period after McConnell's narrow victory before he renewed his partisan idiocy. However, this is Mitch McConnell and the failed ...
RDemocrat 12/09/2008 24 18 2 23
Will Karl Rove Still be Above the Law?
I know I am a little late to this story, but I was really busy yesterday. We all remember the U.S. Attorney firings, and the firestorm it justifyably created. Of course, nobody ever had to answer ...
RDemocrat 02/24/2009 39 18 - 18
Healthcare Fight Should Elevate to Single-Payer
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. After supposedly taking single-payer off the table activists and the fifty million Americans with no health ...
RDemocrat 06/01/2009 24 18 - 131
Health Costs for American Families Skyrocket
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report . In a report that underscores the need for real healthcare reform and a public option it has been found ...
RDemocrat 09/15/2009 19 18 - 35
New Stories Highlight Disturbing Turn in Healthcare Debate
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. In the wake of ...
RDemocrat 11/03/2009 49 18 2 127
Congressman Awesome Gets an Opponent
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. One thing the healthcare debate has shown us is that here in Kentucky we have exactly one member of ...
RDemocrat 11/22/2009 6 18 - 118
Corporate Democrats: Here We Go Again
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Remember last year when the stripping down of regulations on the ...
RDemocrat 12/10/2009 13 18 - 86
Bunning's Idiocy Heats Up Kentucky Senate Race
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. The Kentucky Senate race was getting quite boring. Leave ...
RDemocrat 03/05/2010 20 18 - 105
Limbaugh Keeps Up "War of Words"
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. I ...
RDemocrat 04/04/2010 22 18 - 68
Republican Resigns in Disgust: Why Now??
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Amid the fallout of several scandals at the Michael Steele led RNC a ...
RDemocrat 04/06/2010 19 18 - 37
Rand Paul: Dangerous
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. As many know I stayed neutral in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Basically I ...
RDemocrat 05/18/2010 42 18 - 46
Jack Conway Offers a Sane Alternative on the Deficit
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. You know with all the bluster coming from the Mad ...
RDemocrat 06/02/2010 10 18 - 64
Tea Party Movement: Same Old Crap in a Shiny New Bag
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. We keep hearing how this tea-bag movement is some new ...
RDemocrat 07/02/2010 24 18 - 61
Republicans Turn Their Backs on Small Businesses
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. We all hear the bluster from the modern Republican Party ...
RDemocrat 07/22/2010 47 18 2 38
Hillbilly Report Calls on Rand Paul to Resign
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. ...
RDemocrat 08/30/2011 10 18 1 228
The Reality Behind Rand Paul's "Halt"
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. The Mad Doctor and Senator from Kentucky Rand Paul is proving that ...
RDemocrat 10/19/2011 8 18 1 144
John Edwards Work for Foundation was no Myth
You know, since the piece by the NY Times, many people have tried to make it look like John Edwards was running a non-profit for his own benefit, and acting unethical because he knew he was running ...
RDemocrat 06/25/2007 33 17 - 11
John Edwards Would Expand the Middle-Class
One of the main reasons I have been supporting John Edwards so ardently is that I believe he is the only candidate who can be trusted to fight for middle-class jobs, and raising the wages of low and ...
RDemocrat 07/02/2007 16 17 - 18
Mitch McConnell: Shows Scorn for the American Worker, Again
As many of us are aware, Mitch McConnell led the charge in the Senate to kill Card Check Neutraility. He and his Republican colleagues in the Senate did so under the guise of "protecting the secret ...
RDemocrat 07/03/2007 6 17 1 36
On Day Four of Tour Edwards Fights for our Children, Calls for Action
On day four of his current "Fighting for One America" tour, John Edwards is fighting for our children. First, he is imploring President Bush and the leaders of our thusfar disappointing Congress to ...
RDemocrat 08/16/2007 19 17 - 6
John Edwards Offers Bold New Direction for Education in America
Today John Edwards gave a major policy speech in Des Moines, IA, where he laid out his vision for the Educational system in One America. Of course, John Edwards was educated in public schools like ...
RDemocrat 09/21/2007 40 17 - 16