Now, I want to talk some about the distinguished career of our current Attorney General of Kentucky Greg Stumbo, to hopefully let you know why I am supporting him, and hopefully to get national Democrats to help us here in Kentucky. We will need a monumental effort like that launched against Joe Lieberman if we will realistically have any chance of defeating McConnell.
First, lets look at Stumbo's early career, before winning the office of Attorney General of Kentucky:
Prior to being elected Attorney General, Stumbo was elected to 12 terms as a State Representative and was Kentucky's longest-serving House Majority Floor Leader and the only Kentucky legislator in state history with 19 years experience in legislative leadership. When first elected House Majority Floor Leader in 1985, Stumbo was the youngest Majority Floor Leader elected in the nation. In January 2003, he was elected to an unprecedented 10th term in that post.
Serving as a Representative from Prestonsburg in Floyd County – a vibrant community in the heart of Kentucky's Appalachian coalfields – Stumbo was known as a tireless fighter to protect Kentucky's environment and natural resources and was hailed as "the chief defender" of Kentucky's environment by the Lexington Herald-Leader.
http://ag.ky.gov/...
Some of my fellow Edwards supporters will recognize Prestonsburg as the town in Eastern Kentucky town where the former Senator wrapped up his poverty tour. As you can see, Stumbo led the fight in Kentucky for protecting our environment enough so that the Lexington Herald-Leader felt he deserved praise for his efforts.
During the unprecedented ten terms that Greg Stumbo served as the Majority Leader in the state House, there was no shortage of Progressive legislation passed, led by then Rep. Stumbo. Some of this included:
Education Reform – a complete restructuring of Kentucky's public education system called "a national model" by the Los Angeles Times.
Campaign-finance reform
Executive Branch and Legislative Branch ethics reform
Upgrading KASPER – the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system (Stumbo co-chaired the Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force responsible for the legislation)
Increased penalties for habitual domestic violence offenders
Passage of state lottery legislation (with Stumbo as prime sponsor)
Legislation to promote tourism throughout Kentucky
Modernized mining policies between mineral owners and landowners
Workers' compensation reform
Instrumental in community college reform compromise (a key provision of the Postsecondary Education Reform Act of 1997)
Increased severance tax dollars to coal producing and coal impact counties
Stricter penalties for violent offenders (with Stumbo as prime sponsor)
Stumbo has also led the fight for two of the more precious resources we have, our environment and most importantly our children:
Attorney General Stumbo is a member of the Environmental Crimes Work Group and is Chair of the Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Prevention Board, which oversees the Child Victims Trust Fund. In addition, Stumbo represents Kentucky as Vice Chair of the Environmental Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG).
In fact, Greg Stumbo has been a tireless advocate for ending the exploitation of children, and a bitter foe to those who would prey upon them. This is the work he is most proud of. Look at this story in which he worked with Perverted Justice, famous from the "To Catch a Predator" shows from Dateline NBC and MySpace to identify criminals who would prey on our children online:
http://ag.ky.gov/...
This is just one of many instances that Attorney General Stumbo has fought against Predators. Greg Stumbo doesn't just talk about fighting for justice, he does it every day.
I don't believe that Kentucky has a better candidate to run against Mitch McConnell in 2008. This is a man who fought against Republican corruption and the governor Mitch McConnell recruited at the state level while we had a Republican Congress that was letting the Bush Administration get away with offense after offense on the national level. Greg Stumbo has a proven history of fighting against Mitch McConnell and his golden multi-million dollar machine, and his cronies in Kentucky. It is time he took the fight to McConnell himself!!
Please go to the Exploratory site of Greg Stumbo and encourage him to run against Mitch McConnell. Here is the link:
http://www.stumbo2008.com/
Better yet, make an investment in the defeat of Mitch McConnell, and help out an awesome organization, ActBlue all at the same time here:
http://www.actblue.com/...
National Democrats, you can't stand Mitch McConnell as much as we are tired of him in Kentucky, so please help!!! Stumbo is a fighter, and just what we need to run against McConnell!!!
Best wishes fellow Democrats!!!!
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