Bill Straub: Unavoidable to broach this subject again, but to clarify — it isn’t voter fraud, it’s election fraud
In a week where President Trump (Egads!) traveled to Vietnam — a country he assiduously sought to avoid some 50…
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Bill Straub: McConnell has abdicated his leadership of the U.S. Senate to President Donald Trump
Well, the good news is Addison Mitchell McConnell has at long last abdicated his position as Republican leader of the…
Bill Straub: McConnell will pass on serious climate change discussion, go right to Green New Deal vote
WASHINGTON – Oh, that Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell, such a clever boy. Progressive lawmakers, growing increasingly concerned over the impact of…
Bill Straub: Comity, progress gone, we must protect voting rights to hold on to democratic process
If you’re black or brown or poor, it’s obvious now that Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell couldn’t care less…
Bill Straub: Thomas ‘Wonderboy’ Massie, darling of far-right fringe, wants to undermine the government
By Bill Straub WASHINGTON – It’s fair to say that Rep. Thomas “Wonder Boy’’ Massie has one of the, well,…
Bill Straub: Character is indispensable, character matters, character first; did someone say ‘character’?
Apparently a person’s character doesn’t amount to a hill of beans in Sen. Rand Paul’s world. The Bowling Green Republican,…
Bill Straub: Even the ‘best bad idea’ won’t get the Republicans out the hole Trump has dug for them
Some years ago, Steve Martin (yeah, the guy with the banjo), then an up-and-coming standup comic, introduced a routine and…
Bill Straub: Think of all the great acts. Give big round of applause for McConnell, Paul and Trump?
In the past, we’ve had Laurel and Hardy, Burns and Allen, Abbott and Costello. Now we have McConnell and Trump….
Bill Straub: For want of a wall, for a temper tantrum, for dodging responsibility — is government lost?
For want of a wall, the government was lost, at least partially, and it doesn’t look like the darn thing…
Bill Straub: Gov. Matt Bevin is playing Yosemite Sam, a ridiculous Looney Tunes cartoon character
In contemplating Kentucky Gov. Matthew Griswold Bevin, aka Mad Matt, aka St. Matt the Divine, one can’t escape the assessment…
Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell is in an uncomfortable spot (and he did vote to impeach Clinton)
Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell said a lot the other day by saying nothing. Asked by a reporter at…
Bill Straub: ‘Tis the season; since lots of kids are hungry, can we figure out a way to feed them?
‘Tis the season, as they say, and Kentuckians caught up in the spirit are ready to spread the sort of…
Bill Straub: When you don’t know anything, it is probably best to shut up and listen to those who do
Permit me to borrow a phrase that has been used consistently by Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell and any…
Bill Straub: A man and his guns (enough ‘to get job done’) is example of how we aren’t getting it done
Over in the lovely old town of Springfield, located smack-dab in the middle of the commonwealth, police this week came…
Bill Straub: A new word to enhance your vocabulary; to describe ‘beyond shameless,’ try ‘mitchful’
Occasionally when following American politics you come upon a statement or claim that is so outrageous, so mind-boggling that characterizing…
Bill Straub: Real winner of Tuesday’s election in Kentucky was Gov. Matt Bevin who wasn’t on ballot
The real winner emerging from Tuesday’s election in Kentucky wasn’t Rep. Andy Barr, who staged a come-from-behind victory in the…
Bill Straub: Reagan once said ‘there is no room for intolerance,’ but Trump didn’t get the message
WASHINGTON – I can’t say with absolute certainty that the filth that gushes from the mouth of President “Tiny’’ Trump-like…
Bill Straub: Kentucky commands nation’s attention as Andy Barr-Amy McGrath race goes down to the wire
WASHINGTON – Kentucky doesn’t often command the nation’s attention unless it happens to be the first Saturday in May or…
Bill Butler: Mitch McConnell is accomplished public servant who deserves applause from Kentuckians
Bill Straub, a Washingtonian and former Kentuckian, offered a commentator’s scathing column about Senator McConnell that is embarrassing for Kentuckians,…
Bill Straub: Trying to figure out Mitch McConnell and an apology for being too soft on him over the years
What happened to Mitch McConnell? It’s a question that has been bugging me and many others for years now. What…
Bill Straub: Through the Valley of Death, Republicans (and McConnell) ‘plowing (Kavanaugh) right through
WASHINGTON – I experienced an epiphany over the past few weeks that may seem counter-intuitive but nonetheless is the only…
Bill Straub: Taking bets on McConnell’s choice of doing what’s best for (1) the nation or (2) his party?
WASHINGTON – Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell is facing a dilemma. McConnell, of Louisville, has, on numerous occasions, been…