Op-Ed – Bill Straub: Here we are again, after thinking it couldn’t get worse; Comer going for Dweeb of Year
I swear, by all that’s holy, I’m so sick of writing about the Tompkinsville Twit that I could just spit….
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Op-Ed – Bill Straub: McConnell will celebrate 39th anniversary in Senate and should consider his legacy
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, at 81, will celebrate his 39th anniversary as a member of the Senate come January….
Op-Ed – Bill Straub: Comer’s unrelenting quest to undo Biden curtailed by one pesky detail — the facts
It’s quite simple, really. Given his ongoing craven attempt to impeach President Biden with nothing to back him up, any…
Op-Ed – Bill Straub: Now starts the speculation about what Andy Beshear might do in the future
Now that Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vanquished Republican Daniel Cameron in his bid for re-election in the fire engine…
Op-Ed – Bill Straub: McConnell’s ‘maleable political values’ serve to deliver the power he so desires
The Rosetta Stone required to determine just what it is that makes Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell tick can only…
Bill Straub: Jamie Comer keeps making promises about ‘evidence’ — and keeps failing to provide it
More and more it seems our boy, Tail-Gunner Jamie Comer, is morphing from the congressman most likely to be mistaken…
Bill Straub: A story of different kind of clash between two state titans, Sen. McConnell and Sen. Paul
While wars rage in Ukraine, Gaza and other hot spots around this weary globe, a clash of a different, lower…
Bill Straub: Whiz kid Massie up to his old tricks as Republicans muddle toward leadership disaster
Wonder Boy Thomas Massie is at it again. Massie, the Republican congressman from SomewhereorotherLewisCounty with a fancy degree from MIT…
Bill Straub: Here’s a Plato(un)like idea — James Comer, U.S. Speaker of House; makes crazy sense
In Animal House — a classic film about an anarchic and rebellious college fraternity that closely tracks the current-day House…
Bill Straub: What’s going on? Too much nonsense, hot air, phony-baloney games, but no democracy
This from a Mr. M. Gaye, formerly of Washington DC with paternal roots in Lexington, who asks the eternal question,…
Bill Straub: Ukraine aid is on the line — and Sen. Paul is on the side with Russia’s Vladimir Putin
Well, whadayaknow, John McCain was right all along. McCain, the Arizona Republican with a curriculum vitae that notably includes his…
Bill Straub: Maybe Daniel Cameron was premature in taking on popular incumbent Andy Beshear
Word is that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was hoping his protégé, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, would skip this…
Bill Straub: House Republicans are moving along, without sufficient evidence, on Biden impeachment
House Republicans, unrenowned for their lucidity these days, are hell-bent to impeach President Biden, perhaps before the year is out,…
Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell, 81, has served long and truly, but shouldn’t he come clean about his health?
It’s time for Mitch McConnell to come clean. At 81, the Senate Republican leader is obviously slowing down and is,…
Bill Straub: Sure, KY Congressional delegation, just let future generations deal with pesky climate issues
Believe it or don’t, Mitch McConnell that longtime champion of the coal industry, has emerged as the John Muir of…
Bill Straub: Even though he has nothing, Comer keeps on keeping on about Hunter Biden and father
For reasons we needn’t dwell on here, it’s obvious that Tail-Gunner Jamie Comer isn’t naturally suited to fill the role…
Bill Straub: Time marches on for everyone; has it finally passed Mitch McConnell by — after 38 years?
Could it be that after 16 years as the Senate Republican boss man Mitch McConnell is losing his fastball? Time…
Bill Straub: Rep. Andy Barr is just looking for the right ‘threats’ to give himself looney creds
Like Chicken Little, Rep. Andy Barr thinks the sky is falling and he knows exactly who to blame for the…
Bill Straub: McConnell defends ethics-challenged Supreme Court as it denies time-honored precedent
Sen. Mitch McConnell has fathered an ugly baby. Now he’s trying to convince everyone that his homely little bundle of…
Bill Straub: Another thrilling episode of the Adventures of Tail-Gunner Jamie; it’s a Hee-Haw
It’s that time again, ladies and gentlemen. Join us now for another thrilling episode of The Adventures of Tail-Gunner Jamie,…
Bill Straub: Today’s Joe McCarthy is Rep. Jamie Comer — but just call him ‘Tail-Gunner Jamie’
For those of you who thought Joe McCarthy is dead, it’s time for you to meet Rep. Jamie Comer, a…
Bill Straub: Like Old Man River, Mitch McConnell just keeps rolling along while building a big war chest
That perpetual fundraising machine better known as Addison Mitchell McConnell, like Old Man River, just keeps rolling along, probably dashing…