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Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell has erased all doubt that he places party over country — in his own words

April 15, 2022April 21, 20220

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell places party over country. That’s not me saying it, although I’ve made the observation in…

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Bill Straub: Human atrocities in Ukraine don’t pursuade Massie to vote against Russia

April 8, 2022April 7, 20221

A physician with a particularly strong stomach needs to be called in to evaluate the mental health of our boy,…

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Bill Straub: It’s Mitch again. He rejects Kentanji Brown Jackson but defends Judge Clarence Thomas

April 1, 2022April 1, 20221

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell grabbed headlines last week in his usual attention-getting manner – by being against something. In…

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Bill Straub: McConnell can site reasons to oppose Supreme Court nominee and can make up others

March 25, 2022March 24, 20223

The odds of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell voting for any U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee offered by President Biden…

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Bill Straub: For Thomas Massie here’s a ‘no’ vote, there’s a ‘no’ vote, everywhere there’s a ‘no’ vote

March 18, 2022March 17, 20226

Early Wednesday evening, in a 406-16 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Japanese-American World War II History Network…

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Bill Straub: Railing and blaming, playing bait-and-switch, Republican game puts foot on the gas

March 11, 2022March 10, 20226

By now it should be obvious that DC Republicans have mastered the craft of political bait-and-switch – like when they…

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Bill Straub: Barr shows true partisan colors with criticism of Biden’s response to Russia invasion

March 4, 2022March 3, 20226

An all-but-forgotten author from New Orleans named Maurice Switzer is generally credited with coining the adage, “It is better to…

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Bill Straub: Wonder of wonders, but Mitch McConnell has taken a somewhat bipartisan bent lately

February 25, 2022February 24, 20227

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell did something so unusual, so out of character, this week that you should excuse Kentucky…

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Bill Straub: Thank goodness Rand wasn’t in charge: doesn’t like masks or wearing one, wants Fauci in jail

February 18, 2022February 17, 20222

Sen. Rand Paul has been fortunate enough over the past 12 years to serve with comrades like Sen. Ted Cruz,…

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Bill Straub: Kentucky congressional delegation not the dumbest or most repulsive, but still. . .

February 11, 2022February 10, 20222

It’s fair to say the stupidest member of the 117th Congress doesn’t hail from the eight-member Kentucky delegation, nor will…

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Bill Straub: Congratulations, Northern Kentucky, here are your choices for U.S. House of Representatives

February 4, 2022February 3, 20223

Happy Happy Joy Joy, to quote Ren or Stimpy or whoever originally voiced this ecstatic cry, that national embarrassment wrapped…

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Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell seems a little confused about his civil rights record; one way to correct it

January 28, 2022January 27, 20222

I honestly believe that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell fully realizes that African-American voters are as American as the 4th…

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Bill Straub: And they’re off to the races for the dimmest bulb in protecting children from that CRT

January 21, 2022January 20, 20220

An exciting new contest is quickly sweeping across the land as legislatures and governors compete for the honor of becoming…

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Bill Straub: McConnell’s meandering principles reveal his game-playing; Larry Forgy will be missed

January 14, 2022January 20, 20220

In his self-congratulatory treatise, The Long Game, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, of Louisville, goes on at some length explaining…

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Bill Straub: Let us count the ways; just a question of where to start to name ways people don’t like Mitch

January 7, 2022January 7, 20222

Chris Cillizza, an editor-at-large at CNN, penned a column recently in which he posed the question, “Why do so many…

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Bill Straub: Let’s try to put our understanding around this — ‘legal’ voting is somehow a problem

December 31, 2021December 31, 20212

Sen. Rand Paul is renowned for expressing some, well, shall we politely say, unorthodox views during his time on the…

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Bill Straub: McConnell is joyful this holiday season, as he has Manchin to do all the work for him

December 24, 2021December 23, 20211

‘Tis, indeed, the season of comfort and joy, but the approaching holiday isn’t the reason a smile has erupted on…

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Bill Straub: As WKY suffers terrible tragedy, we’re reminded that we’re best when we come together

December 17, 2021December 16, 20210

The challenge here is to appropriately praise the efforts of everyone involved in the revival of large fractions of God’s…

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Bill Straub: Flip-flopper that Mitch McConnell is, he is not stupid; there is a long-term strategy at work

December 10, 2021December 9, 20210

It isn’t news that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is changing horses in midstream – he historically flip-flops whenever he…

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Bill Straub: Fair play isn’t James Comer’s idea of a good idea; shouldn’t we hold everyone accountable?

December 3, 2021December 2, 20210

Congressional Republicans, disregarding the advice of the late Kenny Rogers, are counting their money at the table, smug and confident…

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Bill Straub: Roads, bridges are socialism? Only one House member from KY votes for infrastructure bill

November 12, 2021November 18, 20212

So, old Tom Jefferson was as red as Trotsky. Who’da thunk it? That, at least, is the only reasonable conclusion…

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Bill Straub: Playing the cultural wedge to advantage, Republican Party has become White people’s party

November 5, 2021November 4, 20210

It’s difficult, no, impossible, to extrapolate the results from this week’s elections in Virginia and New Jersey and determine how…

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