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Bill Straub: Stewing in their own juices, Jethro turns up heat on abortion, while women are pushing back

September 16, 2022September 15, 20220

In The Beverly Hillbillies, patriarch Jed Clampett was frequently called upon to clean up some bit of nonsense wrought by…

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Bill Straub: Is McConnell losing his mojo? He’s on wrong side of Trump, may be running out of gas

September 2, 2022September 1, 20220

“Got my mojo working, but it – uh uh – just won’t work on you.’’ – Muddy Waters It’s time…

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Bill Straub: When it comes to McConnell these days, who knows — maybe the craziness will work

August 26, 2022August 25, 20220

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, in an unprecedented moment of candor, has acknowledged that at least some of his party’s…

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Al Cross: Why is Coach McConnell downplaying his team’s chances? Follow the money.

August 25, 2022August 24, 20222

A reporter for a right-wing publication emailed me the other day, seeking my “thoughts on the public feuding between Donald…

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Bill Straub: Poor Mitch McConnell’s horrible, awful, horrendous, very bad month; looking for a way out

August 5, 2022August 4, 20221

August has arrived and no one should be happier about the march of time than Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell,…

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Al Cross: Mitch McConnell and abortion — a classic irony

June 30, 2022June 29, 20220

Mitch McConnell has been known more for using his power as Senate Republican leader than for the advancement of any…

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Bill Straub: If battle is between two monsters, King Kong and Godzilla, are you for McConnell or Paul?

June 3, 2022June 2, 20220

It’s the eternal question: Who do you cheer for when King Kong battles Godzilla? They’re both monsters, after all, leaving…

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Al Cross: On guns, McConnell is rational, but his operative word is risk

June 2, 2022June 1, 20220

When President Biden said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was one of the “rational Republicans” who recognize “they can’t continue…

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Bill Straub: More ‘thoughts, prayers’ from ‘leaders’ who get NRA money, reiterating the value of children

May 27, 2022May 26, 20222

It was the greatest of all Kentuckians, Lincoln, who is credited with saying, “Better to remain silent and be thought…

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Bill Straub: Poor grifter McConnell, what will he do when the heat gets hot on the filibuster? Your guess

May 13, 2022May 12, 20220

It’s no secret that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell would joyfully strike a Faustian bargain to regain his position as…

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Al Cross: Book shows Mitch McConnell in the Trump crucible

May 12, 2022May 11, 20220

As Congress was concluding the business of certifying a new president, a task violently interrupted by a mob provoked by…

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Bill Straub: Dodging the crux — again — McConnell’s anger regarding leaked SCOTUS opinion misplaced

May 6, 2022May 5, 20220

The United States Supreme Court, in its infinite wisdom, appears poised to move the nation backward by revoking a well-established…

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Constance Alexander: Those ‘old enough to know better’ should have grace to know enough is enough

May 3, 2022May 2, 20220

For most of us, aging with grace is a goal. Reaping the benefits of life experience, we aspire to be…

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Mitch McConnell: Kentucky’s communities will bounce back from last year’s natural disasters

April 30, 2022April 29, 20220

When I visited Mayfield in mid-December last year, the town was a scene of total devastation. The tornado that ripped…

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Kentucky Today: McConnell talks inflation, Ukraine, abortion, free speech, religions freedoms, midterms

April 15, 2022April 14, 20221

By Lawrence Smith Kentucky Today Inflation, Ukraine, Roe v. Wade, and religious freedom were all topics addressed by Senate Minority…

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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: 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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Mitch McConnell: As instances of violent crime to skyrocket, it’s time for our leaders to get serious

March 12, 2022March 9, 20223

Any Kentuckian who reads the local paper or watches the local news knows violent crime is skyrocketing. The crisis is…

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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: 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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Al Cross: What will be final line in Mitch McConnell’s legacy? He celebrates 80th birthday on Sunday

February 17, 2022March 9, 20220

Sunday is the 80th birthday of Mitch McConnell, Kentucky’s most accomplished politician save Henry Clay. McConnell has often cited Clay…

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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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