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Bad news for Mitch McConnell! 74 percent of Kentucky voters disapprove of his job new poll (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2019 OP
Well, how is the Turtle helping them? thegoose Oct 2019 #1
IIRC, Mitch has always steered money to Kentucky, the latest being an aluminum plant tied to... Hekate Oct 2019 #5
This seems to be based on 2017 polling ramblin_dave Oct 2019 #2
Does he have a decent opponent ? California_Republic Oct 2019 #3
Yes!!!! Amy McGrath -a retired US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel raised in Kentucky diva77 Oct 2019 #4
Yes yes. I saw her first ad. Oooh that would be sweet! California_Republic Oct 2019 #6
 

thegoose

(3,115 posts)
1. Well, how is the Turtle helping them?
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 02:43 PM
Oct 2019

All the ancient asshole's been doing for the last two years is providing cover for the bloated Orange Julius Caesar.

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
5. IIRC, Mitch has always steered money to Kentucky, the latest being an aluminum plant tied to...
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 05:51 PM
Oct 2019

...some damn Russian oligarch (Oleg Derepaska I think). His wife, the equally corrupt Elain Chao, has a special Mitch McConnell/Kentucky division in her official capacity as Cabinet Member, and makes sure he gets taken care of, too.

This accounts for his longevity in office. By all accounts he is very intelligent, knows where all the bodies are buried in the Senate, and is an amazingly powerful (if also amazingly corrupt) leader.

It will take a lot to get rid of him. Which is why reported news that his polls are cratering back home is so intriguing. Fingers crossed.

diva77

(7,643 posts)
4. Yes!!!! Amy McGrath -a retired US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel raised in Kentucky
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 05:47 PM
Oct 2019

From her website https://amymcgrath.com/ where you can donate:

Amy McGrath for Senate

Amy McGrath, a retired US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel raised in Kentucky, is running for the US Senate to fix Washington and give Kentuckians back their voice.

Amy was born the youngest of three children to Donald and Marianne McGrath. Her father was a high school English teacher and her mother was one of the first women to graduate from the University of Kentucky medical school.

When Amy was 13 years old, she dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot, but women were not yet allowed to serve in combat roles in our military. So she wrote to her elected officials to ask them to change the law. She never heard back from her senator, Mitch McConnell.

Amy graduated from the US Naval Academy and overcame the odds to become the first woman in the Marine Corps to fly a combat mission in an F/A-18 fighter jet. She served 20 years in the Marines where she flew 89 combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, targeting al-Qaida and the Taliban, before retiring and moving back home to Kentucky to raise her family.

Amy lives in Georgetown, Kentucky, with her husband Erik, a retired Navy pilot and registered Republican, and her three children, Teddy (7), George (5), and Eleanor (3).

Amy became a Marine combat pilot to fight and defend her country and now she is taking the fight to Washington to solve the problems Kentuckians face in their every-day lives. Amy was a registered independent for 12 years, so she always prioritizes practical solutions over partisan interests. She’s not running for Senate to get rich and join the Washington swamp. Amy is ready to take on career politicians like Mitch McConnell and bring accountability and leadership back

Anti-corruption.
Anti-obstruction.
Anti-B.S.
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