Gov. Pants Shitter Sobs "Please Don't Be Mean to Me"

If you can't take the Fancy Farm heat - atmospheric and rhetorical - you don't belong in Kentucky politics.

Get the fuck out of here, you carpetbagging yankee motherfucker.


Tom Loftus at the Courier:

Gov. Matt Bevin said he plans a variation of his familiar "United We Stand" speech at the Fancy Farm Picnic on Saturday and "in large measure" will conform with his message last year when he said that speeches at the event had become far too nasty.

"It has always been, and there's no reason for it not to be, enjoyable for people," Bevin said of the raucous annual political speaking at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Graves County. "It can be fun, but it doesn't have to personal. It doesn't have to be nasty. It doesn't have to be vindictive. Last year it really was."

Following a ceremonial bill-signing in the Capitol Rotunda on Friday, Bevin said, "Last year took it to a degree that frankly was very counterproductive. ... It was counterproductive to a point where it left a bad taste in many people's mouths."

You preening moron.  It's only fun when it's personal, nasty and vindictive. If it were polite, nobody would drive six hours to the middle of fucking nowhere to sit in an outdoor sauna and eat bad barbecue.

Fancy Farm is where politicians reveal whether they've got the guts to work and fight for Kentuckians.

Little whiny-ass titty baby billionaire wants to ruin Fancy Farm on top of everything else he's shit on in the Commonwealth.

Thanks for once again showing us the disgusting real you, guv.

Always Google Your Invitees. ALWAYS.

Ahiza Garcia at TPM:

A group of high school students in Kentucky was in for a shock this week when a political candidate with a history in the white supremacist movement took the stage as part of the University of Kentucky's "Constitution Day" celebration, radio station WUKY reported.

The celebration took place on Wednesday and was intended to "recognize and celebrate the U.S. Constitution." Local high school students were there along with students of the university, the radio station reported.

But it appears that many in the group didn't know what they were in for when Robert Ransdell, the write-in candidate for U.S. Senate from Kentucky who recently made news for his campaign signs that read "With Jews We Lose," took to the microphone as an invited speaker.

The radio station reported he ranted about the "Jewish-owned and controlled media" and emphasized "the need for this nation's white majority to recognize that they have ethnic interests" before he eventually had his mic cut.

The high school students in attendance were ushered out of the event and onto buses by their shocked high school teachers, according to WUKY.

University professor Buck Ryan of the Citizen Kentucky Project, the group that organized the event, told WUKY that a student of his invited Ransdell and that the write-in candidate called Ryan to apologize after the event.

As the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, has noted, Ransdell has a long history in the white supremacist movement and used to be an organizer for a once-prominent neo-Nazi group called the National Alliance.

WUKY reported that the university released this statement following the event:

The University Of Kentucky hosted it’s 11th Constitution Day, a federally mandated program for all higher education institutions to recognize and celebrate the U.S. Constitution. Elected officials and candidates in this November’s elections were invited. One of the candidates for the U.S. Senate is Robert Ransdell. Mr. Ransdell was invited because he has registered and has been qualified as a write-in candidate for the U.S. Senate with the Kentucky Secretary of State Office. 

Constitution Day is not about politics, it is a celebration of the principles of the Constitution. All speakers are asked to focus on those principles. Unfortunately, Mr. Ransdell included his political beliefs and platform in his comments. Many of those in attendance felt his comments were inappropriate, especially for an audience that included high school students. The University Of Kentucky was not aware of the content of his remarks prior to him speaking and does not condone or endorse any political platform or agenda.

Wonkette caught this critical action:

Two high school journalism teachers attending the event with their students were outraged, particularly because there was no notice that the speaker was a genuine First Amendment Outlier. One of the teachers, James Miller, went onstage during Ransdell’s talk, took his mic away, gave an impromptu talk about the phenomenon of false balance in media, and apologized to his students for having brought them to the event. Let’s see if we can’t get Mr. Miller nominated for some kind of teaching award, can we?

 Kentucky students interested in journalism: get yourself into James Miller's class immediately.

2007 Rooties: Best and Worst of the Year in Kentucky Politics

Kentucky's original political blog, BluegrassRoots, announces the winners of the 2007 Rooties!

It's got more than just the usual Best and Worst Campaigns; here are the Most Unintentionally Funny Moment, Best Drunken Interview, Most Blatant Lie, Biggest Waste of Ink, Phoniest Exploiter of Religion and Most Disturbing Image.

Media Czech's commentary on winners and runners-up is hilarious and dead-on.

Plenty 'O Links - including video! - for non-Kentuckians.