http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/kentucky 2008-08-14T00:45:28Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47954-cops-tase-kid-with-broken-back-fun-times 2008-08-14T00:45:28Z youngturks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BWzhy8jRCmw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BWzhy8jRCmw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47954-cops-tase-kid-with-broken-back-fun-times"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57698" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Watch more at <a href="http://www.theyoungturks.com">www.theyoungturks.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/47954-cops-tase-kid-with-broken-back-fun-times">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43797-john-mccain-town-hall-04-23-08 2008-06-30T23:48:16Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8n2f-nNArxE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8n2f-nNArxE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43797-john-mccain-town-hall-04-23-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50136" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall and Press Avail <br />Inez, KY 04/23/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />QUESTIONER: "Senator, here in Kentucky, in the last election the Republican governor was soundly defeated and there was a scandal . . . a lot of anti-Republican sentiment. How will that play out in your campaign for the Bluegrass state?"</p> <p>JOHN MCCAIN: "I think I have to campaign hard here. I think in some ways you could view it as a swing state. I have to come back here to this state, as we all know, Kentucky plays a very big roll in the overall scheme of things. So I do not take anything in the state of Kentucky for granted . . ."</p> <p>LABEL: JM KY 4-23 (JC#125) GIEZZ - ClipH</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: <br />https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/static/ohwvr4s84o.mov <br />To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/8zs9ljfkkg</p> </div> <a href="/blog/43797-john-mccain-town-hall-04-23-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39746-fear-of-islam-hurts-obama-in-kentucky 2008-06-13T06:40:13Z mpal <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0CnJ6UuIJb4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0CnJ6UuIJb4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39746-fear-of-islam-hurts-obama-in-kentucky"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44863" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080501YT">therealnews.com</a> <br />Rural voters say they do not trust that Obama has been honest about his religious beliefs</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39746-fear-of-islam-hurts-obama-in-kentucky">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39594-forging-a-new-future-for-america 2008-06-16T15:21:43Z barackobama <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/f0PJYue72Gg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f0PJYue72Gg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39594-forging-a-new-future-for-america"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44688" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Barack Obama spoke in Des Moines, IA on the night of the Oregon and Kentucky primaries.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39594-forging-a-new-future-for-america">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39499-barack-obama-iowa-speech 2008-06-12T06:40:50Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BcIRsLRBdgU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BcIRsLRBdgU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39499-barack-obama-iowa-speech"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44586" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Barack Obama, May 20, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39499-barack-obama-iowa-speech">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39497-hillary-clinton-kentucky-primary-victory-speech 2008-06-12T06:40:50Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fJZvzDViK28&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fJZvzDViK28&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39497-hillary-clinton-kentucky-primary-victory-speech"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44583" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Hillary Clinton Kentuck primary victory speech, May 20, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39497-hillary-clinton-kentucky-primary-victory-speech">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39491-mcauliffe-refuses-to-let-the-dream-die 2008-06-11T14:48:11Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2pETHJUCig4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2pETHJUCig4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39491-mcauliffe-refuses-to-let-the-dream-die"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44577" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Terry McAuliffe, FOX News, May 20, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39491-mcauliffe-refuses-to-let-the-dream-die">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39454-michelle-obama-phone-banks-in-kentucky 2008-06-11T10:44:01Z barackobama <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LRRVMWn_Myw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LRRVMWn_Myw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39454-michelle-obama-phone-banks-in-kentucky"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44536" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Michelle Obama phone banks with volunteers in Louisville, KY on 5/19/08.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39454-michelle-obama-phone-banks-in-kentucky">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39422-tpmtv-ky-or-primary-preview 2008-06-07T14:40:20Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J0TGYD8g6mA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J0TGYD8g6mA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39422-tpmtv-ky-or-primary-preview"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44500" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Join us tonight starting at 6 PM for results from Kentucky and later the Oregon primaries. And for an overview of what to expect and whether the Clinton-Obama quasi-truce will hold up, see today&#39;s Kentucky/Oregon roundup episode of TPMtv.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39422-tpmtv-ky-or-primary-preview">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39326-lexington-mayor-cities-are-key 2008-06-13T21:31:17Z Harry DMI <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vlppOhgjI-o&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vlppOhgjI-o&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39326-lexington-mayor-cities-are-key"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44395" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Lexington, KY is famous for its horses and its Bluegrass pastureland. Does that mean that Mayor Jim Newberry thinks the presidential candidates should worry more about rural development than urban issues? Nope. </p><p>MayorTV sat down with Mayor Newberry to ask him about the role cities play in the United States today and about some of the innovative policies implemented in Lexington that the rest of the country can replicate. </p><p>Mayor Newberry: &quot;The presidential candidates absolutely must have an urban agenda... Cities are confronted with a multitude of challenges, but they are the economic engines of our country.&quot; </p><p>&nbsp;</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/39326-lexington-mayor-cities-are-key">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39322-race-in-the-presidential-race 2008-09-07T04:48:18Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M8J9laUNgL4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M8J9laUNgL4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39322-race-in-the-presidential-race"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44384" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>The US state of Kentucky has a large white working class population similar to the state of West Virginia, which Hilary Clinton won overwhelmingly last week. In both states there&#39;s polling evidence to suggest that at least some voters are not prepared to vote for a black candidate. </p><p>Al Jazeera&#39;s Mike Kirsch travelled to rural Kentucky where he found that for some old prejudices die hard.</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/39322-race-in-the-presidential-race">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38642-barack-obama-in-louisville-ky 2008-06-11T03:31:24Z barackobama <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X7SLaZgco-U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X7SLaZgco-U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38642-barack-obama-in-louisville-ky"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43631" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Barack spoke to a crowd of 8,000 at a rally in Louisville, Kentucky on May 12, 2008.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38642-barack-obama-in-louisville-ky">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37670-fake-letters-on-fox-kentucky-doesn-t-vote-until-may-20 2008-07-09T14:50:30Z thejedreport <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gfeHtcs7uTk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gfeHtcs7uTk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37670-fake-letters-on-fox-kentucky-doesn-t-vote-until-may-20"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42459" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>May 4: Kentuckian tells Fox he&#39;s rethinking his vote for Obama. Problem? KY hasn&#39;t voted yet! (Not until May 20.)</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37670-fake-letters-on-fox-kentucky-doesn-t-vote-until-may-20">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34500-stuck-between-iraq-and-a-cheney 2008-06-26T00:36:32Z Michael Moore <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3S6W8oi-CGs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3S6W8oi-CGs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/34500-stuck-between-iraq-and-a-cheney"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/37651" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Don&#39;t settle for impeachment. Waterboard Cheney! He has information we need. Brightening the corners at <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/">www.michaelmoore.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/34500-stuck-between-iraq-and-a-cheney">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32076-anonymous-internets-posting-illegal-one-republican-wants-it-that-way 2008-05-04T15:50:16Z GottaLaff <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32076-anonymous-internets-posting-illegal-one-republican-wants-it-that-way"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/34557" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><div class="articleContentText"> <p>Hey all you anonymous posters in Comments. Hey GottaLaff (and yes, I am now talking to myself in public)! That incognito status could cost us money if <a href="http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/H090.htm">Tim Couch</a> <a href="http://www.wtvq.com/content/midatlantic/tvq/video.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2008-03-05-0011.html">gets his way</a>:&nbsp;</p></div><blockquote><div class="articleContentText"><p><strong>Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal.</strong></p> <p>The bill would require <strong>anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address&nbsp;and e-mail address</strong> with that site.</p> <p><strong>Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted</strong>.</p></div></blockquote><div class="articleContentText"><p>Me no likey. I use a pseudonym for many reasons, the least of which is to avoid any conflict at my place of work. Privacy is an issue, too, is it not?&nbsp;</p></div><blockquote><div class="articleContentText"> <p>If the bill becomes law, <strong>the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site</strong>. The fine would be <strong>five-hundred dollars for a first offense and one-thousand dollars for each offense after that</strong>.</p> <p>Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of <strong>cutting down on online bullying</strong>. He says that has especially been a problem in his Eastern Kentucky district.</p></div></blockquote><div class="articleContentText"><p>Aren&#39;t the <strike>political bullies</strike> Republicans the ones who keep harping on &quot;less government interference is better&quot;? </p><p>Aren&#39;t the Republicans also the ones who want to invade our privacy by <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/02/republicans-block-fisa-talks">eavesdropping</a> on all of us?</p><p>Wasn&#39;t that just a big fat contradiction?&nbsp;</p></div><blockquote><div class="articleContentText"> <p>Some said they felt it was <strong>a violation of First Amendment rights.</strong> Others say it is a <strong>good tool toward eliminating online harassment</strong>.</p> </div></blockquote><div class="articleContentText"><p>Seems to me that if someone knows your name, they can harass in a more effective, if not more personal, way. There&#39;s just something about a stranger, or even a friend, calling you by name that hits home. Addressing a customer by name isn&#39;t used as a sales technique for nothing, right? </p><p>Not to mention, anonymity might free some people up to speak up more easily, whereas if there was the potential for i.d.ing them, they might shy away.&nbsp; The comfort zone evaporates, and with that, the desire to communicate.&nbsp;</p><p>How nice that I could share this post with so many people I&#39;ve never even met before.&nbsp;</p><p>Signed,</p><p>Anonymous&nbsp;</p></div></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31773-kentucky-college-democrats-george-take-mitch-with-you 2008-09-07T04:25:25Z College Democrats <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dT_nqpi_wuA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dT_nqpi_wuA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31773-kentucky-college-democrats-george-take-mitch-with-you"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34239" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Part 2 of CDA's coordinated media campaign against vulnerable Senate Republicans. A response to Sen. Mitch McConnell's first television ads to remind Kentucky voters who Mitch's friends are.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31773-kentucky-college-democrats-george-take-mitch-with-you">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/25997-the-my-ol-mao-mitch-reelection-campaign 2008-06-10T03:31:11Z cliffschecter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fY463ND5aOc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fY463ND5aOc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/25997-the-my-ol-mao-mitch-reelection-campaign"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28007" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Not so far off actually. With the number of jobs <a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0610.schecter.html">Kentucky Kingfish McConnell</a> has shipped from the Bluegrass State and the U.S. overall to China (with an assist to his Labor Secretary wife), not to mention accepting illegal campaign contributions from Chinese nationals and befriending government tyrants there, I could see why Mao would be a big fan.</p><p>Weren&#39;t Republicans supposed to be anti-Communist?&nbsp;Oh that&#39;s right,&nbsp;they were supposed to be good for the economy,&nbsp;against bathroom-stall&nbsp;free for alls and for the Constitution too. So it kinda makes sense.&nbsp;</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/25997-the-my-ol-mao-mitch-reelection-campaign">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/23301-a-2007-video-retrospective-by-kentucky-progressive-james-pence 2008-06-20T22:15:24Z cliffschecter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2DWO0HPwwXg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2DWO0HPwwXg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/23301-a-2007-video-retrospective-by-kentucky-progressive-james-pence"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/24893" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>This is great stuff. It is a montage of all the photos Jim took all year during his activism for progressive values and against corrupt hacks like Ernie Fletcher and Mitch McConnell in The Bluegrass State.</p><p>Give her a watch. It will remind you of some of the good things we achieved in 2007. Even though there is so much more left to accomplish...</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/23301-a-2007-video-retrospective-by-kentucky-progressive-james-pence">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22245-andrew-horne-s-no-bs-announcement-for-senate 2008-06-13T15:33:51Z cliffschecter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l8qfFOJZDbg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l8qfFOJZDbg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22245-andrew-horne-s-no-bs-announcement-for-senate"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23765" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Many of us were buoyed by the--at the very least--short-term victory&nbsp;achieved by Senator Chris Dodd when he chose to stand up to Republican &quot;tough guys&quot; and weak-kneed members of his own party on telecom immunity. There was most certainly a lesson there, one I hope many Democrats took to heart. </p><p>So let&#39;s go to another thing that drives me crazy. When Democrats issue the most ridiculously wimpy statements in response to GOP malfeasance or attacks levied at them by the Cult Party.</p><p>In 2006, when Jim Webb ran against George Allen for the Senate, it was so refreshing to see him speak honestly about Allen&#39;s disastrous record, not couching it in politicalspeak. And when Allen punched, Webb responded with a roundhouse. </p><p>Now, it seems, we have another veteran who believes in speaking like&nbsp;a real person and is obviously willing to fight, literally and rhetorically, for what he believes in. </p><p>Meet Lt. Colonel Andrew Horne, and watch what has to be one of the best announcement speeches I&#39;ve seen, as he has the courage to take on walking campaign cash vacuum cleaner and job outsourcer Mitch McConnell.</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/22245-andrew-horne-s-no-bs-announcement-for-senate">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19383-mcconnell-hits-record-low-approval-in-kentucky 2008-01-12T20:36:45Z Paddy <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19383-mcconnell-hits-record-low-approval-in-kentucky"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/19059" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Wheeee!!! Someone get Mitch a pony**!!</p><blockquote><p><strong>A new </strong><a href="http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollTrack.aspx?g=a6830ca9-64ab-4e6e-8c4f-05ddaaef35d4">SurveyUSA poll</a><strong> finds Sen. Mitch McConnell&#39;s (R-KY) net approval rating turning negative for the first time. His approval rating is now at 44%, the lowest since tracking began in May of 2005, and his disapproval is at an all-time high of 47%.<br /><br />Over the last 31 months, McConnell has had job approval ratings ranging from a low of 48% to a high of 56%. His net approval, determined by subtracting disapproval from approval, ranged from +4 last month to +24 in June of 2005. This month, for the first time, McConnell has a negative net approval of -3.<br /><br />McConnell is up for re-election next year. </strong><a href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=senate-KY">CQ</a><strong> has a good backgrounder on the race.</strong> </p></blockquote><p><em>Not sure if <a href="http://www.atrios.blogspot.com/">Atrios</a> has the pony trademarked, but I had to use the cute pic.</em></p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19190-mr-president-how-do-you-sleep-at-night 2008-06-14T15:30:18Z cliffschecter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qy46LMS9azE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qy46LMS9azE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/19190-mr-president-how-do-you-sleep-at-night"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/18868" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>This is a powerful video by <a href="http://www.hillbillyreport.com/">Jim Pence</a> of Kentucky, who is the definition of an online progressive activist with a camera. </p><p>Watch it.</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/19190-mr-president-how-do-you-sleep-at-night">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/18655-mcconnell-ad-satirized-by-public-campaign-action-fund 2008-06-14T21:29:25Z cliffschecter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PCrYajugVG4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PCrYajugVG4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/18655-mcconnell-ad-satirized-by-public-campaign-action-fund"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/18339" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>They are also putting up an ad on the airwaves they already aired back up in Kentucky. Including the DSCC ad and the Americans United one, there are three ads up slamming Grandma Mitch right now in Kentucky. </p><p>His boy Fletcher just suffered an electoral battering in the governor&#39;s race and McConnell was just busted for inserting pork into a bill to benefit a British defense contractor who his former chief of staff lobbies for (and&nbsp;the company is&nbsp;under investigation for bribery). He also used Alben Barkley II in a campaign commercial, a famous Kentucky Democrat&nbsp;(well, at least his dad was)&nbsp;who also happens to be infamous for being a sexual harasser (oops on the vetting). </p><p>Oh, and polls show that two different potential opponents, the AG and State&nbsp;Auditor in Kentucky&nbsp;would begin this campaign cycle almost within the margin of error of Mitch&#39;s numbers. But before he takes them on, he may get an Independent challenge, funded by the Club For Growth, from a right-wing Republican in Kentucky who has run statewide before and has been constantly attacking him for abandoning Governor Fletcher and conservative principles.</p><p>All in all, not a great couple of weeks for the corporatized, right-wing hack.</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/18655-mcconnell-ad-satirized-by-public-campaign-action-fund">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/18617-tasty-tuesday-tidbits 2008-01-12T20:34:46Z Paddy <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/18617-tasty-tuesday-tidbits"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/18300" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>What&#39;s shaking in your backyard?</p><p><strong>Bush, Congress Prepare For Spending Fight</strong> &nbsp; President Bush and congressional Democrats are jostling for position in their standoff over Federal spending. <a href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/bush-in-no-mood-to-talk-to-dems-about-spending-2007-11-13.html"><u>The Hill</u></a> reports this morning that President Bush &quot;rejected a plea this past weekend to open a dialogue&quot; with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid &quot;to resolve the impasse.&quot; </p><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-11-12-PersonalMax_N.htm">USA Today: Dems profit as 113 campaign donors near $108K cap</a><br />Dozens of donors are nearing the $108,200 cap on federal campaign contributions for the 2008 elections in a sign of the record-breaking cost of the White House race, an analysis conducted for USA TODAY shows.</p></blockquote><p><strong>Democrats Highlight Hidden War Costs</strong> &nbsp; The <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/12/AR2007111202008.html"><u>Washington Post</u></a> reports a new study by congressional Democrats says &quot;the economic costs to the United States of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan so far total approximately $1.5 trillion.&quot; </p><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-11-12-nhgop_N.htm">USA Today: N.H. Voters Take Wait-And-See Approach On Primaries</a><br />Plenty of voters in New Hampshire may be undecided, but don&#39;t call them indecisive.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/6836.html">Politico: Money Woes Keep GOP Worried About 2008<br /></a>Senate Republicans are in trouble, and last week&#39;s Democratic victories in Kentucky and Virginia suggest their challenges may be steeper than even they thought.</p><blockquote><p><strong>Bhutto Placed Under House Arrest Again</strong> &nbsp; The <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119487157367589952.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news"><u>Wall Street Journal</u></a> reports former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto &quot;headed for another showdown with the military-backed government of President Pervez Musharraf, as she vowed to defy a police ban and lead a protest march against emergency rule today.&quot; </p></blockquote></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/18275-mcconnell-ad-louisville-version 2008-07-01T12:44:37Z tpmtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FhpgUVxRJnY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FhpgUVxRJnY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/18275-mcconnell-ad-louisville-version"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/17953" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>November 8, 2007</p> </div> <a href="/blog/18275-mcconnell-ad-louisville-version">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/18274-mcconnell-ad-lexington-version 2008-07-01T14:42:37Z tpmtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qoZY8-xk7Uc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qoZY8-xk7Uc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/18274-mcconnell-ad-lexington-version"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/17952" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>November 8, 2007</p> </div> <a href="/blog/18274-mcconnell-ad-lexington-version">Watch the video</a>