Views from the Chair of the Letcher County Democratic Party.
On this blog, I will attempt to keep our membership informed about State and Local business within our party.
We will post news and opinions about the current campaigns we are working on, as well as answer questions from our members and hold forth general political comment.
Of course, all of our views and comments will have a Democratic bias. If you're looking for flattering statements about the other parties, you are in the wrong place - try FOX news.
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The supercommittee negotiations have failed. Why? Because Republicans simply REFUSED to make billionaires and big corporations lift even one finger to help reduce the debt. In fact, they’re demanding TAX CUTS for their biggest benefactors, the top 1%.
Instead, here’s who Republicans think should shoulder the burden: Seniors on Medicare. Middle class families who want to send their children to college. Every American receiving Social Security. The unemployed and all those who...
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Déjà vu. The House Republicans again drove us toward a government shutdown, this time holding hostage the victims of floods, wildfires, and hurricanes.
Their ransom demand? The gutting of job-creation programs.
After the Senate Democrats declared this DOA, the House GOP split town, and left us to clean up the mess.
I’ve had enough. These Republicans clearly have one interest in their governing. Destroy everything in their path, then blame President Obama and...
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Shutdown update: Last night, Senate Democrats cleaned up the House Republicans’ mess again, narrowly averting a government shutdown.
After the House GOP passed a measure to hold disaster funding hostage, demanding job-creation programs as a ransom, they promptly went home. They have no regard for who lies in their path of destruction, as long as they can blame a dismal economy they created on President Obama and the Democrats.
Good thing there are some adults in the ro...
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