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Thank You Congressman John Yarmuth For Standing Up For And Being Counted!

Congressman John Yarmuth took his position on Health Care when he co-sponsored HR 676 (Single Payer Health Care) and those of us that believe "Single Payer" is the only way to go applaud him for standing up against the Insurance Lobby. So where is his support from the Kentucky Democratic Party when it comes to real Health Care Reform? Is the Kentucky Democratic Party with John Yarmuth or against him? Will they leave him to hang out to dry on this issue or will they rally around him and demand real Health Care Reform? I believe it's time to ask every elected Kentucky Democrat and those seeking office exactly where they stand on Real Health Care Reform. What do you think?

Is It Possible? Could It Be?

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Is it possible that Jim Bunning contacted Governor Steve Beshear and told him if the Republicans  fielded a candidate against him in the primary, he, Jim Bunning would resign from the Senate and Governor Steve Beshear could replace him with a Democrat? Could it be that's why Governor Steve Beshear endorsed Daniel Mongiardo as the Democratic Candidate for the US Senate? Is it possible that supporters of Jack Conway, like Jerry Abramson, Greg Stumbo, Crit Luallen, Congressman John Yarmuth and Congressman Ben Chandler got wind of Governor Steve Beshear's communications with Senator Jim Bunning and decided they wanted someone other than Daniel Mongiardo to replace Senator Jim Bunning when, he, Senator Jim Bunning resigned?
Could this be why Trey Grayson has formed an exploratory committee, a move that allows him to raise and spend campaign money? When he, Trey Grayson, has said repeatedly "I have no plans to run against Senator Bunning," Grayson said in the statement. "This exploratory committee will allow me to travel the commonwealth, meet with potential supporters and lay the foundation for a campaign."
As we all know truth is sometimes stranger than fiction and Kentucky politics can even be stranger than truth or fiction.
I suggest if we are Patient  the answers to the above questions will be forthcoming, because most of the folks I know involved in politics are like "old refrigerators" they can't keep anything.

Rural Progressive Round Up April 28, 2009

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Rural Progressive Round Up

Mountaintop Removal Refuse Fight Still Raging In Appalachia
The Obama administration is set to ask the courts to overturn an 11th hour Bush policy change that now allows the dumping of surface mining refuse 100ft near streams.
Governor Steve Beshear, Attorney General Jack Conway, Congressman John Yarmuth and Congressman Ben Chandler has sent protest letters to the EPA asking them to reject Bush's policy change a few months ago.
Right or wrong; that organized protest backfired as dozens of Kentucky Coal County Legislators protested the protest. The political fallout in the coal fields is still evolving. We may not know how bad it really is for a few months.
My sources tell me...
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Conservatives for Patients Rights Leader Brings Legacy of Fraud
Over here in Paducah, Kentucky we have some ultra-Conservative media. The Paxton Media Group owns several Western Kentucky newspapers including the Paducah Sun and they have their own little radio station that they allow propoganda masters such as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingram to spew forth their venomous talking points. Lately, I have heard radio commercials from a group called "Conservatives for Patients Rights" running ads against the 50 million people who have no health insurance.  
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Torture Debate Quite Troubling
It has been clear for a long time that under the Bush Administration torture was widely accepted and used. While this fact is troubling in itself, what is really disappointing is that some people seem determined to defend it. Whether by partisan hackery, or just sheer ignorance some people refuse to admit the plain and simple fact.
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Jack Conway Receives Major Endorsements. James Pence Videos

Last night at the Muhammad Ali Center, in Louisville, Kentucky Jack Conway Kentucky Democratic primary candidate for US Senate received 5 major endorsements from Jerry Abramson, Greg Stumbo, Crit Luallen, Congressman John Yarmuth and Congressman Ben Chandler.
I had the opportunity to shoot video at the event enjoy. The videos below are best watched in HQ high quality.
We, Richard Dillon, and yours truly have a new site where you can write your own diary check us out and get involved. After all Rural America is the key to turning our country around. Rural Progressive is not a oxymoron.

Congressman John Yarmuth's Victory Speech

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The Big Democratic Guns Come To Hardin County.

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October 25, 2008
 Radcliff, Kentucky
 The big boys were in Hardin County, Kentucky today and they were fired up and ready to go. Among those at the rally were former Nebraska Governor and former U.S. Senator J. Robert “Bob” Kerrey, former Governor John Young Brown Jr., Governor Steve Beshear, Congressman John Yarmuth, David Boswell, Bruce Lunsford, Mike Weaver, former Senator Walter"Dee" Huddleston, Greg Fischer, State Rep. Jimmie Lee and more.
 This tells me the Democratic party is leaving no stone unturned to win in November. I've put together 4 fairly short videos of the event and they are below. I also managed to get a few photos, click here to view them.

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear

Bruce Lunsford

John Yarmuth

David Boswell

John Yarmuth Rally. Photos By Jerry Taylor

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