Saturday, March 24, 2007

"Ten-Win Tom" and Other Kentucky Notes

AT THE BARBERSHOP. Bad news at the barbershop for George Bush. The barber Johnny is so disgusted with George Bush that he doesn't like to either see him on television or hear him talk. When Johnny started railing about Bush's appearance, he exclaimed "that's right" when I said that Bush was a little guy trying to look like a big guy. Bad news for Hillary and Obama too. Johnny didn't like them either.

"TEN-WIN TOM." With the departure of Randolph Morris from the University of Kentucky to the Knicks, the UK basketball cupboard is bare for next year--basically a couple of inconsistent senior guards, a too-skinny freshman forward, and a 7'2" statue in the middle. The Tubby-bashers used to refer to ex-coach Tubby Smith as "Ten-Loss Tubby." I don't think they realize that they may be calling the next coach "Ten-Win Tom."

PELOSI ESCAPES KENTUCKY DEMOCRAT SYNDROME. One of the most painful things about being a Democrat from Kentucky was the double-whammy of Mitch McConnell running circles around the Kentucky Democrats and the Bush White House running circles around the Congressional Democratic leadership.

No more.

Unfortunately, Kentucky Democrats are still so inept that you would think they take stupid pills every morning. Even though the Kentucky Republicans are tearing each other apart in a heated gubernatorial primary between Gov. Ernie Fletcher and ex-Rep. Ann Northup, it's still doubtful that the Kentucky Democrats can take advantage.

However, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are moving forward in Washington. They're taking full advantage of the fired prosecutor and Walter Reed scandals and I don't think the Bush administration even realizes the extent to which the Democratic leadership is out-manuevering them on the war funding legislation.

Finally, a reason not to cringe when using the words "Democratic leadership."

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