Blue Kentucky
Just like we went through here in Ohio last year, now our neighbor to the south kicks out their corrupt Republican Governor: Democrat Steve Beshear harnessed voter frustration over ethics and Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s 2005 pardons of his aides to unseat the Republican incumbent. Beshear, a former lieutenant governor and attorney general, also completed an […]
Just like we went through here in Ohio last year, now our neighbor to the south kicks out their corrupt Republican Governor:
Democrat Steve Beshear harnessed voter frustration over ethics and Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s 2005 pardons of his aides to unseat the Republican incumbent.
Beshear, a former lieutenant governor and attorney general, also completed an unlikely political comeback by winning the race for the governor’s office — a position he sought unsuccessfully 20 years ago.
Fletcher, meanwhile, saw a reversal of his 10-point 2003 election victory that came with campaign promises of “cleaning up the mess in Frankfort†and ending “waste, fraud and abuse.â€
No room for crooks in this country anymore!