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Chieftain1776
10-25-2009, 04:20 PM
He was born in Alabama and although unclear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Mcconnell#Early_life_and_education) may have only only spent a few years in high school in Kentucky before going on to college probably with a state funded scholarship.

In 2008 59% of his campaign dollars were from out of state (http://www.opensecrets.org/races/geog.php?cycle=2008&id=KYS1) and 8% from PACs. His Democratic opponent only had a minority of donation amounts, 39%, from out-of-state 4% from PACs. And due to the difference in amounts McConnell got literally 13 times or 1300%:eek: amount of his opponent.

What do you call an Alabama born candidate with 59% of his money coming from out of Kentucky? Answer: "The Senior Senator from Kentucky".

Rand will be just called "the Junior Senator from Kentucky" :)
LibertyMage
10-25-2009, 04:33 PM
Good find that may come in handy in the future.
skyorbit
10-25-2009, 04:41 PM
I posted this little snippet on my blog. Hope you don't mind.
http://randforsenate.blogspot.com/2009/10/mitch-mcconnells-not-real-kentuckian.html

TRacy
amisspelledword
10-25-2009, 04:41 PM
excellent point

but Rand is running against Grayson, not McConnell
Austin
10-25-2009, 04:43 PM
Great ammo, thanks for digging that up!
Austin
10-25-2009, 04:45 PM
excellent point

but Rand is running against Grayson, not McConnell

Regardless, it's a great talking point for Kentuckians. If someone leaning toward Grayson speaks about Paul's 'outsider' status, we can retaliate with this.
Chieftain1776
10-25-2009, 04:47 PM
I posted this little snippet on my blog. Hope you don't mind.
http://randforsenate.blogspot.com/2009/10/mitch-mcconnells-not-real-kentuckian.html

TRacy

Yeah but lets not go after McConnell for Treyson's b.s. smear. McConnell is not an outsider just like Rand is not an outsider.
skyorbit
10-25-2009, 05:46 PM
Yeah but lets not go after McConnell for Treyson's b.s. smear. McConnell is not an outsider just like Rand is not an outsider.

Fixed it Chieftain.
hueylong
10-25-2009, 06:03 PM
We want to be very careful about being seen to attack McConnell. He's not only the Senior Senator from Kentucky, and the Republican Leader in the Senate -- he also enjoys a 74-20 favorable / unfavorable rating from Kentucky Republicans.
erowe1
10-25-2009, 06:13 PM
excellent point

but Rand is running against Grayson, not McConnell

Yes. And Grayson (the guy Rand is running against) implied that anyone not born in Kentucky (such as the state's senior senator whom the voters whose support he wants regard very favorably) doesn't deserve to be their senator. It's good to point out how Grayson's ideas about what is good for Kentucky are so divergent from Kentuckians' own ideas about what's good for themselves.
skyorbit
10-25-2009, 07:25 PM
I posted my link on Digg
http://digg.com/political_opinion/Does_Grayson_think_Mitch_McConnell_is_an_Outsider

TRacy
Matt Collins
10-25-2009, 07:30 PM
Simple.... just say "well 'Two-Faced' Trey must think of Sen McConnell as an outsider too"
Austin
10-25-2009, 07:31 PM
We want to be very careful about being seen to attack McConnell. He's not only the Senior Senator from Kentucky, and the Republican Leader in the Senate -- he also enjoys a 74-20 favorable / unfavorable rating from Kentucky Republicans.

I don't see this as ammo to attack McConnel, but rather Grayson. It just further demonstrates that Grayson is truly grasping at straws with his so-called 'outsider' claims. Even the Senior Senator from Kentucky is an 'outsider' under Grayson's definition; Does Trey Grayson think Senator McConnel is unfit to represent Kentucky? It seems to be what he is implying.
skyorbit
10-25-2009, 07:33 PM
I just found this blog. Apparently it's been around for awhile.
It just picked up the same thing I did.

"Mitch McConnell not Kentuckyian according to Trey Grayson."
http://traitortrey.blogspot.com/2009/10/mitch-mcconnell-not-kentuckyian.html

It's been around for awhile I guess. Anybody know who this belongs too? Maybe we can blog-roll each other.

Tracy
Aratus
10-27-2009, 08:39 AM
does "traitortrey" sometimes slam into jack conway a tad?
there was a point when there was a heated debate over
WHOSE deep pockets first sought to make hay out of trey
going from being a bill clinton backer to the mitt romney
Republican he now is. it sorta looks like he abandoned a
youthful Democrat idealism for a mature centrist realism,
as he undoubtedly must be very happily cognicent of
the speech senator mitch mcconnell recently gave at the
the dedication of helen keller's bronze statue in D.C!!!!