Outgoing Governor Ernest Fletcher is a candidate in search of an issue. He has proven he'll say or do anything to make a poll point. Fletcher has jumped on the anti-illegal immigrant bandwagon; everyday he’s fabricating/exaggerating/lying about Steve Beshear and Kentucky Central; he’s flip-flopped on casinos in Kentucky, he’s handed out big photographs of checks in taxpayer money to buy votes in various parts of the state and he’s given away hundreds of millions in incentives to Peabody Coal for something I predict will go absolutely nowhere, as it did for the Germans in World War II. I am firmly convinced that if Ernest thought he could make a point by supporting segregation, he would support segregation. He has certainly latched on to the present day version in attacking Hispanics. Is he looking for a school house door to block?
This demonstrates, to me, the desperation in the Fletcher campaign. Ernest is swinging for the cheap seats at every wild pitch in a desperate hope to connect - and he strikes out again and again. Not only that, it’s his negatives and his erratic behavior– Ernest did everything but foam at the mouth in his recent appearance debating Beshear on KET’s Kentucky Tonight (see the 9/17 program) Program; he pushed Beshear’s spokeswoman in the presence of the media in a fit of pique; Ernest’s $1,000 max contributions received are received from individuals with strong connections to contractors with whom Ernest’s Kentucky does business, and some of those contributors may very well have committed a Class D felony in Kentucky, not to mention a federal offense. And just when will we learn the names of those contributing to Ernest’s secret Legal Defense Fund, or, to quote Steve Beshear, Ernest’s ‘plea bargain fund?’
Finally, I ask one specific question of Ernest Fletcher – has anyone associated with Elmo Greer & Sons, one of the largest highway contractors in the state, or the brothers who run the company -- Elmo Lee Greer, Jerry Greer and Rex Greer, contributed to that ‘plea bargain fund?’ Recent reports indicate a lot of people with connections to them have made the $1,000 max contribution to Ernest’s campaign – is Ernest prepared to answer the questions a lot of Kentuckians are asking, or will he continue to hide the names? We want to know now.
The Ernest Fletcher Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Ernest Fletcher admitted last night in the NKU debate that he works with "the judge-executives that supported us." That statement, standing alone,is an admission Ernest has practiced rabid partisan politics in his administration -- and isn't that why he got in trouble in the first place in his criminal hiring scandal, a scandal resulting in his plea bargain and 28 pardons (and every accepted pardon a implicit admission of guilt)?
Ernest -- the lesson here is the first thing one does when he finds himself in a hole is STOP DIGGING. Ernest apparently does not comprehend and has called in the heavy equipment to accelerate the excavation.
By the way, there are EIGHT (8) county judges in N. Ky -- how many of those judges supported Ernest Fletcher? Ernest only counts to THREE in N. Ky -- How many of them would recall seeing or hearing from Ernest in the last four years? How many of them have been denied funding for needed programs and infrastructure by the Ernest Administration because Ernest's feelings were hurt? Instead of the appropriate policy of 'Kentuckians Helping Kentuckians' Ernest chose, from Day One, to practice
"Republicans helping Republicans," the clear policy of the Ernest Administration. Sounds like a rehab program, doesn't it? Ernest,however, is beyond help.
This is exactly why Steve Beshear is going to defeat Ernest Fletcher in a landslide in November - Kentuckians are disgusted by Ernest's partisan politics,his 'Republicans Helping Republicans' policy and his gang, including those in the Senate, David Williams, Dan Kelley and Damon Thayer. And this is why the Republican Party will suffer defeat after defeat in the future - they have a demonstrated lack of ability to lead.
Posted by oversight on October 04, 2007 at 10:34 AM in Current Affairs, Good Government, Kentucky Political News and Commentary, Official Misconduct - Kentucky, Peasantville - a Rightwing Vison for America, The Dangerously Stupid Right | Permalink | Comments (0)