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The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« on: January 16, 2026, 10:57:36 am »
The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
Two senators, decades of influence, almost no results. The Bluegrass State must deliver real Republican victories.

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Kentucky sends two Republicans to the United States Senate. One performs resistance. The other performs control. Neither delivers outcomes. One sells liberty as a brand while federal power expands unchecked. The other manages decline with procedural precision while conservative priorities stall. The result is a state with enormous political leverage and almost no practical influence on Republican governance.

Rand Paul has built a career on ideological consistency. He speaks fluently about civil liberties, limited government, and fiscal restraint. His objections are principled. His rhetoric is polished. His visibility is constant. What is missing is results. After fifteen years in the Senate, Paul’s legislative record remains thin. One meaningful law stands to his name, the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 passed in 2022. Whatever its merits, a single legislative success over a decade and a half does not constitute effective representation.

Paul’s broader body of work consists largely of bills that sound correct but go nowhere.

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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2026, 12:02:02 pm »
Speaking of Kentucky, look for Andy Beshear to be the Democrat candidate in 2028 (unless the leftist wackos mess it up for them).  And he will win.
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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2026, 12:07:20 pm »
Hence my tagline. The GOP right now only seems to want to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2026, 12:15:02 pm »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on January 17, 2026, 12:07:20 pm
Hence my tagline. The GOP right now only seems to want to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Only because they're good at it.
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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2026, 05:48:14 pm »
The GOP needs a hell of a lot more than Kentucky to step up!


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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2026, 06:41:58 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on January 17, 2026, 05:48:14 pm
The GOP needs a hell of a lot more than Kentucky to step up!



Personally, have found myself adopting @roamer_1 's philosophy recently.

"Not my circus!  Not my monkeys!!"

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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2026, 06:54:09 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on January 17, 2026, 06:41:58 pm
Personally, have found myself adopting @roamer_1 's philosophy recently.

"Not my circus!  Not my monkeys!!"

Just another copout. It is your circus and monkeys!
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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2026, 12:49:16 am »
Quote from: DCPatriot on January 17, 2026, 06:41:58 pm
Personally, have found myself adopting @roamer_1 's philosophy recently.

"Not my circus!  Not my monkeys!!"

@DCPatriot
See? Sympatico!  :laugh: :beer:

Except that Paul is one of the few I would back to the nines. Regardless of the article's view, Paul is seldom wrong. And of course he doesn't pass legislation. As one of a couple who observe libertarian principles, he only has power to block legislation - which he does often, and to good effect.

There isn't much else a good Conservative can do.
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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2026, 05:22:50 am »
Quote from: Hoodat on January 17, 2026, 12:15:02 pm
Only because they're good at it.
They ought to be. They've had plenty of practice.
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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2026, 07:27:24 am »
See also Thomas Massie. Talk, talk, talk, few accomplishments in the House.
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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2026, 09:29:07 pm »
« Last Edit: January 19, 2026, 10:20:53 am by Luis Gonzalez »
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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2026, 10:46:16 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on January 17, 2026, 06:41:58 pm
Personally, have found myself adopting @roamer_1 's philosophy recently.

"Not my circus!  Not my monkeys!!"

It's better in the original Polish:

Nie mój cyrk. Nie moje małpy.
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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2026, 11:08:42 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on January 18, 2026, 10:46:16 pm
It's better in the original Polish:

Nie mój cyrk. Nie moje małpy.

It's bull shit in any language!
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"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2026, 11:15:12 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on January 17, 2026, 06:54:09 pm
Just another copout. It is your circus and monkeys!

@Bigun

I'm 80, the end of August.

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Tonight there was a memorable line in the Landman season finale.

Tommy wonders to himself: "Do I have one more Homerun"?

No sir, I don't.
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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2026, 09:03:41 am »
Quote from: DCPatriot on January 18, 2026, 11:15:12 pm
@Bigun

I'm 80, the end of August.

Have not only played the back nine, am sitting next to the fireplace in the clubhouse.

With a long sleeved sweater, freezing.

Tonight there was a memorable line in the Landman season finale.

Tommy wonders to himself: "Do I have one more Homerun"?

No sir, I don't.

I'm pretty much in the same boat my friend and whether or not there is one more homer in me I don't know. Probably not. But a Tim Robbins line from "Shawshank Redemption" has been stuck in my mind since I saw the movie. "We have two choices in life; get busy living or get busy dying!"  I choose the former. @DCPatriot 
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"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J. R. R. Tolkien

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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2026, 09:20:34 am »
Quote from: Bigun on January 19, 2026, 09:03:41 am
I'm pretty much in the same boat my friend and whether or not there is one more homer in me I don't know. Probably not. But a Tim Robbins line from "Shawshank Redemption" has been stuck in my mind since I saw the movie. "We have two choices in life; get busy living or get busy dying!"  I choose the former. @DCPatriot 

Hear! Hear!

We die once. Let’s live every other day.
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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2026, 09:22:05 am »
Quote from: DCPatriot on January 18, 2026, 11:15:12 pm
@Bigun

I'm 80, the end of August.

Have not only played the back nine, am sitting next to the fireplace in the clubhouse.

With a long sleeved sweater, freezing.

Tonight there was a memorable line in the Landman season finale.

Tommy wonders to himself: "Do I have one more Homerun"?

No sir, I don't.

Yeah maybe.

But we have many singles and maybe even doubles to score with.

One day, I will die.

Every other day, as best as I can, I will live and swing for the bleachers
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“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place." - Frederic Bastiat

“You can vote Socialism in, but you’re gonna have to shoot your way out of it.” - Me

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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2026, 09:31:06 am »
Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on January 19, 2026, 09:22:05 am
Yeah maybe.

But we have many singles and maybe even doubles to score with.

One day, I will die.

Every other day, as best as I can, I will live and swing for the bleachers

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"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J. R. R. Tolkien

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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2026, 10:11:03 am »
Quote from: Bigun on January 18, 2026, 11:08:42 pm
It's bull shit in any language!

No it's not. It's supposed to be a representative government. THAT is what I will participate in. What's bullshit is voting for what you DON'T want to block the other guy, you DON'T want either. Either way it goes, you get what you don't want. That's ridiculous.

I'll make the play when it is what I want. I will throw money at it. I will even get on the phone. I still back Conservatives, 100% ... Just as I always have.

I just don't back mere Republicans anymore.

And guess what? The customer is always right. Just like in any other thing.
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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2026, 10:31:51 am »
Quote from: roamer_1 on January 19, 2026, 10:11:03 am
No it's not. It's supposed to be a representative government. THAT is what I will participate in. What's bullshit is voting for what you DON'T want to block the other guy, you DON'T want either. Either way it goes, you get what you don't want. That's ridiculous.

I'll make the play when it is what I want. I will throw money at it. I will even get on the phone. I still back Conservatives, 100% ... Just as I always have.

I just don't back mere Republicans anymore.

And guess what? The customer is always right. Just like in any other thing.

WE have exactly one federal government so if it isn't our circus and our monkeys whose is it?
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"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J. R. R. Tolkien

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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2026, 11:20:40 am »
Quote from: Bigun on January 19, 2026, 10:31:51 am
WE have exactly one federal government so if it isn't our circus and our monkeys whose is it?

It sure as hell ain't mine. It is little more than legal pillaging of its citizens. It does not protect your rights, or mine, which is its function. It does everything but.

NOPE not my monster. I didn't vote for this shit.
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« Reply #21 on: January 19, 2026, 11:21:32 am »
Quote from: roamer_1 on January 19, 2026, 11:20:40 am
It sure as hell ain't mine. It is little more than legal pillaging of its citizens. It does not protect your rights, or mine, which is its function. It does everything but.

NOPE not my monster. I didn't vote for this shit.

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"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
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Re: The GOP Needs Kentucky to Step Up
« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2026, 11:22:22 am »
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