I didn't know this about Amy McGrath.

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[Thekaspervote]

1. She would be such a great senator! What is wrong with the people in Kentucky?!

[rockfordfile]

5. I agree

[NewJeffCT]

6. too many low information voters

who have been brainwashed by 30 years of Rush Limbaugh and 25 years of Fox News.

[iluvtennis]

20. Exactly. nt

[erronis]

24. Many who don't want information - it gets in the way of their false lives.

[KentuckyWoman]

53. I wish it was that easy ....

Granted, I take the comment somewhat personal since I'm Kentucky grown. However, ignorant easy brainwashed Kentucky rubes is indeed a small part of the equation but not the largest.

Remember, Kentucky also elected Andy Beshear, who by all accounts is doing a phenomenal job.

[Mariana]

13. The preachers tell them to vote for Republicans. nt.

[lonely bird]

19. God, guns, gays

Plus they are temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

Oh and Black people are coming to whatever little crap they have.

[RhodeIslandOne]

23. They only want Rethuglicans

Even a spineless jellyfish like Bitch and a total asshole like Rand can get elected just by preaching god and guns.

[IronLionZion]

25. Time for Kentucky to ditch Mitch nt

[Tommymac]

42. 30 years of Rush. n/t

[soldierant]

46. I wouldn't count her (or them) out yet.

She's doing respectably in the polls.

[paleotn]

51. Like most regions of the south...

Fundy religion. It's a cancer.

[empedocles]

2. Where was bonespurs, turtle, et al, at that time

[AZ8theist]

7. Cadet Bone Spurs was bragging about having the tallest building after the towers fell...

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-september-11-interview-tallest-building-manhattan-2017-9

[empedocles]

11. So prototypical traitortrump

[demosincebirth]

9. Did Mr. turtle ever serve or was he just another draft dodger?

[AZ8theist]

12. He served 5 WEEKS in the Reserve:

According to Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell

Must have had some pull to get in the Reserves. Chances of combat were practically ZERO.
Discharged after only 5 WEEKS of service.

SCUM BAG.

[DeminPennswoods]

15. Not to defend McConnell, but

he did have polio as a child that left him with at least some physical impairment. The military only wants A-1 physically fit recruits.

[AZ8theist]

40. His childhood impairment..

DOES NOT EXCUSE his anti-American Fascist behavior during his entire political career.

[LeftInTX]

16. Childhood polio - He joined the reserves to avoid he draft, but was deemed medically unfit

I don't know that much about post polio and how physically fit he was and whether this optic neuritis was part of post polio.

In March 1967, shortly before the expiration of his educational draft deferment upon graduation from law school, McConnell enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve as a private at Louisville, Kentucky.[16] This was a coveted position because the Reserve units were mostly kept out of combat during the Vietnam War.[16][17]:11–12 His first day of training at Fort Knox, Kentucky was July 9, 1967, two days after taking the bar exam, and his last day was August 15, 1967.[10][16] Shortly after his arrival, he was diagnosed with optic neuritis and was deemed medically unfit for military service.[16][18] After five weeks at Fort Knox, he was honorably discharged.[16] His brief time in service has repeatedly been put at issue by his political opponents during his electoral campaigns.[16][18][19]

[JoeDuck]

50. Polio is more serious than bone spurs

But polio doesn't steal your soul and make you the enabler-in-chief to obstruct every good bill that comes to the Senate from the House. Your own greed for money and power does that, Senator McConnell. I will be voting for Amy McGrath in early voting, which starts here on October 13.

[bronxiteforever]

3. Kick and recommend for visibility.

I didn’t either. Thank you for posting this!

Kentucky has a choice to make that will reflect the content of the character of the majority of people in that state. Millionaire Mitch or fighter pilot Amy McGrath.

[BComplex]

4. Lincoln Project should run a quick ad about that, and asking where moscow mitch was, as well.

And in the ad talk about trump siphoning off about $4 million from the 9/11 first responders fund. I hope there are Kentuckians who are going to come out of the woodwork in droves to vote for Amy.

[lillypaddle]

8. K&R nt

[Traildogbob]

10. Holy shut!!

This, versus McTurtle or Rand Paul. Seems to me Kentucky is the biggest threat to our country. No, let me corrrct that, not a threat, HAS fucked this country long enough. That criminal pale as a dead soda cracker, vertical coffin occupant, lying Putin ass pimple needs to hurry up and end. Fuck long turtle lives. Talk about a swamp creature. Drawing water from a swamp only exposed all the slime dwelling there. And made em breed excessively to survive, as do many species when survival is in danger, they have massive reproduction to keep themselves alive.
Like Mayflies, republican sawnpers ad a mass emergence after 2016. Damn shame they don’t die in one day like a mayfly adult.
Come on Kentucky, ya got coal ash on the brain?

[question everything]

14. Has the Turtle ever worn the uniforms of this country?

How are her chances?

[LeftInTX]

18. He joined the reserves, but was deemed medically unfit - optic neuriitis

He probably had other things going on too.

He had childhood polio.

[Crowman2009]

27. He also had Confederus Racitis.

[LeftInTX]

52. That came later..lol

He actually attended the 1963 March on Washington.
So he didn't "have it", he "has it"

[RestoreAmerica2020]

17. Thanks for post. She will make an awesome senator!

[crickets]

21. There are the makings of a great TV ad

for a candidate who would represent KY so much better than the turtle.

[Duppers]

22. Folks, please go to her Twitter page

And like &/or retweet her posts there. It's a cheap way to get her more recognition.
Thanks!

[NBachers]

26. Donate to Amy McGrath

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/amy-mcgrath-1

[Upthevibe]

28. NBachers...

Thank you for posting this thread....

[lastlib]

45. I'll try to find more to spare for her!

Already given her three Benjamins. Have given Joe/Kamala a grand, and spread some more around to others. But I'm nearly tapped out.

To win this election is going to take a LOT! Losing it will take EVERYTHING we have.

[Upthevibe]

29. Nevilledog...

Thank you for this post. I didn't know this either...

[Nevilledog]

30. ...

[FakeNoose]

31. K & R

Thank you for your service, Amy McGrath!

Please defeat the evil turtle and send him packing.

[usaf-vet]

32. The real question in my mind is where was the air defense cap that flies along the EAST COAST.

The defense was a 24/7 ready to engage from an attack from the east. We always thought the attack would come from the east primarily the Russians (sounds funny in today's world). I lived in MA near Otis AFB. I know we had multiple fighter jets on stand by ready at Otis as well as Washington and other Air Force and Navy installations up and down the east coast.

All though I have no direct evidence of the fact the VP Cheney was at the Pentagon that day "overseeing" an imaginary air space intrusion coming from the east (Russians?) so all fighter jets were playing war games of the east coast while NY city and Washington DC were under attack.

Something was fishy, to say the least.

I also believe the history books will report that the plane in Pennsylvania was shot down by one of our fighter jets under orders from Washington. I know a tinfoil hat theory which in my mind would have been justified IF IF it was headed DC to attack another facility.

One final thought NONE of the military personal who were on alert to engage like @AmyMcGrathKY US Senate candidate, KY were losers or suckers!

[Wanderlust988]

33. Amy McGrath is the Martha McSally of Kentucky

National political power brokers keep putting both of them up to run in statewide races because of their 'resume' but they are both piss poor politicians that keep losing for a reason.

I live in Kentucky. I love McGrath as a person. I've even met her once. She'd make a great senator and I can't wait to vote for her. But she has about the most inept political campaign I've ever seen. I don't know if it's her or her campaign managers but she is terrible at politics. The ads are so bad they are cringe-worthy. She's also very tepid in her responses to everything. She is probably over-consulted by political handlers. Moscow Mitch is killing her on TV and she has no adequate responses.

McGrath is loved by everyone outside of Kentucky because of her resume, but there's a reason why she nearly lost her primary.

[BigOleDummy]

36. Agreed

Moscow Mitch is tearing her up here. I wish I could be more optimistic about her chances but... what can I say? I live in suburban Louisville and well..... I've seen her ads and those of her opponent. I agree, her campaign managers/advisors or whoever is "in charge" there are woefully inadequate and I cannot understand why. We NEED Kentuckys senate seat and .... well, I can hope. Yes, she's not the best campaigner in the world I agree but hell, we got Mr. Beshear elected why did Ms. McGrath not take any notes from him and his campaign?

[JI7]

48. The problem is Kentucky is a Right Wing State .

[Heartstrings]

34. Thanks for posting, Nevilledog!

[Nevilledog]

35. ...

[Blue Owl]

37. DITCH MITCH

[Cha]

39. RtX2! Well Said, Amy McGrath.

[Kitchari]

41. Excellent timing for her to divulge

Her stellar background

[marble falls]

43. All you have to do is copy and paste it ...

Link to tweet

Amy McGrath
@AmyMcGrathKY
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8h
US Senate candidate, KY
(1/2) On September 11, 2001, I was sitting in the cockpit of a fighter jet at the end of the runway 24L in Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in Southern California, awaiting orders to engage any aircraft that might be en route to another attack.

Amy McGrath
@AmyMcGrathKY
US Senate candidate, KY
(2/2) That order never came that day. But the reality is, the call to defend our nation in times of crisis isn’t a one-time thing.

It’s one our leaders should take seriously—today, and every day.
9:22 AM · Sep 11, 2020·Twitter Web App

Its really not that hard. A lot of us hate twitter and its policies.

[kyburbonkid]

44. I've really grown to like Amy.

She has really got the goods upstairs where it counts. Old moscow has had his brain so stuffed with rightwing BS and crap ideology that it's solidified into concrete that drags this nation down like a makeshift boat anchor.

[oasis]

47. Moscow Mitch retreats inside his "shell" when tough questions come.

[denbot]

49. Bravo Zulu Marine