Wake up,Kentucky! The Republican lie machine revs up.

[democratic wing]

Congresswoman Anne Northup representing the Third Congressional District of Kentucky,offers this nugget of wisdom in her 2005 Congressional Questionnaire:

"Without changes,Social Security is projected to go bankrupt by the year 2042."

Oh! Really?

Mrs. Northup's contact information is on her web site for anyone interested in disputing her misinformation. :spank:

http://www.northup.house.gov/index.asp

[steelyboo]

1. Im up, Im up...

I just sent her a nasty lil email, basically told her to quit wasting our dollars on surveys that a fool can see are slanted to her agenda. Asked her if she is going to hire Armstrong Williams to convince me shes right too. Signed it "2008 cannot come soon enough."

An aside, does anyone know the name of her husbands business? I want to be sure I am not helping her in any way.

[yellowdoggess]

2. hubby's bidness/ Seum-Stephenson

sorry I can't remember offhand but will try to post it tomorrow.

Either I am technically unable to start a post here, or technologically unable to post here...and wanted to get a thread for feedback on the Senate shenanigans with seating Seum/Stephenson. Is it too much to hope that it will backfire enough?

[yellowdoggess]

4. Northup deals for hubby

Here's a link to a past CJ article - I didn't purchase the archive to access the whole story.

Northup asked FCC to help husband's firm
August 29, 2002 •• 2501 words •• ID: lou2002082909249935
The congresswoman did not reveal her connection to the company when asking for help resolving a licensing problem. JAMES R. CARROLL [e-mail] The Courier-Journal WASHINGTON U.S. Rep. Anne Northup asked for help from the Federal Communications Commission this summer to resolve a licensing problem for radios sold by her husband's multimilliondollar Jefferson County company. Northup, R-3rd District, did not reveal her personal connection to the firm, Rad

[democratic wing]

6. Anne was just trying to help a "constituent" ;-))

http://conwayforcongress.com/news/clip.php3?ClipID=21

"According to House ethics rules, lawmakers may aid constituents with problems before government agencies, but should not seek preferential treatment for supporters, contributors and friends, and should refrain from special favors for family members.

"Members and employees may not contact an agency on a matter in which they have a personal financial interest,'' the rules state.

BUT BILL ALLISON, managing editor of the Center for Public Integrity, a Washington-based watchdog group, said the matter represents a clear conflict of interest.

snip

''I don't know how you could get any more of a clear-cut breach of ethics than this one,'' Allison said. ''. . . She should not be in a position of helping out her husband's business interests.''

''The fact that she hid her ties with her husband shows that she herself thought that this was not an aboveboard thing to do,'' said director Gary Ruskin of the Congressional Accountability Project, another Washington watchdog group.

Ruskin said the House ethics panel should investigate whether Northup ''is feathering the nest of her husband and therefore her own by providing special favors and benefits to her husband's company.''



http://conwayforcongress.com/news/clip.php3?ClipID=21

[democratic wing]

7. Radio Sound is the name of hubby's company

Message edited to make sense. :)

[Lostnote03]

3. I seem to recall....

....Northrup single handidly advanced(expedited) a contract to her hubbies company which provided some kind of electronics for police Harley Davidsons.....The contract by-passed the normal vetting process.....This was prior to her re-election however Not a word mentioned by the Ky Dems in protest.....

[yellowdoggess]

5. Please start a threat about Senate actions re: seating Seum-Stephenso

I seem to be unable to do so!

[democratic wing]

8. Ky Republican maneuvers

"A state senator whose party switch 51/2 years ago helped the GOP take control of the chamber said Wednesday he will leave the Republican Party over its actions in a disputed election.

Sen. Bob Leeper said he will register as an independent later this week, becoming the lone independent in the General Assembly and the first since 1984.

His protest came after Senate Republicans voted to seat the GOP candidate who received the most votes in a Jefferson County election in November, even though courts have ruled Dana Seum Stephenson did not meet constitutional residency requirements."

A court hearing is scheduled Friday on whether Stephenson should continue as a senator."


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/01/12/national1514EST0624.DTL

Google for more articles.

[yellowdoggess]

9. and such sweet irony

that it came down to Seum and Leeper, the two that traitored out and switched parties, after their most recent election as Dems, to hand the repugs the first legislative majority in history. Nice to note they weren't voted in as a majority at first, tho now it seems they would be.

Gotta love it. It doesn't seem to be playing well with the public. Maybe it's just enough rope....