Posted by
lobo1776 on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 6:30:23 PM
Dear Uncle Gov. Ernie,
Hope all is well with you. I haven't been able to keep up with what's been going on with Kentucky elections. See I was up in Indiana for the birth of my first granddaughter. But I'm back now and trying to get up to speed with what's going on.
I guess my first question to you would have to be: why are you still running? See, the reason I ask is the other day I kinda took a glance at your web site. I wanted to see what you've been up to in my absence. Boy was I floored!!! Seems you've given $12 million to Kentucky Thoroughbreed Breeders. Good move!!! Those horsie breeders have been hurting for along time. From what I gather the program is to encourage horse breeders from around the world to breed and board their horses in Kentucky. Hmmm....maybe we can change the state motto from "the Bluegrass State" to the "Horse Manure state". Hey, maybe, if we get enough horses boarded in the state, Al B. Gore can come down here and do one of his science fiction documentaries on how horse gas is causing global warming. We'll be famous!!!
Of course, you didn't stop there. No sa, you gave $3.1 million to Clay County, $3.1 million to Knox County, $11.7 million to Adair County, $18.7 million to Taylor County, and, so as not to play favorites, another $1 million in combined grants for the funding of celebrations for A. Lincoln's bi-centennial birthday bash. Now I'm a simple country boy, born and raised in Chicago, so I have a problem ciphering big numbers, but my addition makes this out to be $49.6 million in giveaways. I guess you figure $49.6 million can buy a lot of votes or make people forget the past. I guess you're hell bent to prove the Democrats weren't just whistling Dixie when they accused us of being the party of big government in the elections of 2006. You didn't think about that when you were out stumping for votes, giving away all that money, that the Democrats wouldn't make government spending an issue in 2007? So here's my advice to you, Uncle Ernie: the next time you have a thought, let it go!!!!
I can see you're still keeping up your tired mantra of "We're not perfect, but we've brought the state out of tough times". You'd have us believe that a few of the bad decisions you made and the scandals they created should be overshadowed by the good things you supposedly have done. Let's see how this plays somewhere else. Imagine, for a moment, you're Sadaam Hussein standing on the gallows with a noose around you're neck. You're last words to the people around you are: "Hey, ok, so I wasn't perfect, I killed 1 to 2 million Kurds, developed weapons of mass destruction, and generally made my neighbors fear and loathe me, but, hey, I did bring satellite TV to Bahgdad. Now thats gotta count for somethin." Wouldn't have worked, would it?
So in conclusion, Uncle Ernie, I liken your current situation to that of being the captain of the Titanic. You've struck a scandal ice berg, your political ship is sinking and you're trying to keep the passengers and the crew from deserting you by lying to them or, worse, bribing them with surplus state money.(Read the headlines in today's Courier-Journal, and not the horse racing page either, the page that reads:"Pence throws backing to Northup ". Apparently your lieutenant governor has thrown his support to Rhino Annie. I guess he can take a hint better than you can.)
I don't mind, Gov. Ernie, if you go down with the ship you built yourself. What bothers me is you want to take down the party with you!!!!
Sincerely yours,
The WOLF'S DEN