my thoughts....
Ashley may not live in KY right now, but Ashley is an Ashland, KY native. She is die-hard Kentucky all the way. She is a graduate of University of Kentucky and avid fan of our NCAA champion Kentucky Wildcats, and attends games very very often. Make no mistake, Kentucky loves Ashley Judd. If I'm not mistaken, I believe she is a Yale graduate as well. And she has a backbone; is unafraid to go up against the mighty coal barons. Hey, if democracy beat big dark money on Tuesday, Nov 6, 2012, then I think there's a chance she could beat big dark coal? No? Yes!
There's another famous Kentucky native from the Maysville, KY area who could give ole Rand Paul a go too (or Mitch McConnell), and that's George Clooney. No, he doesn't live here, but he is a native. There's you some name recognition, especially since his big sister was Rosemary .
We also have Johnny Depp who is a native of Louisville, KY
I have pined away for years over the right-wing strong-hold in this "Poor" state. There was even an article on the front page of the Lexington Herald Leader a few weeks ago before the election which more or less bragged about the fact that poor people in this mostly rural state will vote Republican every time.
There's much talk about spineless democrats in this country..... the ones in this state have absolutely no back bone at all. They will not organize and fight back. They have no guts, and no spine to "stand up and fight for what they believe in!" (as Devall Patrick said at the Convention.)
Since the election on Tuesday, and after seeing that neat little chart of how the most educated and least educated states voted here on DU (thank you to whoever posted that), I have been racking my brain on how we can get our poor closed minded folks educated. And then these reports started appearing about Ashley Judd.
For lack of a better term, I will call our (Kentuckian) rural republican-voting folks the "Honey Boo-boos". Ashley Judd and George Clooney definitely have name recognition, even in Honey-Boo-Boo-land. Ashley and George are giants in the area of social justice. Now don't get me wrong as I discuss our Honey-Boo-Boos. I have nothing against our people. They have been held down and back. It is impossible to understand how we can send men to the moon and Curiosity to Mars but can't educate ALL of our people. Well, we can. And we must. Using any
tactic that we can, coming up with ideas and putting them to work. OFA did it for POB, yes?
Anyway, I digress for now...
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