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Rand Paul: Ashley Judd 'Way Damn Too Liberal' For Kentucky

He's no supporter of the actress-turned-politician's interest in a 2016 Senate run

Dec 6, 2012 by Dain Fitzgerald

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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul didn't exactly roll out the red carpet for actress Ashley Judd when asked about her potential challenge to his seat yesterday.

"I thought she was running for Parliament," said Rand in a radio interview with DC's WMAL, making snarky reference to Judd's home in Scotland. Saying the celebrity's politics were "way damn too liberal" for not only the state of Kentucky but for the country, Rand also questioned her common sense as it applies to her home state.

"She hates our biggest industry, which is coal," he said. "Good luck bringing the - 'I hate coal' message to Kentucky."

Judd has spoken out against coal mining in Appalachia in the past, even going so far as to call it "environmental genocide." The words were enough to prompt one Kentucky judge to dub her a "an egotistical brat from California."

Via Politico and WBKO.

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MRMacrum

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Is Judd too Liberal for Kentucky? Who knows? Let her run and find out. She would certainly be pleasant visual change from Sen. "Sour puss" McConnell. It would be kinda cool to see her standing in the Senate and knowing I have seen her boobs. BTW, they are nice ones IMO.
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That was a very sexist comment, especially considering you didn't even supply a link to support your assertions.
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MRMacrum

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@PNWest - Yes it was indeed a very very sexist comment. Guilty as charged. Can't help it if I enjoy a nice female physique. There was a movie "Bug". It was about a Vet who was slowly going crazy and the relationship he enters into with Ashley who plays a waitress trying to get her life back on track. Excellent movie BTW. Even with the sex scenes censored. But if you catch on the IFC channel, nothing is censored.
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DanielMincin

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@MRMacrum I never saw your comments so "laid back"
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MRMacrum

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@DanielMincin - Well, I guess being an angry old white guy ain't workin, so I figure becomin a dirty ole man in a good mood is my only alternative.
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@MRMacrum Hate to burst your bubble but at the end of the movie bug in the credits there is credit for "Body double" for Ashley Judd. Nice ones but not hers.
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PNWest

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I hope not. I'd love to see Rand Paul join his kooky father in Libertarianland. Go Ashley!
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IMAQT

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I agree anyone that opposed both Iraq and the Afghanistan wars are kooks. After all they were probably the biggest decisions that Washington has made in the last 10 years, deciding to send out troops into harms way. And these wars served us so well and accomplished our objectives and has made us a safer nation and all with money borrowed from China. What a great policy. Frankly I think the kooks are the ones that supported these wars.
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PNWest

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@IMAQT Rand Paul, Kook extraordinaire: http://gawker.com/5544827/rand-paul-is-even-c...
http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2010/10/5-...
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Libertyiskey

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@PNWest President Obama has ties to Jeremiah Wright so he disavows what he says now but he didn't back then. Or is ties with Al Sharpton a well known racist. http://m.townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2...
Or does his ties with Frank Marshall Davis make him a communist?
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PNWest

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@Libertyiskey Wow you must be a Rand Paul supporter!
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norezen

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@IMAQT You're being sarcastic I hope. Invading Iraq was one of the most foolish things the US has ever done. The justification for the invasion was a lie. Thousands of Americans killed and wounded for no reason at all, then add in the financial expense, and now the millions of Iraqi orphans that will grow up hating the US. Iraq never posed a threat to the US and the country had no right to invade.
Afghanistan was another debacle. The US did not need to send in so many troops to dismantle Al-Qaeda and catch Bin Laden. And now the military-industrial complex is keeping us there even longer for more war profiteering (which is the real reason we invaded Iraq as well).
Both wars, especially in scale and duration, were about money, not the safety of the country or pursuit of fugitives.
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Yvonne

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In my opinion, NO she is not too liberal for MY Kentucky. All of these old republican idiots are hopefully on the way out. We need someone that is looking at the future. All we have now are men who want things their way and are not willing to comprimise on anything! I say let's give her a shot. I don't think she can be worse than what we have and I really think she will do what's best for Kentucky, not just for herself!
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PoliticalSpice

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Maybe, but she has a lot of money, she might just be running to raisr some issues and not actually win. I'd like to McConnel knocked out by a repub challenge, that is a more realistic possibility.
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MRMacrum

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Do you think it is possible for him to be primaried out? I just do not have a handle on the politics of the KY/TN area. Seems they could certainly use some liberal spice on their conservative stew though.
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@MRMacrum
Not sure, I only lived on either coast, we do not really inderstand the republican brain. I know McConnell hireda Rand person to help beef up his credentials, but I am not certian people
Who vote liberatarianare all conservative leaning, but McConnell seems concerned about a tea party challenge...someone on this tread made reference to "my Kentucky" if you haven't already you might adk them...
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DerivePI

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Is there such a thing as being too liberal?
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DerivePI

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According to this, she's probably not happy...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/opinion/sun...
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TheJimmy

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A Liberal woman is normal but a Liberal man? Well, not so much.
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Dan_Tien

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My grandfather worked in a coal mine. He hated coal too. The only good thing that he had to say about it was that it was "better than pickin' cotton".
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Libertyiskey

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Yup.
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DanielMincin

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Despite the uneloquent remarks made by Paul, it will be difficult for Rudd to win Kentucky since Kentucky is such an industrial state.
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Thegrif

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Amen Rand
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harold

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If I had to choose between Rand Paul and Ashley Judd, I'd go for Ashley. she can't be any worse that Paul.
I really think he would be happier in the Heritage Foundation than in congress.
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Denizen_Kate

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Actually, the choice would be between Ashely Judd and Mitch McConnell. Rand is the OTHER senator from KY.
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jessejaymes

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I call first dibs on consoling Ashley if she loses. Or if she wins.
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Denizen_Kate

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Fine. While you console her, I'll keep her husband well occupied. ;-)
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jessejaymes

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@Denizen_Kate Works for me.
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Leatheryman

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She is actually one of my personal favourite actresses, but there is no way I would want any feminist zealot calling the shots. They have already damaged society beyond repair.
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twinertia

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Hate to admit it, but Rand's right on this topic. Kentucky is BIG-TIME red, and will remain so in the face of the most common of sense.
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InjusticeSucks

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Anyone that Rand dose not like is my hero...Rand Paul is a Major Nut Bag and should be removed from his Job.
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Realthinker

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A rich actress with a race car driver husband who lives in Scotland; yeah, the people of KY are going to believe she can identify with and care about them. Geez.
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Yvonne

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She is from Kentucky! She was not rich when she lived here as a child and knows how hard things can be....unlike McConnell who has forgotten what and for whom he is working for!!
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Fitz

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@Yvonne I hate to say you are wrong but the Judd's were pretty well off by the time they moved back here from California. Daddy Judd owned a well to do gas station on the main drag in town, Polly Judd worked at Pollack Jewelry and did a stint on the city council. Please do not feed that crap to the dumb masses that are star struck and may not know better.
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AnObserver

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Not only is she a liberal, but she's an idiot to boot.
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MikeC

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I thought Kentucky and a lot of the southern states were going to secede from the USA?? BTW. Kentucky is only one of a few southern states that would elect a teabagger like rand paul
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Jeff_Woehrle

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But, she's so purdy... Compared to the average liberal, this is a galactic beauty queen.
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FollowTheMoney

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Way too liberal for me, I'm from Kentucky. Social engineering is already way out of control. It needs to be stopped, not speed up.
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