Romney fundraiser draws top KY Republicans plus former UK stars Harrellson and Cousins

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• Matt Akin wrote on November 18, 2011 09:30 AM :

  This article is a terrible thing. You will only serve to divide Kentucky Fans along political lines. Not to mention damage the favorability of fans for certain players. For example, I can no longer say Demarcus Cousins is my favorite UK player of all time because now I know how much he supports Republican candidates and Mitt Romney in general. So thanks…..you idiot.

• Bruce Layne wrote on November 18, 2011 12:13 PM :

  I had read that there was a Romney fund raiser at the Aviation Museum in Lexington on Thursday evening, but as late as Tuesday night, someone very active in Republican politics in Kentucky said they were just rumors and that probably wasn’t going to happen.

  Put this in the proper perspective. Mitt Romney is running for president. He’s flying all over the country picking up big checks and getting in some face time with big donors and political cronies. The press and the average voter are not invited to these fund raisers. He has no interest in talking to the people he’d represent, other than in well scripted soundbites in what are laughingly referred to as national televised debates.

  An honest politician is desperate to meet people and try to earn their vote, and speak with the media. Ask yourself what it means when a politician isn’t interested in meeting the people and eschews the local media that could help him convey his message to the regional community, and is only interested in big checks and well connected people with political power.

  The table is tilted. The game is rigged. We have the “choice” between Wall Street bankster candidate R and Wall Street bankster candidate D. Heads they win, tails we lose.

  Now can you see why Ron Paul got 89 seconds out of a total of 3600 seconds in the last debate on CBS, even though he is polling even with Romney and Cain, and ahead of Perry who is clearly on his way out of this race?

  In an email exchange I received yesterday, a few politically active Kentucky conservatives I know said they’d vote for Obama if the other option was Romney.

  Attention Kentucky Republicans! Warning! Warning!

  Mitt Romney 2012 = David Williams 2011

  Vote for Mitt Romney, and get four more years of President Obama absolutely free.

• bob wrote on November 22, 2011 11:35 AM :

  I think there is a better than average chance Obama will be relected. 4 more years folks. I mean look, what is the offering from the R party. Most likey it looks like Romney and at this juncture and he’s simply not electable. i.e. just like Williams as Bruce warns.

  I for one Reg. Republican (which I intend to change to Independent) won’t be voting for Romney if he wins the Republican Nomination. Simply put, he’s out of touch with average Americans. Fully in-touch with big money donors and corporations.

  Ron Paul is the best overall choice. But he’ll be labeled a crack pot by the liberal media.

  So, the establishmnet wins again.

• Noelle wrote on November 25, 2011 02:09 PM :

  Mitt Romney is the most prepared, the most qualified person to be president. He brings with him vast experience (and success) in the private sector. He has demonstrated over and over again his ability to turn around failing and faltering enterprises. He did so numerous times in the private sector. He did it at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He took the multi-billion dollar deficit in MA and left with a balanced budget, and $2 billion in their rainy day fund. He is not perfect. No person is, and no candidate is. But Mitt Romney is an honest, honorable and intelligent man, and he is just what we need to turn around our faltering economy, and restore belief in America. I believe that if the GOP is wise enough to nominate him, and the US is wise enough to elect him, Mitt Romney will be a great President of the United States.