Because as we all know, Kentucky doesn't have any other issues...

[theHandpuppet]

... that need the attention of their state government. Things like education, poverty, environmental destruction, infrastructure, employment et al. No, this is their plan for Kentucky:

The Cincinnati Enquirer
GOP imagines: What if we ruled Kentucky?
Abortion, taxes, labor on wish list as it hopes to win Assembly control; Democrats insist that won't happen
Feb. 11, 2014 9:31 AM

Republicans have started dreaming about what they could do if they gain control of the Kentucky House of Representatives this fall, giving them control of both chambers...

...For Republicans, control would means getting anti-abortion legislation passed, such as the fetal ultrasound bill that would require doctors to offer to show an ultrasound of the fetus to women seeking abortions.

Republicans for years have tried to pass laws to end prevailing-wage laws, which require government funded projects to pay a certain wage to meet industry standards in an area. They’ve also tried to get “right to work” legislation passed that would prohibit unions from compelling membership at a company.

GOP lawmakers said both “right to work” and repealing prevailing wage would be on the top of their list if they controlled the Legislature.... MORE

http://nky.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20140211/NEWS/302110020/GOP-imagines-What-we-ruled-Kentucky-?odyssey=mod|newswell|img|FRONTPAGE|p

[CherokeeDem]

1. I live in Kentucky...

and these people are an embarrassment. A bunch of pasty white boys who could care less about the plight of the poor, the unemployed, the sick. All they care about is controlling women and putting the poor in their place.

Republicans representatives and state senators in Kentucky are no different from the same vile Republicans serving in state house across the country. No state has a monopoly on these crazed people. Our society is incredibility dysfunctional and until we can turn our attention to the real needs of the people, we are at the mercy of these idiots should they gain control of government.

I am so thankful Steve Beshear has been governor these last few years... a voice of reason in this state.

[theHandpuppet]

2. Oh, I hear ya

My late father was from Pike County, Kentucky.

I'm hoping the good people of Kentucky are sick and tired of this GOP smoke and mirrors B.S. I think the KY GOP is running scared because Alison Lunderson Grimes looks as if she could kick Mitch to the curb. And when Repukes are backed into a corner, they inevitably drag out that broken record about abortion, gays, et al. That's all they've got, rather than real solutions to real problems.