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Ben Chandler's Driving Principle:
His own advancement.

His constituency is twofold:
the liberal left of today's Democrat Party,
and you, the regular conservative-leaning every-day
"man-on-the-street" type.

There is no way to please both demographics at once.

Ben's money comes mostly from left-leaning sources
...trial lawyers, unions, liberal politicians, etc.
(Charlie Rangel...tax cheat)
However, if Ben campaigns as a liberal, he loses.
His district is conservative!

That's why the old Blue Dog comes a-scratchin' at your door...pandering, promising, "sharing your concerns."

Ben's Rules:
1. Deliver the goods to his donors.
2. Do or say whatever is necessary to stay in power.

Schmoozing With The Dude!!!

Finally! One of The Club...
Some influence with Obama.
Being"cool" for a change, ya' know?

Running with the big guys...
Spending LOTS of money!
Nancy noticed me.
Gosh, I'm lightheaded!!!

Nancy and The Dude
Snapping their fingers...
I'm here, man. Jumping! Waving!
Whatever they want...they like me!

Stimulus Bill?... Sure guys!
A few rumbles from home.
Cap and Trade?...Yeah,...yeah!
Rallies? What the...

HEALTHCARE? I'm getting nervous...
They want TOWN HALLS?
Man, I don't do that schtick.
Hey Dude, they're on me!
Angry voters - in my office!
In DC, The Holy city...

Time for...Rightie Tightie!!!
MY VOTE IS "NO!"

How did I do, Dude?
All O.K. with my favorite gal?
Higher debt ceiling? You betcha, baby!
You do cra-zy things to me with those eyes!

Split Personality?
Nope!!!
100% Chandler
100% of the time!!

Playing it Straight.

"Blue dog."
Remember the line...
FIS-CAL
CON-SER-VA-TIVE

It's like a
straight jacket.

"How ya gonna vote,
Ben?"
"Whatcha gonna do,
Ben?
They get too dang nosey.

I could scream...
Gotta do that bowing
and scraping routine
one more time.

Work the old magic.
Wring my hands.
"I'm deeply concerned..."
I almost gag myself.

They'll buy it...
They gotta buy it...

Just one more time.
They'll never know...

Chumps.

Outrage of the day...

I've been looking for this, and finally found it!
We had written Chandler twice; no response...
we called, were promised answers; none came.

Our youngest son is a US Marine.
Thus, we were very interested to know what earmarks
Chandler had put in the pork-laden 2010 Defense Spending Bill.

Here's one of them:
$2.4 million for Eastern Kentucky University research using
algae, cellulose, or SEWAGE to replace fossil fuels!

We in Kentucky have enough coal underneath us to last
years and years AND YEARS to come.
The United States has within its boundaries
more oil than the Middle East.
And here we are, stuck with a congressman who has voted repeatedly for environmental bills designed to keep us from using either,
including the vicious Cap and Trade legislation
still skulking around Washington.

As if that weren't enough, now Chandler
takes money away from our military at war
to try to turn SEWAGE into electricity!

This little penchant of Chandler's goes back over years.
2007: Chandler states he would
like to have the money back from the Iraq War
to spend on alternative fuels.
(Who knew he meant hooking up septic tanks to power lines!
Is this the new "clean" energy he keeps harping about?)

There a couple of policy statements made by this earmark:

On provisions for our Military:
Chandler prefers sewage to supplies.

On Energy:
Chandler prefers "crap" to coal.

My apologies for crudeness here, but honestly...
Chandler's actions require plain fact spoken plainly.

My husband and I wanted to know what
Chandler considered more valuable than our son's life,
indeed all Military lives.
Now we do.

Somehow, we expected more....

Ben Chandler's new campaign website
provides interesting reading.

I learned he has raised buckets of money,
way more than his Republican challengers.
So I zipped over to the FEC website to peruse
his generous donors.
Through quarter 3 of 2009, health interests,
bankers, trial lawyers,
unions, the liquor industry, and more,
coughed up a whopping $194,250.
Quarter 4 has yet to be revealed.

Ben claimed to have visited all 16 counties in his district during the August recess.
Did this include bathroom stops?
Honestly, voters all over the district were actively on the lookout for Ben.
It became our favorite sport!
The Senior Citizens in Danville thought
they had won the prize,
but he cancelled at the last moment.

I searched for appearances by His Lordship,
but found only paid performances.
From March forward, he has held 7 fundraisers, each requiring a donation of $500 to $5,000.

Chandler says he's meeting with his constituency.
He's right.
They are the ones with a cocktail in one hand,
and a nondescript envelope in the other, sliding into Ben's pocket.

Ben looks out for Number One;
what's good for Chandler will have to be good enough for you.

If you put the federal government
in charge of the Sahara,
in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
...Milton Friedman

GM (Government Motors) said Jan. 27
it would give owners of Toyota cars and
trucks $1,000 or free financing
if they buy a GM.

Chandler was eager to take over GM:
"I am very pleased this package protects
Kentucky jobs."
Toyota is one of central Kentucky's
largest employers...

Here we have it!
Government providing
"Competition"
for our free market industries.
Like they want to do
to healthcare.

Ben Chandler, US Representative
1504 Longworth Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202)225-4706, Telephone
(202)225-2122, Fax

Ben's Lexington Office:
1010 Monarch St., Suite 310
Lexington, KY 40513
Telephone: (859)219-1366
Fax: (859)219-3437