McConnell's tendency to hype

From the Herald-Leader:

13 guilty pleas (were) entered in federal court in Louisville Tuesday by the second and last of two Iraqi refugees who had settled in Bowling Green. An FBI sting caught them plotting to send aid and weapons to al-Qaida in Iraq.

When the charges were announced last year McConnell warned of "retaliatory attacks" and "disturbances and disruptions" unless the two were moved from Kentucky to a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

...Despite McConnell's alarm, Kentucky appears to have escaped unscathed, unless the upcoming sentencings of Mohanad Hammadi and Waad Alwan attract an attack by Osama bin Laden (oh, wait, he's dead).

An ugly turn

A good editorial in today's Courier-Journal:

Things turned ugly at the tea party rally in Frankfort Tuesday and state Sen. Damon Thayer, a Georgetown Republican, deserves special credit.

...“We need you to help send Barack Obama back to Chicago or Hawaii or wherever he wants to go,” Thayer said, prompting some in the crowd to shout “Kenya!”

This astonishingly offensive response was met with a wink and a nod from Mr. Thayer, who instead of rebuking the speakers, encouraged them.