Sen. Mitch McConnell's re-election campaign jumped the shark Monday when it put out on Twitter a graphic with these words: "There's one reason there's a depression in Eastern Kentucky, Barack Obama."
Anyone who knows anything about Kentucky, no matter their politics, will find this statement insulting to the intelligence.
Eastern Kentucky's poverty predates the current president by a long, long time. Remember all those news stories earlier this year about the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson launching the War on Poverty in Martin County?
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
'Jumping the shark' with divisive tactics
A great editorial in today's Herald-Leader:
