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"Harry Hope" |
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10 Jul 2006 10:37:14 PM |
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Indicted Kentucky Republican governor's exercise in hypocrisy |
From The Associated Press, 7/9/06:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-govcommutedog_09nat.ART.State.Bulldog.242a169.html
Kentucky governor touts fitness, but doesn't walk to home across
street
By ROGER ALFORD Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. --
When Gov. Ernie Fletcher's day is over, he leaves his Capitol office,
climbs into a Lincoln Town Car driven by a state trooper and returns
to the Governor's Mansion -- across the street.
Meanwhile, his administration is encouraging Kentuckians to get out
and walk more for their health.
The Republican governor, a physician by training, makes no apologies
for riding back and forth to work.
"I think that's been a tradition for a long time," he said.
"That's what security likes."
But his do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do example irks some politicians.
"I just think it's incredible," said Democratic state Sen. Ernesto
Scorsone, a marathon runner and frequent critic of Mr. Fletcher.
"The governor should practice what he's preaching. Otherwise it smacks
of being hypocritical."
Across the country, several governors who live near state capitols
routinely walk to work.
In Iowa, Gov. Tom Vilsack sometimes jogs the three miles from the
Capitol to his home at the end of the workday.
But Gov. Chris Gregoire in Washington state, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and
Gov. Haley Barbour in Mississippi routinely ride to work from their
homes next door.
"Security is what drives the decision," said Gregoire spokesman Lars
Erickson.
In Virginia and West Virginia, the governors have only a short trek
from home to office, and they walk it daily.
In Montana, Gov. Brian Schweitzer walks with his dog, Jag, seven
blocks to his Capitol office.
In Florida, Gov. Jeb Bush sometimes walks the half-mile to the
Capitol.
In Kentucky, the Fletcher administration has begun running radio
announcements across the state, calling on people to walk or bike
more.
In his State of the Commonwealth address this year, Mr. Fletcher
announced the kickoff of a fitness program to help fight obesity,
diabetes and heart disease.
Larry Forgy, a Fletcher supporter and former Republican gubernatorial
candidate, said criticism of Mr. Fletcher is unjustified.
"One of the things I do know is that all security people want anybody
who is a potential target not to have a routine," Mr. Forgy said.
"The routine of walking across there at 8 o'clock every morning is
what they'd want to break up."
Mr. Fletcher and his administration have been under fire for the past
year.
He is under indictment on charges of hiring and firing employees on
the basis of their political loyalty.
He spent about three weeks in the hospital in February and March after
suffering complications from gallbladder surgery.
But he said he is physically fit, and the decision to ride to and from
work has nothing to do with his health.
Lee Jackson, president of the Kentucky state employees' union, said
driving the short distance to work "shows a lack of respect for the
hardworking state employees" who have longer walks from their parking
spaces to their offices.
Julian Carroll, governor from 1974 to 1979, said it would take nearly
as long to get into and out of a car as it would to walk from the
mansion to the Capitol.
"It never occurred to me to do anything but walk," he said.
"I can't ever remember an occasion when I did other than walk. For
goodness' sakes, it's only 500 feet or less."
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Obscene hypocrisy.
Harry
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| User: "SyVyN11" |
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| Title: Re: Indicted Kentucky Republican governor's exercise in hypocrisy |
11 Jul 2006 01:31:37 PM |
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"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:ta76b25nr0627fodpkb1cshtcp95nvb57u@4ax.com...
From The Associated Press, 7/9/06:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-govcommutedog_09nat.ART.State.Bulldog.242a169.html
Kentucky governor touts fitness, but doesn't walk to home across
street
hopeless, you haven't learned your lesson when you posted this before. I
tried to tell you the situation about what happened, but facts or truth do
not matter to libs
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| User: "ouroboros rex" |
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| Title: Re: Indicted Kentucky Republican governor's exercise in hypocrisy |
11 Jul 2006 01:39:54 PM |
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"SyVyN11" <711robhorine@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:d8Ssg.7253$cd3.1270@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:ta76b25nr0627fodpkb1cshtcp95nvb57u@4ax.com...
From The Associated Press, 7/9/06:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-govcommutedog_09nat.ART.State.Bulldog.242a169.html
Kentucky governor touts fitness, but doesn't walk to home across
street
hopeless, you haven't learned your lesson when you posted this before.
I tried to tell you the situation about what happened, but facts or truth
do not matter to libs
No cite = unsubstantiated *****.
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| User: "SyVyN11" |
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| Title: Re: Indicted Kentucky Republican governor's exercise in hypocrisy |
11 Jul 2006 05:07:07 PM |
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"ouroboros rex" <c-bee1@NOSPUMMYitg.uiuc.edu> wrote in message
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"SyVyN11" <711robhorine@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:d8Ssg.7253$cd3.1270@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:ta76b25nr0627fodpkb1cshtcp95nvb57u@4ax.com...
From The Associated Press, 7/9/06:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-govcommutedog_09nat.ART.State.Bulldog.242a169.html
Kentucky governor touts fitness, but doesn't walk to home across
street
hopeless, you haven't learned your lesson when you posted this before. I
tried to tell you the situation about what happened, but facts or truth
do not matter to libs
No cite = unsubstantiated *****.
You need a cite when Fletcher was in the hospital???!!!!
You can't go onto any louisville news station news site or even YAHOO or
GOOGLE and find it yourself? You are either lazy, stupid or naive or any
combo of the three! The man was in the hospital, he almost died in the
hospital.
You have no shame
you have no honor!
THAT'S MY FUCKING CITE!!!
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| User: "Fredric L. Rice" |
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| Title: Re: Indicted Kentucky Republican governor's exercise in hypocrisy |
11 Jul 2006 10:16:22 PM |
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"SyVyN11" <711robhorine@earthlink.net> wrote:
Try again:
From The Associated Press, 7/9/06:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-govcommutedog_09nat..ART..State..Bulldog..242a169..html
Kentucky governor touts fitness, but doesn't walk to home across
street
By ROGER ALFORD Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. --
When Gov. Ernie Fletcher's day is over, he leaves his Capitol office,
climbs into a Lincoln Town Car driven by a state trooper and returns
to the Governor's Mansion -- across the street.
Meanwhile, his administration is encouraging Kentuckians to get out
and walk more for their health.
The Republican governor, a physician by training, makes no apologies
for riding back and forth to work.
"I think that's been a tradition for a long time," he said.
"That's what security likes."
But his do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do example irks some politicians.
"I just think it's incredible," said Democratic state Sen. Ernesto
Scorsone, a marathon runner and frequent critic of Mr. Fletcher.
"The governor should practice what he's preaching. Otherwise it smacks
of being hypocritical."
Across the country, several governors who live near state capitols
routinely walk to work.
In Iowa, Gov. Tom Vilsack sometimes jogs the three miles from the
Capitol to his home at the end of the workday.
But Gov. Chris Gregoire in Washington state, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and
Gov. Haley Barbour in Mississippi routinely ride to work from their
homes next door.
"Security is what drives the decision," said Gregoire spokesman Lars
Erickson.
In Virginia and West Virginia, the governors have only a short trek
from home to office, and they walk it daily.
In Montana, Gov. Brian Schweitzer walks with his dog, Jag, seven
blocks to his Capitol office.
In Florida, Gov. Jeb Bush sometimes walks the half-mile to the
Capitol.
In Kentucky, the Fletcher administration has begun running radio
announcements across the state, calling on people to walk or bike
more.
In his State of the Commonwealth address this year, Mr. Fletcher
announced the kickoff of a fitness program to help fight obesity,
diabetes and heart disease.
Larry Forgy, a Fletcher supporter and former Republican gubernatorial
candidate, said criticism of Mr. Fletcher is unjustified.
"One of the things I do know is that all security people want anybody
who is a potential target not to have a routine," Mr. Forgy said.
"The routine of walking across there at 8 o'clock every morning is
what they'd want to break up."
Mr. Fletcher and his administration have been under fire for the past
year.
He is under indictment on charges of hiring and firing employees on
the basis of their political loyalty.
He spent about three weeks in the hospital in February and March after
suffering complications from gallbladder surgery.
But he said he is physically fit, and the decision to ride to and from
work has nothing to do with his health.
Lee Jackson, president of the Kentucky state employees' union, said
driving the short distance to work "shows a lack of respect for the
hardworking state employees" who have longer walks from their parking
spaces to their offices.
Julian Carroll, governor from 1974 to 1979, said it would take nearly
as long to get into and out of a car as it would to walk from the
mansion to the Capitol.
"It never occurred to me to do anything but walk," he said.
"I can't ever remember an occasion when I did other than walk. For
goodness' sakes, it's only 500 feet or less."
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Pretending that you don't smell the burning Jews isn't an excuse
for the defense of war crime atrocities against humanity. "I
didn't know" is no longer an excuse in the age of the Internet.
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