Go ahead, keep attacking Ashley Judd

[DigitalDrifter]

By Nick Wing

Actress Ashley Judd continued to stoke speculation about a potential Democratic Kentucky Senate run over the past week, holding meetings with key political players on both the national and state level.

Politico reports that Judd sat down with officials from the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee for a private meeting in Washington, D.C. earlier this week. A source told Politico that it was her first official meeting with the DSCC since expressing interest in challenging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and a strong sign that she was serious about laying the groundwork for a 2014 campaign.

Judd has also reportedly attempted to strengthen her ties to Kentucky, making an appearance at a well-attended dinner late last week featuring the state's top Democratic politicians and operatives.

Judd, a Kentucky native and active supporter of President Barack Obama, has been a fascination in the Bluegrass State since first being floated as a possible contender shortly after the November elections. Recent rounds of polling have shown McConnell to be highly unpopular and particularly vulnerable as he seeks a sixth term, though a February survey testing a McConnell-Judd matchup showed the Republican leading the actress by nine points.

While she's received support from some political operatives and elected officials in the state, not all Democrats are excited at the prospect of Judd's entrance into Kentucky politics. Her skeptics have expressed concern that her status as a strong advocate for liberal policies and a current resident of Tennessee could damage her viability. Others claim that she would be a divisive presence in the state, and could damage Democrats' broader chances in state and local elections.

More: Ashley Judd Takes Further Steps Toward Kentucky Senate Run With Key Meetings

I love how the pathetic dems worship the Hollywood elite. They are always waiting for Tom Hanks or Matt Damon or one of those types to swoop down and save them from the evil pubs. Everything is a movie to these idiots.

And does this sound like someone who Kentucky would identify with ? No wonder her husband left her.

Ashley Judd’s biggest problem: Her history of bizarre comments

She has spoken out against having kids, saying it is “unconscionable to breed” while there are so many starving children in the world.

She has criticized the tradition of fathers “giving away” their daughters at weddings, calling that practice “a common vestige of male dominion over a woman’s reproductive status.”

She has even compared mountaintop removal mining to the Rwandan genocide, and has criticized Christianity as a religion that “legitimizes and seals male power.”

Yet actress Ashley Judd is seriously contemplating a Senate run in Kentucky, a conservative-leaning state where such liberal comments would be mocked and viewed as, well, bizarre.

If Judd decides to challenge Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell for his Senate seat next year, Republicans and their well-funded super PAC allies have warned that Kentuckians will see and hear these comments over and over again on television and the radio.

By getting in the race with this sort of baggage, Judd runs the risk of being portrayed as a Todd Akin-esque candidate — meaning voters simply decide she’s unqualified to serve as a senator, because her comments are so outrageous and extreme that people can’t bring themselves to vote for her.

Here is a sampling of some of Judd’s most stunning comments:

— On her decision not to have kids with her husband: “It’s unconscionable to breed, with the number of children who are starving to death in impoverished countries.”

On her comparing mountaintop removal to the Rwandan genocide: “President Clinton has repeatedly said doing nothing during the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 is the single greatest regret of the Presidency. Yet here at home, there is full blown environmental genocide and collapse happening, and we are doing nothing. Naturally, I accept that I set myself up for ridicule for using such strong terms, or perhaps outrage from human victims of slaughter.”

- On fathers giving daughters away at weddings: “To this day, a common vestige of male dominion over a woman’s reproductive status is her father ‘giving’ away her away to her husband at their wedding, and the ongoing practice of women giving up their last names in order to assume the name of their husband’s families, into which they have effectively been traded.”

- On the coal industry, which employees thousands of Kentuckians: “The era of coal plant is over, unacceptable,” she tweeted in October.

- On how Christianity “legitimizes” male power over women: “Patriarchal religions, of which Christianity is one, gives us a God that is like a man, a God presented and discussed exclusively in male imagery, which legitimizes and seals male power. It is the intention to dominate, even if the intention to dominate is nowhere visible.”

- On men: “Throughout history, men have tried to control the means of reproduction, which means trying to control woman. This president is a modern day Attila the Hun.”

Judd, who has reportedly met with officials at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, is giving signs that she’s gearing up for a run. (RELATED: Judd to deliver speech in Washington on “women’s reproductive health”)

And a political ally — Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth — told ABC News: “I would be surprised if she doesn’t run at this point.”

She has spoken out against having kids, saying it is “unconscionable to breed” while there are so many starving children in the world.

She has criticized the tradition of fathers “giving away” their daughters at weddings, calling that practice “a common vestige of male dominion over a woman’s reproductive status.”

She has even compared mountaintop removal mining to the Rwandan genocide, and has criticized Christianity as a religion that “legitimizes and seals male power.”

Yet actress Ashley Judd is seriously contemplating a Senate run in Kentucky, a conservative-leaning state where such liberal comments would be mocked and viewed as, well, bizarre.

If Judd decides to challenge Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell for his Senate seat next year, Republicans and their well-funded super PAC allies have warned that Kentuckians will see and hear these comments over and over again on television and the radio.

By getting in the race with this sort of baggage, Judd runs the risk of being portrayed as a Todd Akin-esque candidate — meaning voters simply decide she’s unqualified to serve as a senator, because her comments are so outrageous and extreme that people can’t bring themselves to vote for her.

Here is a sampling of some of Judd’s most stunning comments:

— On her decision not to have kids with her husband: “It’s unconscionable to breed, with the number of children who are starving to death in impoverished countries.”

- On her comparing mountaintop removal to the Rwandan genocide: “President Clinton has repeatedly said doing nothing during the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 is the single greatest regret of the Presidency. Yet here at home, there is full blown environmental genocide and collapse happening, and we are doing nothing. Naturally, I accept that I set myself up for ridicule for using such strong terms, or perhaps outrage from human victims of slaughter.”

- On fathers giving daughters away at weddings: “To this day, a common vestige of male dominion over a woman’s reproductive status is her father ‘giving’ away her away to her husband at their wedding, and the ongoing practice of women giving up their last names in order to assume the name of their husband’s families, into which they have effectively been traded.”

- On the coal industry, which employees thousands of Kentuckians: “The era of coal plant is over, unacceptable,” she tweeted in October.

- On how Christianity “legitimizes” male power over women: “Patriarchal religions, of which Christianity is one, gives us a God that is like a man, a God presented and discussed exclusively in male imagery, which legitimizes and seals male power. It is the intention to dominate, even if the intention to dominate is nowhere visible.”

- On men: “Throughout history, men have tried to control the means of reproduction, which means trying to control woman. This president is a modern day Attila the Hun.”

Judd, who has reportedly met with officials at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, is giving signs that she’s gearing up for a run. (RELATED: Judd to deliver speech in Washington on “women’s reproductive health”)

And a political ally — Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth — told ABC News: “I would be surprised if she doesn’t run at this point.”

But Democrats appear to be nervous about a run.

“If she runs, I think that it would be a catastrophe for a lot of downballot races in Kentucky,” Jimmy Cauley, a Democratic strategist in Kentucky, told Roll Call recently.

Likewise, political observers are doubtful of a Judd candidacy.

“In fact, in a midterm election during President Barack Obama’s second term, Ashley Judd would have about the same chance of getting elected to the Senate in Kentucky as Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., would have of being elected president of EMILY’s List,” Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report wrote in Novem





Read more: Ashley Judd?s biggest problem: Her past bizarre comments | The Daily Caller

 

[GuyPinestra]

So, you think abortion is all there is to women's reproductive health?

To liberals, yes. "Reproductive Health" is code for abortion, and don't try to say it isn't.

Nope....birth control and ultrasounds and prenatel care. All very important.

But please....tell us what YOU know about "reproductive health".

You would think a woman would know how to spell 'prenatal'...

Oops, was that a sexist comment?

 

[thereisnospoon]

Well, you obviously don't know much about Ashley Judd's charity work, events and causes. BTW, how has Mitch McConnell helped "education"...? Tell us all about ol' Mitch...

LIke I said. Who cares. She's not applying for den mother of the year. Convincing people to donate money to HER charity does not qualify her to hold that office. And we should never put people in Congress for "doing causes". When we do , we see the awful results.
I do know. Anyone can google these days. Even you. Because you didn't know jack shit about Judd save her acting career before two things happened. One, you realized she's a far left wing moonbat just like you and she was considering a run for US Senate. Otherwise, you would not give two shits about her.
Look genius, I knwo you live in a world that peers through rose colored glasses, but turn off the emotional steam chamber in your head and think for once. What chance does a staunch anti gun pro big government liberal have in a conservative pro gun, state such as Kentucky.
Unless there is a massive shift in population and demographics, Judd will not win. Oh, she'll get the far left college student vote, those who are enamored by her celebrity and a few self hating white moderates, but for the most part, Kentuckians are not going to vote for a radical card carrying socialist.

My, aren't you full of the comic-book conspiracies

You do understand, do you not, that the sitting junior senator's prior experience was as a doctor? And that the guy he replaced, he was a baseball pitcher?

And you do understand that when you refer to "doing causes" you're talking to your own strawman, not a real quote from a real person?

I have to wonder......

You just keep wondering...Why Judd is not running is a big left state like California. At least she'd stand a chance at winning. Oh wait....Cali already has two far left wing moonbat Senators.
Look, without acting and causes, Judd is a nobody.

 

[thereisnospoon]

How many times are you going to resurrect this dead thread, Lahota? You can reply to it every day but it is old news to everyone and to be honest? Ashley Judd is known as a real ditz in Hollywood. Keep looking. I'm sure you'll find a candidate somewhere but the American public considers this one a reject. She blew it by opening her mouth one too many times and lost her fans. Now she is looking for a paycheck that pays her for life. ( 1 term lifetime pay ) Anyone who votes for Judd is an idiot. lol....

And she doesn't even live in Kentucky, she calls Tennessee home, and she just got through nominating Obama for president as a delegate from Tennessee.
And going around using the term "breeding", how much more ouit of touch could she be to the people of Kentucky ?

And....? How long does she have to live in Kentucky before she's qualified to run for Senator? Cite that part of the Constitution for us.

She has to establish a domicile within the Commonwealth.

 

[Lakhota]

Ashley Judd Picks Up Support From Another High-Profile Kentucky Democrat

 

[Lakhota]

Ashley Judd in DC: I'm a Three-Time Rape Survivor

 

[thereisnospoon]

Ashley Judd in DC: I'm a Three-Time Rape Survivor

You have not noticed you are the only one posting to this stupid thread?

 

[Lakhota]

Theatrical Slut Shaming: Daily Caller Attacks Ashley Judd For Movie Nude Scenes

 

[Pogo]

More: Ashley Judd Takes Further Steps Toward Kentucky Senate Run With Key Meetings

I love how the pathetic dems worship the Hollywood elite. They are always waiting for Tom Hanks or Matt Damon or one of those types to swoop down and save them from the evil pubs. Everything is a movie to these idiots.

And does this sound like someone who Kentucky would identify with ? No wonder her husband left her.

Ashley Judd’s biggest problem: Her history of bizarre comments

She has spoken out against having kids, saying it is “unconscionable to breed” while there are so many starving children in the world.

She has criticized the tradition of fathers “giving away” their daughters at weddings, calling that practice “a common vestige of male dominion over a woman’s reproductive status.”

She has even compared mountaintop removal mining to the Rwandan genocide, and has criticized Christianity as a religion that “legitimizes and seals male power.”

Yet actress Ashley Judd is seriously contemplating a Senate run in Kentucky, a conservative-leaning state where such liberal comments would be mocked and viewed as, well, bizarre.

If Judd decides to challenge Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell for his Senate seat next year, Republicans and their well-funded super PAC allies have warned that Kentuckians will see and hear these comments over and over again on television and the radio.

By getting in the race with this sort of baggage, Judd runs the risk of being portrayed as a Todd Akin-esque candidate — meaning voters simply decide she’s unqualified to serve as a senator, because her comments are so outrageous and extreme that people can’t bring themselves to vote for her.

Here is a sampling of some of Judd’s most stunning comments:

— On her decision not to have kids with her husband: “It’s unconscionable to breed, with the number of children who are starving to death in impoverished countries.”

On her comparing mountaintop removal to the Rwandan genocide: “President Clinton has repeatedly said doing nothing during the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 is the single greatest regret of the Presidency. Yet here at home, there is full blown environmental genocide and collapse happening, and we are doing nothing. Naturally, I accept that I set myself up for ridicule for using such strong terms, or perhaps outrage from human victims of slaughter.”

- On fathers giving daughters away at weddings: “To this day, a common vestige of male dominion over a woman’s reproductive status is her father ‘giving’ away her away to her husband at their wedding, and the ongoing practice of women giving up their last names in order to assume the name of their husband’s families, into which they have effectively been traded.”

- On the coal industry, which employees thousands of Kentuckians: “The era of coal plant is over, unacceptable,” she tweeted in October.

- On how Christianity “legitimizes” male power over women: “Patriarchal religions, of which Christianity is one, gives us a God that is like a man, a God presented and discussed exclusively in male imagery, which legitimizes and seals male power. It is the intention to dominate, even if the intention to dominate is nowhere visible.”

- On men: “Throughout history, men have tried to control the means of reproduction, which means trying to control woman. This president is a modern day Attila the Hun.”

Judd, who has reportedly met with officials at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, is giving signs that she’s gearing up for a run. (RELATED: Judd to deliver speech in Washington on “women’s reproductive health&#8221

And a political ally — Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth — told ABC News: “I would be surprised if she doesn’t run at this point.”

She has spoken out against having kids, saying it is “unconscionable to breed” while there are so many starving children in the world.

She has criticized the tradition of fathers “giving away” their daughters at weddings, calling that practice “a common vestige of male dominion over a woman’s reproductive status.”

She has even compared mountaintop removal mining to the Rwandan genocide, and has criticized Christianity as a religion that “legitimizes and seals male power.”

Yet actress Ashley Judd is seriously contemplating a Senate run in Kentucky, a conservative-leaning state where such liberal comments would be mocked and viewed as, well, bizarre.

If Judd decides to challenge Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell for his Senate seat next year, Republicans and their well-funded super PAC allies have warned that Kentuckians will see and hear these comments over and over again on television and the radio.

By getting in the race with this sort of baggage, Judd runs the risk of being portrayed as a Todd Akin-esque candidate — meaning voters simply decide she’s unqualified to serve as a senator, because her comments are so outrageous and extreme that people can’t bring themselves to vote for her.

Here is a sampling of some of Judd’s most stunning comments:

— On her decision not to have kids with her husband: “It’s unconscionable to breed, with the number of children who are starving to death in impoverished countries.”

- On her comparing mountaintop removal to the Rwandan genocide: “President Clinton has repeatedly said doing nothing during the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 is the single greatest regret of the Presidency. Yet here at home, there is full blown environmental genocide and collapse happening, and we are doing nothing. Naturally, I accept that I set myself up for ridicule for using such strong terms, or perhaps outrage from human victims of slaughter.”

- On fathers giving daughters away at weddings: “To this day, a common vestige of male dominion over a woman’s reproductive status is her father ‘giving’ away her away to her husband at their wedding, and the ongoing practice of women giving up their last names in order to assume the name of their husband’s families, into which they have effectively been traded.”

- On the coal industry, which employees thousands of Kentuckians: “The era of coal plant is over, unacceptable,” she tweeted in October.

- On how Christianity “legitimizes” male power over women: “Patriarchal religions, of which Christianity is one, gives us a God that is like a man, a God presented and discussed exclusively in male imagery, which legitimizes and seals male power. It is the intention to dominate, even if the intention to dominate is nowhere visible.”

- On men: “Throughout history, men have tried to control the means of reproduction, which means trying to control woman. This president is a modern day Attila the Hun.”

Judd, who has reportedly met with officials at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, is giving signs that she’s gearing up for a run. (RELATED: Judd to deliver speech in Washington on “women’s reproductive health&#8221

And a political ally — Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth — told ABC News: “I would be surprised if she doesn’t run at this point.”

But Democrats appear to be nervous about a run.

“If she runs, I think that it would be a catastrophe for a lot of downballot races in Kentucky,” Jimmy Cauley, a Democratic strategist in Kentucky, told Roll Call recently.

Likewise, political observers are doubtful of a Judd candidacy.

“In fact, in a midterm election during President Barack Obama’s second term, Ashley Judd would have about the same chance of getting elected to the Senate in Kentucky as Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., would have of being elected president of EMILY’s List,” Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report wrote in Novem

Read more: Ashley Judd?s biggest problem: Her past bizarre comments | The Daily Caller

What exactly is "bizarre" about those? Most make perfect sense to me. I especially liked the way you quoted the article, and then quoted it again for those who came in late.

Or do you want to see Kentucky stay in the Jed Clampett world the article imagines, backward, barefoot and pregnant? Sorry but humans evolve. Even in Kentucky. You ride with it or you can live in the past and continue losing elections. And the next Senatorial candidates, well they can lead or get out of the way.

 

[Political Junky]

Theatrical Slut Shaming: Daily Caller Attacks Ashley Judd For Movie Nude Scenes

Meanwhile tales of Vitter in his poopie diapers with whores gets a standing ovation from GOP Senators in the Senate.

 

[Pogo]

Theatrical Slut Shaming: Daily Caller Attacks Ashley Judd For Movie Nude Scenes

Meanwhile tales of Vitter in his poopie diapers with whores gets a standing ovation from GOP Senators in the Senate.

Indeed. Oh, those diapers... one is also reminded here of Scott Brown's nude Playgirl shoot, is one not?

From the article:
Attacking Judd for her nude scenes is part and parcel of the right’s current strategy to discredit promising female advocates. Like Rush Limbaugh’s attacks on Sandra Fluke, the Caller’s attempts to impugn Judd as an exhibitionist are an attempt to make her seem less serious by impugning her sexual chastity (that this tactic remains in the playbook is a whole other world of crazy). But the evidence is even more specious and pathetic here. Fluke, who became engaged shortly after enduring nationally-broadcast attacks on her character, stumped for birth control access in the real world. Judd took her clothes off as part of fiction. The Daily Caller may not know the difference, but voters do.

Seems like an awful lot of desperation directed at a candidate who hasn't declared for anything and has "no chance" in the poor backward Kentucky. If that were actually the case, what we'd be hearing would be:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E_zMLCRNg]Cricket Sound - YouTube[/ame]​

The lack of such silence is eloquent.

 

[JFK_USA]

The fact Republicans have to attack her shows you how real this could be that she wins.

 

[Lakhota]

The fact Republicans have to attack her shows you how real this could be that she wins.

Exactly.

 

[Crackerjaxon]

Nobody cares about that silly woman. Do stop bringing her up.

 

[Lakhota]

Ashley Judd hasn't officially announced a Senate run yet, but Republicans are making it increasingly clear that they view her as a legitimate political target. The National Republican Senatorial Committee launched the latest GOP attack against her this week with a parody fundraising email mocking Judd for her Tennessee residency and past controversial statements.

Ashley Judd's Tennessee Residency Targeted In Mock NRSC Fundraiser

Ashley Judd Fundraising Email

 

[Dubya]

By Nick Wing

Actress Ashley Judd continued to stoke speculation about a potential Democratic Kentucky Senate run over the past week, holding meetings with key political players on both the national and state level.

Politico reports that Judd sat down with officials from the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee for a private meeting in Washington, D.C. earlier this week. A source told Politico that it was her first official meeting with the DSCC since expressing interest in challenging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and a strong sign that she was serious about laying the groundwork for a 2014 campaign.

Judd has also reportedly attempted to strengthen her ties to Kentucky, making an appearance at a well-attended dinner late last week featuring the state's top Democratic politicians and operatives.

Judd, a Kentucky native and active supporter of President Barack Obama, has been a fascination in the Bluegrass State since first being floated as a possible contender shortly after the November elections. Recent rounds of polling have shown McConnell to be highly unpopular and particularly vulnerable as he seeks a sixth term, though a February survey testing a McConnell-Judd matchup showed the Republican leading the actress by nine points.

While she's received support from some political operatives and elected officials in the state, not all Democrats are excited at the prospect of Judd's entrance into Kentucky politics. Her skeptics have expressed concern that her status as a strong advocate for liberal policies and a current resident of Tennessee could damage her viability. Others claim that she would be a divisive presence in the state, and could damage Democrats' broader chances in state and local elections.

More: Ashley Judd Takes Further Steps Toward Kentucky Senate Run With Key Meetings

They're claiming Mitch McConnell has bigger boobs, like that's important.

 

[Lakhota]

Go Ashley!!!!! Sweat, Mitch, sweat...

Ashley Judd Senate Run: Actress, Activist Planning To Declare Candidacy, Sources Say

 

[Lakhota]

Steven Crowder: 'What Is This Obsession With Ashley Judd And Rape?'

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Democrats step back from Ashley Judd for Senate drive - Washington Times

Even Dems called her a hoe

“She’s going to have a tough road to hoe,” said Jim Cauley, campaign manager for Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear in 2007..."

Read more: Democrats step back from Ashley Judd for Senate drive - Washington Times
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[Stephanie]

Democrats could put a dress on a goat and their base would defend and vote for it