in the 20th century. that's stuck with me.

that is a really good movie. i saw it probably 5 years ago for the first time and it stays with me. to this day it is timely.

The worst part for me was seeing the miners with black lung,struggling for breath and wasting away to nothing. That's how my father spent the last few years of his life.

it's a terrible way to die.

SMH.

Who would believe that?

Time for Dems to step up.

In fact, it may be a tie.

i think he's more evil than sick. he's packing the courts and refuses to pass laws then engages in shit flinging and propaganda about how democrats aren't doing anything...he's corrupt, corrupt as hell. and so powerful.

i don't say what i want to happen to him because i have this theory that it releases bad energy into the atmosphere when you say certain things aloud.

FFS. his proudest moment was when he stole a SCOTUS seat. he doesn't even try to hide it.

...because he doesn't need attention or validation. Does what he does for pure power and greed. Works in the complete dark, behind the scenes, plotting to control the courts to protect corporations for the next 50 years and beyond. Trump is too stupid to be evil at this level.

McConnell eyes seem to pop wide with enjoyment when he realizes some non-rich people will suffer and die.

time to speak up FOR them, and recruit them.

In the 2004 Presidential Election, Harlan County voted for the Republican Presidential Nominee for the first time in 32 years; Republican incumbent George W. Bush received 60.2% of the vote, while the Democratic Presidential Nominee John Kerry received 39.1% of the vote.
2008: John McCain received 72.3% of the vote, Barack Obama received 26.1% of the vote.
2012: Mitt Romney won the county 81.2 to Obama 17.2
2016 Donald Trump 84.4 Hillary Clinton 12.75

I know prevailing wisdom is not to write-off anywhere. But Harlan is just not winnable
Money is better spent in Elliott County (NE KY) as they voted for Trump (barely), it was the first time in 80+ years they voted for a Republican for president and the county voted straight Democrat the rest of the way.
Harlan went straight Republican

I just don't think Harlan is recruitable

And if there is i'll leave it to others. Im going to rub their faces in it

It would be great for him to lose some of those eastern KY counties where so many of the families have been hurt by black lung.

McConnell knows he can take them for granted.

Surely, the miners didn't really expect him to welcome them with open arms?

He seems to be doing everything wrong in an election year if he wants to keep his job.

Maybe his finances are askin' for a look-see. Just thinkin'.

and pay attention to them.

IMO his and his wife's finances should be examined, but even without that, Dems have plenty of grounds strongly to challenge him.

i bet many will. after all he's the republican.

hope i'm wrong, hope he just turned 120 Kentuckians into democrats, but i won't be holding my breath.

will take WORK.

purchased by lobbyists. No need to fret about votes.

Just pointing out how McConnell stays in office with 20% approval. How you reached give up is beyond me.

Of course, there's always the 'give up' option.

And that Democrats want to destroy their jobs and families. And that only he and McConnell will bring safe well paying manly jobs back to Kentucky. And they will vote Republican, and lose their jobs, healthcare, and lives while blaming Democrats.

A few commercials with these miners will not be enough. The Democrats will need to borrow from the Trump playbook with a Miners for Democrat X hats and shirts, etc. That crap seems to work.

and it must be done.

They'll Re elect Mitch. Yet this would be a great ad against him in 2020. We drove 10 hours and he brushed us off and wouldn’t hear our concerns. It could cause the turtle to be upended on his back unable to right himself.

still happening. Absolutely unbelievable.

to brag about on the campaign trail. Local Kentucky coverage......

Miners went to McConnell hoping for his endorsement. They left with mixed feelings.
By Rick Childress

See: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article233016257.html

Has to reserve his energy for doing the work that really matters to him and his:

Fulfilling promises to the plutocrat donor class to create new, desperate supplies of human capital willing to work miserably for any wage.

Coal miners have been shit on since before my great-grandfather worked in the mines, they used to at least know that Rs weren't for working people. I think the Republican Party getting ownership of the most common Christian denominations in the state made the situation hopeless for Kentucky in rural areas. Kentucky went for Bill Clinton way back when.