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2026-05-14 Home Front: Politix

Nolte: Gallrein Overtakes Massie in Kentucky GOP Primary Poll

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Posted by Frank G 2026-05-14 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1802 views ] Top

1 Kurt:
Next week, the people of the 4th Congressional District of Kentucky have a chance to punt that useless poser Thomas Massie through the goalposts of failure. Let’s hope they do. This ridiculous clown was merely a tiresome curiosity when the Republicans had a decent margin in the House, but then, he found himself with a little bit of heat because of the current small margin. And he made the best of it, through shameless lies and cringe-worthy self-promotion, going from marginal mediocrity to an active abscess on the buttocks of the party. It’s time to lance that boil.

Posted by Frank G 2026-05-14 06:02|| 2026-05-14 06:02|| Front Page Top

2 I used to sort of like Massie. Kind of got old after a while. All the reaching out to leftists. All the symbolic votes.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-05-14 06:08|| 2026-05-14 06:08|| Front Page Top

3 Just gossip: the Paul dynasty has a third generation; he’s an ass, so perhaps neither medicine nor politics is in his future:

US Senator Rand Paul’s son accosts NY congressman with drunken antisemitic tirade

[IsraelTimes] William Paul apologizes after berating Rep. Mike Lawler about ‘you Jews’; when told his comments were hateful, he had reportedly told lawmaker to ‘watch more Tucker Carlson’

The son of US Senator Rand Paul accosted Congressman Mike Lawler on Tuesday with antisemitic and homophobic invective, calling Jews “un-American” and more loyal to Israel than the US, according to Lawler and a reporter who was present.

William Paul apologized for the incident, writing on X Wednesday: “Last night, I had too much to drink and said some things that don’t represent who I really am. I’m sorry and today I am seeking help for my drinking problem.” His father has not commented on the incident.

Lawler, whose district covers a heavily Jewish suburban New York area, is an outspoken supporter of Israel and opponent of antisemitism, but is not Jewish himself. Both he and Rand Paul, of Kentucky, are Republicans.

In an exchange at a Washington, DC, bar that was witnessed by Reese Gorman, a reporter for the NOTUS website, Rand Paul’s son William approached Lawler and – after introducing himself as the senator’s son – said Lawler’s “people” would be to blame if the younger Paul’s favored candidate, Rep. Thomas Massie, were to lose in a Kentucky congressional primary.

When Lawler responded, “My people?” Paul responded, “Yeah, you Jews,” according to Gorman.

Lawler, who is not Jewish, clarified that he is Irish, Italian and Catholic, he recalled during a press availability tweeted by a reporter from CourthouseNews. “And he goes, ‘Oh! Oh, I’m sorry to accuse you of that’,” Lawler added.

“But he then went on a roughly 10-minute diatribe about Israel, about Jews, about [GOP megadonor] Paul Singer and accusing Jews of being responsible for so many things, playing right into the typical antisemitic tropes that so many people rely on,” Lawler recalled.

“At one point, he said that he hates Jews and hates gays and doesn’t care if they die,” Lawler said. “And I think that’s f—ing disgusting. So, you know, the conversation shortly thereafter ended, he gave me the middle finger and then tripped on his way out the door.”

When Lawler told Paul he was being antisemitic, the senator’s son reportedly responded that the congressman “needs to watch more Tucker Carlson.”

Despite the apology, of course, that’s exactly who he is, the proof being that he said it. I completely do not understand these young men who rightfully turn their backs on some of the vicious opinions of the anti-male perverted left, only to hug to their breasts others equally, stupidly, obviously vile.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-05-14 14:24|| 2026-05-14 14:24|| Front Page Top

4 tw, for another example of splits between generations, check the Wikipedia entries for the Hamilton Fish family, especially Ham Fish III, IV, and V.
Ham Fish IV was my congresscritter for a while when I lived in the Hudson Valley back in the 70s.

Posted by Rambler 2026-05-14 20:02|| 2026-05-14 20:02|| Front Page Top

5 From a Republican Nazi sympathizer to a Democrat in two generations? Clearly they were each products of their environments.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-05-14 21:30|| 2026-05-14 21:30|| Front Page Top

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