Judd’s Greatest Role

Three weeks ago N.Y. Times reporter Trip Gabriel reported that the liberal-minded Ashley Judd is probably going to run against Mitch McConnell, the blustery, Obama-hating Senate Minority Leader, for U.S. Senator from Kentucky. Now the well-sourced Howard Fineman is reporting that the 44 year-old Judd “has told key advisers and political figures that she is planning to announce her candidacy for U.S. Senate this spring.”

Fineman hears that Judd “has told one close ally that she plans to announce her run for the Democratic nomination for the 2014 race ‘around Derby’ — meaning in early May when the Kentucky Derby brings national attention to Louisville and the Bluegrass State.”

Judd is an ardent Obama-supporting progressive on most social issues, which doesn’t exactly make her a natural among Kentucky’s conservative-leaning voters. “But [she] was born to campaign,” writes Fineman. “A fighter by nature, she has a quick wit and the ability to raise far more money — not to mention engender more free national and local media — than all of McConnell’s past Democratic foes put together. She is fearless, and would not necessarily lose a bar fight if she got into one, which she is about to do.”

In other words, Fineman knows and likes her as far as it goes.

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  • Correcting Jeff

    She’s as smart as ketchup and as arrogant as you.

    Which means she’ll make a *perfect* Senator!

  • http://twitter.com/zachheltzel Zach Heltzel

    I’m less about Ashley Judd running and more about watching Mitch McConnell squirm. No matter the outcome, this is going to be hilarious. Good luck to her.

    • http://twitter.com/jessecrall Jesse Crall

      Yeah, I’d go with a yellow dog opposite McConnell. That complacent, insider trading, greedy sack of wattle-necked shit needs to be put out to pasture like so many previous comb-overed cockroaches.

      • DuluozGray

        What do you think of Nancy Pelosi?

        • http://twitter.com/jessecrall Jesse Crall

          An insider trading sell-out in the pocket of credit card companies who I agree with enough on social issues to tolerate. But I’d be happy to see her replaced.

        • DuluozGray

          I love how me simply asking this question got two negative ratings. Why? Did Nancy Pelosi not commit insider trading cause she is a greedy piece of shit?

          Why do partisans NOT GIVE A SHIT about intellectual consistency?

  • DuluozGray

    She’s a walking Botox/filler disaster. Good luck with that, Ashley.

    Now watch all the Libs who thrashed Fred Thompson as just a dumb actor rally around another dumb actor.

    • Joshsleeps

      God, shut the fuck up already.

      • DuluozGray

        No. Why would I? You’re already foaming at the mouth and I haven’t even gotten warmed up.

        • Joshsleeps

          I am not foaming, I am bored as fuck with you. I don’t comment often, but I lurk enough to know that you’re a cancer to intelligent discourse. A really boring cancer.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Roger-Moore/1375959658 Roger Moore

      Duluoz, no “libs” went after that empty poseur Fred Thompson. He waltzed in on a borrowed pickup truck and his first ever bluejeans/work shirt ensemble. And yes, I HAVE spent time with him. Likable, lazy. Judd should run and kick that shithead McConnell to the curb. If he doesn’t think he hurts real Kentuckians every time he opens his mouth, he needs to spend time in his alleged “home state” to find out. Years worth.

      • DuluozGray

        Tell me all about these “real” Kentuckians who want some dopey self-obsessed c-list actress who’s spent more time in Tennessee than in her supposed home state. I’d love to hear how much they love her.

        McConnell is indeed an idiot, but holding up Ashley Judd as some sort of superior intellect, or that she’s more Kentuckian is ludicrous on its face.

        And yes, if you spent any time on Left wing sites in 2008 you’d have seen the Libs go after Thompson as just another dumb actor.

        Republican actor = dumb

        Democrat actor = amazing, brilliant, erudite, compassionate, down to earth, etc, etc.

        • punkedup

          Most of the posts here are from Dulouz, showing his basic frothing insanity when it comes to non-Republican Hollywood folk running for office (since it’s the Reagan/Bono/Schwarzenneger’s who usually run). Judd is going for a seat in a district she knows – not like Palin attempting control of our nuclear arsenal while accusing everybody not her of being a terrorist. But of course, Dulouz knows Kentucky like he knows women — or “cunts” as he thinks you should call them lest you not be taken for a Man (as if Dulouz knows what manhood involves).

          And since Dulouz is an acknowledged Birther as well as a mysognist, not to mention he thinks anybody homeless (including vets) are pieces of shit, his protests stem from a vast obvious libertarian self-loathing. Evidenced whenever he talks about the city he claims he works in (I’d like to see him walk like a man into a production office and say, “Hey cunts, here’s your script.”). Hey Dulouz, how about your hero Breitbart’s bitch James O’Keefe having to pay up 100 grand for one of his slimings? Do you know you’re a moron?

          • DuluozGray

            Hey look! nakedman got a new handle! How adorable!

            “Most of the posts here are from Dulouz, showing his basic frothing insanity
            along with his idiocy when it comes to non-Republican Hollywood folk
            running for office (since it’s the Trump/Reagan/Bono/Schwarzenneger’s
            who usually run).”

            Is this an actual thought? Proof read your shit man!

            “Judd is going for a seat in a district she knows – not like Palin attempting control of our nuclear arsenal while accusing
            everybody not her of being a terrorist.”

            Yes, Judd knows Kentucky very well, which is why she moved out and never looked back, until now.

            “But of course, Dulouz knows Kentucky like he knows women — or “cunts” as he thinks you should call them lest you not be taken for a Man (as if Dulouz knows what manhood
            involves). ”

            Yep, I’ve always maintained that all women are cunts (why the quotes?). How did you know? I hate ALL women!!! AAARRRGGHHHHH women!!!! Women!!!!! AAARRRGGGHHHHHH!

            “And since Dulouz is an acknowledged Birther”

            That’s a good one considering you are an acknowledged racist and homophobe.

            “as well as a mysognist, ”

            I know! I hate ALL women!!! AAARRRGGHHHHH women!!!! Women!!!!! Arrrgghhh!

            “not to mention he thinks anybody homeless (including vets) are pieces of shit,”

            The same vets you guys guys spat on when they returned from war? The same vets you said were baby killers? Gotcha.

            “his protests stem from a vast obvious libertarian self-loathing stupidity.”

            I’m Libertarian, I MUST hate myself. You understand Libertarian philosophy so well!!

            “Evidenced whenever he talks about the city he claims he works in (I’d like to see him walk like a man into a production office and say, “Hey cunts, here’s your script.”).”

            What’s with all this “like a man” and “manhood” bullshit? Homophobic much? Self hating gay man in all likelihood? It’s okay if you’re gay, don’t get scared, cause it gets better. It gets better.

            “Hey Dulouz, how about your hero
            Breitbart’s bitch James O’Keefe having to pay up 100 grand for one of
            his slimings?”

            You defend human trafficking and women being sold into slavery. Every Leftist who defended Acorn de facto defended female slavery and trafficking. Yet I am the woman hater. Sure…

            “Do you know you’re a moron?”

            I do now, thanks for letting me know!

          • punkedup

            I’m not nakedman. So much drool, so little time.

            “Every Leftist who defended Acorn de facto defended female slavery and trafficking.”

            Considering that this is a lie and is why scum like O’Keefe had to pay, reality is not your strong suit:

            “It seems that the master of the cleverly edited—if highly deceptive—video reel is now being required to pay the sum of $100,000 to Juan Carlos Vera, a one time California employee of ACORN. Mr. Vera had been portrayed by O’Keefe as being a willing participant when O’Keefe and his accomplice, Hanna Giles, proposed smuggling young women into the United States to work as prostitutes.

            While Mr. Vera had no idea he was being surreptitiously video taped—which is not surprising given that California law expressly bars the secret recording of one’s voice or image—there was also something Mr. O’Keefe did not know until after he released the damaging video of his conversation with Vera for broadcast.

            As soon as O’Keefe and his partner-in-crime left the ACORN location, Mr. Vera called the police to report the entire incident. It turns out that Vera had been playing along with O’Keefe in an effort to ensnare O’Keefe and Giles whom Vera believed were in the act of breaking the law by proposing to engage in the importing of young women to become prostitutes.”

            http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/03/08/james-okeefe-pays-100000-to-acorn-employee-he-smeared-conservative-media-yawns/

          • DuluozGray

            Wow, so ONE of the many videos O’Keefe made across the country at many Acorn offices, just ONE was able to prove they called the cops after O’Keefe left. JUST ONE! What about the others? Why don’t you care about women being sold into slavery? Why don’t you care about human trafficking?

            You’re a real woman hating piece of shit, as opposed to your myth peddling about me.

            Typical wingnut Liberal, say anything bad about any woman, means you hate all women. Nuance is not nakedman’s strong suit.

          • punkedup

            See Above For Proof Of Insanity.

            The voices in your head must be deafening.

          • DuluozGray

            your family served in Vietnam? So not only do you defend woman being sold into sex slavery, you come from a line of baby killing, woman raping pieces of shit? Good to know.

          • punkedup

            I love that you “counter-argurments” are postcards from barber shop walls circa 1970 that don’t relate to anything. What does your repeated accusations of Vet spittin baby killin have to do with your own calling out homeless folks — including veterans — as “pieces of shit.” What ironic point are you attempting?

            What healthy human viewpoint is this exactly?

          • punkedup

            Here’s an example of Duluoz’s “intelligence” when it comes to an objective appraisal of Sandra Fluke:

            “Rush should not have called her a slut cause he did not have enough info to make that assessment.

            He should have called her a cunt.”

            Dulouz: World’s Greatest Lover:

            “She WAS a cunt… so? What kind of man are you that you find such things offensive? Jesus Christ, what a bunch of little pantywaists all you young men of today are. Fucking soft minds and limp dicks, every one of you wingnuts.”

          • DuluozGray

            She was a cunt, still is a cunt. And?

          • punkedup

            Dulouz Da Birther: “Amazing how none of you find it weird that Obama has paid millions in lawyer fees to keep so much hidden. Such as: his passport records, Occidental College records; Columbia University records…and Soetoro/Dunham marriage and adoption records.

            Obama is an affirmative action baby all the way. In my high school, the only kids who got into Harvard were a few black kids, even though they weren’t in the top 5% of their graduating class!”

          • DuluozGray

            Don’t see anything there about a birth certificate. Try again, nakedman.

  • Bobby Peru

    According to the HuffPo piece, when asked if worried about the GOP smear machine, she reportedly said the following at a privatel dinner: “I’ve been raped twice. I think I can handle Mitch McConnell.”

    Now that is a gutsy lady. Classic.

  • DuluozGray

    Watch as the Liberals use a double standard. Thrash Sarah Palin, exalt Ashley Judd. Sarah Palin said stupid shit because she’s stupid. Ashley says stupid shit cause that’s just some good ol’ country wisdom!

    This applies to right wing dickwads as well, the sort who championed Palin and will now denigrate Judd.

  • scooterzzzz

    i can’t imagine anyone who’s spent time with her actually voting for
    her…that said, to the average voter she’s probably a shoe-in….

    • Sonny Hooper

      So you’ve spent time with her?

    • Raising_Kaned

      “Shoo-in,” not “shoe-in.” Jesus.

      C’mon, man!

  • DuluozGray

    Can anyone say wacko?

    http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/03/ashley-judd-keeps-a-psychological-support-dog-to-help-deal-with-her-depression/

    Cue the obligatory left wing responses defending this nutcase and her dog obsession.

    Note that if this was a right winger who needed their dog for psychological support, you’d rightly be roasting them.

    Judd = Palin, just puffier, and crazier.

    • DuluozGray

      And she apparently doesn’t know the difference between “dissemble” and “disassemble.”

      What a dope…

      Cue obligatory left wing responses defending her misuse of the word.

      • DuluozGray

        When a Republican makes an error like this, it’s cause they’re stupid.

        When a Democrat makes an error like this, they simply misspoke.

    • http://twitter.com/bentley175 Tim Bentley

      If you think being obsessed about dogs is inherently a left wing trait, then you’re clearly a bigger asshole than everyone already thinks you are.

      So she”retires” from acting, devotes herself to charity work, gets a degree from Harvard, and really likes cats and dogs – and you think this is going to make her LESS appealing to most Americans?

      Next you’re going to post an anecdote about how Judd really loves kids, old people, and the military. All you’re doing D.G., is helping to get her elected. Keep it up!

      • DuluozGray

        She needs her dog for “psychological support.” Do you understand what this means? It’s a way for her to get her dog into any place she wishes, even places where pets are not allowed. She is claiming her dog helps her as much as a seeing eye dog helps a blind person! And you’re defending her!

        Truly astonishing.

        This isn’t about someone who loves their pet, this is about someone so fragile that she falls apart if she can’t take her dog with her to the restaurant, or to the movies.

        I’m actually surprised so many of you Liberals are on board with her running. If you ran a serious candidate, you might have a chance, as it is, you’re going to lose, and lose badly in all likelihood.

        • punkedup

          That prediction just guaranteed Judd will win. Duly noted!

    • DukeSavoy

      Wait, so Judd grabs a Harvard masters degree and you’re comparing her to Sarah Palin? The dumb-as-a-post quitter who can see Russia from her yard and didn’t know Africa is a continent? Palin would be lucky to get a job making coffee at Harvard. It’s hard to believe anyone unseating Palin as our great national joke. That she was ever nominated shows how far the right has fallen into ideology and ignorance.

      • DuluozGray

        Wait a minute, Bush went to an Ivy league school, why did you guys always call him dumb?

        Liberals always complain when the rich or the connected get jobs or university slots based on their riches or connections, unless the person is a Leftist, then it’s A-OK!!

        You fucks seriously think Judd got in on her academic credentials?

        You fucks seriously think this woman is smart, simply cause you agree with her politics?

        Tell me again how you’re different than the right wing idiots who championed Palin merely cause they agreed with her politics?

        • DukeSavoy

          Ha, ha, when you bring in “doofuss W” to buttress your argument you’re sinking fast, Greystoke. Yeah, W went to Yale. He got in as a legacy and scraped by with a C. And folks call him dumb cause the MF is an incurious political hack who admitted to not even reading a daily newspaper. Love to read your expose on how W is really an intellectual heavyweight. You’d win a Pulitzer at least.

          As for Judd’s fitness for graduate work, I gather you’ve reviewed her academic transcripts? Tell me in detail what they say and why she didn’t deserve to attend or get the degree.

          Judd is different from Palin in one important way: she made the effort to get a masters degree. Saying Palin and Judd are the same is a false equivalency. Sorry.

          • DuluozGray

            So YOU have reviewed her transcripts?

            Thanks for coming to the defense of rich, white women born with a silver spoon in their mouths. They REALLY need you out there defending them.

            And who said Bush was smart? I certainly never did. Shrub was a chump. It was only in reply to your sophist comment about Judd being smart cause she got into an Ivy League. Plenty of rich white people go to Ivy Leagues, doesn’t make them smart in and of itself.

            Dude, just admit you’re a hyper partisan who rises to the defense of any and all Liberal shitbags, while denigrating and mocking any conservative, even if the conservative has the same bona fides as the Liberal you defend.

            Fuck, you idiots on the Left are dense as shit.

            Palin=Judd=idiot

          • DukeSavoy

            “…even if the conservative has the same bona fides as the Liberal you defend.” There you go again. You compared Judd to Palin. And now you’re saying that Palin “Has the same bona fides” So in your mind because Palin didn’t do any post graduate work she is equivalent to Judd. And because Palin is an idiot Judd is an idiot. Twisted.

          • DuluozGray

            She did grad work at an Ivy league, but doesn’t know the difference between dissemble and disassemble?

            But please, keep defending the rich white woman who never worked a day in her life.

    • Raising_Kaned

      “Puffier” than Palin, eh?

      I hope you mean Bristol.

  • http://www.facebook.com/reddeath614 Erik Ainsworth

    As it appears no one here is actually from Kentucky all of you are missing the primary reason Judd has been courted to run by the dems. That being she’s a rabid UK basketball fan. Nothing is more important in the eyes of most of this absurd state’s citizens than being loyal to big blue. The fact that she’s liberal, loves dogs or may be a moron will weigh far less on the minds of voters than the fact that she roots for our precious Cats. It’s an attribute that connects her to the populace of the state and guarantees her more traction than any other nominee the democrats of this state could ever run. It’s all fairly sad but very true. Welcome to Kentucky politics.

  • AHB

    Why can’t people first work in state legislatures before going to the House or Senate instead of entering the political world at the national level? Ms. Judd may be very smart and knowledgable about the issues but how much does she know about real politics?

    • DuluozGray

      Shut the fuck up! She’s a leftist and we need to support her. Get out of here with your logic and facts, Liberals are scared of them.

      • punkedup

        Drool.

        • DuluozGray

          oh, nakedman, you’re so cute.

      • AHB

        Not just liberals but also conservatives. Jim DeMint is an excellent example of this … someone who had no political background, rode a wave of populism into Congress and then parlayed that into a career with a think tank.

        • DuluozGray

          No one cares AHB, you dared to question why a Liberal would go directly for the Senate without paying her dues first. That’s a capital offense around these parts. NO ONE will agree with you, even if you try to explain how you meant it for both sides. You started with criticizing a Liberal, therefore you are now considered a right wing maniac around these parts.

  • Roybatty

    Kentucky Dems had no one else on the bench to run against McConnell, so this will be a win-win: the GOP is going to have to spend way more money & resources defending a previously safe seat (in a year with so many open former Dem seats) AND if she were to actually win, we get to watch folks like DuluozGray have public meltdowns whining about “But she’s the exact same thing as Palin, DON’T YOU SEE??!!!”

    Lemme get some popcorn, this is gonna be good…

    • DuluozGray

      Yeah, I’m really going to have a meltdown if she wins. It might be nice if she won, nothing like another embarrassment for Democrats in Congress.

      Judd is your Palin, own it.

      Judd needs psychological support from her dogs, or she falls apart. I’m sure she’s ready for politics with such a fragile psyche. Should be fun to watch Liberals contort to defend her mania.

      Judd=Palin=idiot

  • Andy

    On behalf of the majority of BTL crew, I certainly hope she wins the Senate seat so that none of us have to put up with her on movie shoots anymore.

    • DuluozGray

      What are you, a right wing psycho? Ashley Judd is AWESOME!!! Go jerk off to FoxNews!

      • Andy

        Fine. You go work with her. Like I say, I hope she wins the Senate seat.

  • DuluozGray