[Cubs Fan]

Mitch McConnell Snaked $2.2 Billion in Pork For Ending Government Shutdown

http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/10/17/mitch-mcconnell-snaked-2-2-billion-worth-of-pork-for-ending-shutdown/

[Viennacon]

I cannot believe Ann is backing this scumbag. Oh, wait. I can, because she loved Krispy.

[tanknetter]

Mitch McConnell Snaked $2.2 Billion in Pork For Ending Government Shutdown

http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/10/17/mitch-mcconnell-snaked-2-2-billion-worth-of-pork-for-ending-shutdown/

Except looking at those locks on the Google Maps satellite overheads shows that they are on the Illinois side of the Ohio River, are only in Kentucky by virtue of the KY/IL border extending to the IL riverbank, and the only way to get to KY land from them is 1.) by boat, 2.) going 20 miles upriver to a bridge or 3.) going 17 miles downriver to a bridge.

There's lots of stuff - legitimate stuff - to go after McConnell on. The alleged "Kentucky Kickback" isn't one of them, because it isn't true. People who continue to promote it as fact are either dupes, or are attempting to dupe others. We cheapen ourselves by accepting, and even worse repeating, it.