Good riddance to this goof

As a Kentuckian, I'm pleased to hear that 2nd District congressman Ron Lewis isn't seeking another term. As with ol' Ernie, he won't be around to embarrass my state anymore with his right-wing imbecility.

This is the clod who gave the country a sneak preview (doo dooo da doo doo doo...) of the Contract With America by winning a 1994 special election to fill the vacancy caused by William Natcher's death. Observers were stunned by Lewis's victory, and dissenters found it more than suspicious.

Lewis is one of these phony populists who claimed to be a real grassroots advocate but was backed mostly by corporate interests and the "values voters" intelligentsia. He ran on the issue of term limits and pledged to serve only 4 terms. But he later ran for a fifth term - proving himself to be another Republican promise breaker who believes in "term limits for thee, not for me." In 2004, Lewis sponsored a clearly unconstitutional bill to let Congress override Supreme Court decisions by a two-thirds vote. Lewis's idea got laughed to smithereens and back.

Oh, I bet the Republicans find someone just as bad to run as their candidate to replace Ron Lewis. The trouble for them is that folks have less of an appetite for this bullshit than they did a few years ago.