Kentucky GOPer has problems

Garland Barr IV is a Republican candidate to challenge Democrat Ben Chandler for Congress in Kentucky.

Barr, who usually refers to himself as Andy, may be best known as a lawyer for disgraced former Gov. Ernie "Hey Bert" Fletcher. But his own travails ought to sink his candidacy.

Barr was once convicted of having a fake Mississippi driver's license - then lied about this conviction on his application for state employment. Lying about it on his application is itself a crime under a Kentucky law against presenting false information to authorities.

The embattled politico - a pet of the fascist Tea Party movement - says that although he supports congressional term limits and a ban on pork barrel spending, he wouldn't hold Republicans like Mitch McConnell and Hal Rogers to these rules. I wasn't kidding when I said Republicans think rules shouldn't apply to them, huh?

The former Jim Talent aide also attacked Bill Clinton for not serving in the military - even though Barr never served either.

I know Barr has no chance of winning the general election (especially after the Fletcher administration's incompetence), but it's best if he gets absolutely humiliated. That way, he'll be less likely to someday run for something he actually has a chance of winning.

So spread the word.

(Source: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/04/11/1219352/andy-barr-walking-a-fine-line.html)