Kentucky GOPer gets 27 months

One of many scandals involving Republican officials in Kentucky now appears to be finally drawing to a close.

Former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer has now been sentenced to 27 months in the slammer for squandering taxpayer funds on a slew of personal expenses. Farmer also has to pay restitution of $120,500.

Farmer had used public funds to buy refrigerators and other goodies for himself.

With this scandal and many others damaging the Kentucky GOP's prospects, it's easy to forget how babyish Farmer acted in 2011 when he was the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor on David Williams's ill-fated ticket. He kept trying to make campaign staffers reimburse him for his junk food purchases and kept whining when he didn't have the right kind of candy. He reportedly threw tantrums when he didn't get reimbursed.

Do you expect Farmer to serve his entire sentence? I don't. He's a Republican, don't ya know.

The stink of waste still looms over the office of Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner as its current Tea Party occupant - Jamie Comer - pissed away taxpayer dollars on Crowne Plaza stays and steak dinners.

(Source: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20140114/NEWS01/301140027/Richie-Farmer-sentenced-27-months-prison)