Pendleton GOP brags about vote buying

Oops.

Republican leaders in one northern Kentucky county just don't know when to stop bumping their gums.

I've kept an eye on the Facebook page of the Pendleton County Republican Party - where they like to post photos of their meetings that draw all of 9 people and where they needlessly hoard ketchup. But my eyes detected something rather interesting regarding one recent post.

The post featured several photos of local residents who won prizes from a drawing that the GOP conducted at the Pendleton County Youth Fair. The prizes included such newfangled inventions as a TV set and a grill.

Uh, you do know that's a form of vote buying - don't you? And it's illegal.

The county GOP's posting said the prizes were donated by local businesses. But a photo of the TV packaging features a sign that clearly states the TV was donated by the campaign of the Republican candidate for our local Kentucky Senate seat. So the GOP lied about that too. But even if the prizes were donated by businesses, it would still be illegal for a political party to carry out such a drawing.

Whooo, man, is the Pendleton County Republican Party in trouble! Or at least they would be if The Media actually bothered to investigate this story - which they won't. So they'll carry on - embarrassing the county and the state as long as they dare.