And I Thought Lake County, Indiana Was Crooked … Plus Nashville Perfomer Aligns With Ditzy Twits

The Nashville City Paper reports:

“A Republican State House candidate who said his expunged DUI records are being used against him in his campaign to unseat a longtime Democratic incumbent is joining leaders from both political parties in calling for an outside investigation into allegations of unauthorized background checks performed by a Tennessee Highway Patrolman.

However, a THP spokesperson said a list of those whose backgrounds were allegedly probed by Lt. Ronnie Shirley would not be made public anytime soon but instead turned over to the district attorney once an internal investigation is complete. Tennessee Department of Safety Officials announced Tuesday Shirley was put on administrative leave and that the THP would continue its internal investigation.

GOP Lebanon businessman A.J. McCall is challenging State Rep. Stratton Bone for the 46th District House seat, a race observers on both sides of the political aisle say is likely a close race.”

From Free Republic I see this:

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“Political observers say it is a classic attempt at political intimidation aimed at convincing the candidate not to run. He is running against an entrenched Democrat incumbent and if he wins it is very likely the GOP would take control of the state House for the first time in history.

The governor claimed yesterday, at a widely reported news conference, that there were no political figures on the list of people whose records were illegally checked by the politically-connected trooper, but his assertion is belied by the facts.

Meanwhile, the Democrat administration is refusing calls from a variety of public officials, including some ethical Democrats, for the investigation to be turned over to an outside entity such as the FBI or a federal prosecutor. Instead, the Democrat administration is letting the Tennessee Highway Patrol handle the investigation.

That’s the same Tennessee Highway Patrol that benefited from the governor’s “pay-for-promotions” program in which troopers received promotions in exchange for generous campaign donations from the trooper and their families. It’s the same Tennessee Highway Patrol that refused to discipline a high-ranking officer who fixed the Deputy Governor’s speeding ticket. That officer is, by the way, the same officer who made hundreds of unauthorized criminal background checks.

Republicans need to gain only four seats in the 99-seat state House to gain a majority. The state’s Democrat machine is pulling out all the stops to prevent losing power”

And to think this is the same crowd Algore once hung around … and speaking of Volunteer State moonbats - it seems a Nashville performer who you would think is squarely behind our side has stated for the record he’s supportive of opinions similar to the Ditzy Twits errr… Dixie Chicks. That’s right. The same Dixie Chicks led by Lane Bryant refugee Natalie Maines that claimed onstage they were ashamed to be Americans or some equivalent rubbish. Now Toby Keith, who performed “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” soon after 9/11 has proclaimed his support for the Obamassiah.

“Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one big, patriotic country star.

Toby Keith, perhaps best known to non-country audiences for his post-Sept. 11 song “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue,” says he’s a Democrat, and was impressed by the senator from Illinois.

Keith has said in the past that the 2002 song _ which included lines aimed at the Taliban like “we lit up your world like the Fourth of July” _ was more patriotic than pro-war.”

Dude - you just lost your “patriotic” card. Now how about opening for the Dixie Chicks … oh wait they’ve cancelled their tours.