Kentucky Senate Race

[magic8ball]

Some don't understand the "love" for Matt.

Others don't understand the hate.

He can be a pompous *** but his show is entertaining and the ratings are objective data.

I don't think he talks about politics all that much and I'm not a huge fan when he does. The Trump bashing is a bit nauseating.

I DO like that he doesn't always stick to sports and talks about other things at times. I.E. Harambe, Waddy Werewolf, etc. I'd rather hear that than golf or baseball during the summer.

Lastly, I think this move hurts Mitch more than it helps him. I'm basing this on multiple people I've heard say they will NOT vote for Mitch over this.

 

[Mike-D]

Want a lesson in how to screw up something that could have been so much bigger and better? Use Matt Jones as a case study. #memonster

Eh. If he pulls out, he will be back on the radio.

 

[Mike-D]

Right there with ya. I really don’t give a damn. I like this board and our community. Everything else is just meh....

Matt just doesn’t move the needle for me (especially his politics). And as I get older less and less does. Actually, I like it that way.

I just avoid/eliminate people from my life who piss me off and distract my thoughts from my goals.

Life is too short for needless negativity and pain.

KB

Pretty solid take. I’ve stopped defending him on here. It’s worthless. No different than politics. People are gonna believe what they want. That said, I’ll never understand the people that get on here to tell us they hate his show and don’t listen. Thanks, I guess.

 

[guindage]

You either believe in free speech or you don’t. It’s that simple.

 

[jwheat]

Why would anyone vote for a President who claimed troops took over the airstrips in the Revolutionary War? You really think a son of a ***** that stupid could change oil in his car?

He seems to be doing well so far unless you base that on the opinion of news anchors

 

[Bill Cosby]

Lastly, I think this move hurts Mitch more than it helps him. I'm basing this on multiple people I've heard say they will NOT vote for Mitch over this.

Anyone who says this has caused them to not vote for McConnell is a liar. Those people were never voting for McConnell.

You don’t replace the most powerful man in the senate with a no name fresh new politician to do the bidding of the opposite party.

Hypothetically, let’s say the Matt Jones fanboys are correct, and Jones wasn’t breaking any laws. Well rather than stand up for what he believes in, Matt Jones just took it right up the *** from McConnell, and rather than fight him, ran to twitter to whine about it. Conversely, Matt Jones was breaking the law and ran to twitter to lie about it. What do you think Jones would do when Schumer tells him to jump?

Jones response played right into McConnells hands, and when it comes down to it, anyone who was voting for Cocaine Mitch is still voting for Cocaine Mitch.

My thoughts on McConnell are well documented in the political thread. I told people it didn’t matter if Grimes beat him, and it would be good to see McConnell voted out so the old guard could be replaced next go around. I could not have been more wrong. Morphing to Cocaine Mitch and transforming the judiciary, while maintaining the power to stop the impeachment charade has earned him my vote next year.

 

[uderricky]

No, I'm honestly not mad at all. I'm legit tired of every thread being turned into the same thing constantly, by the same people. It's pathetic. I couldn't care less what MJ does, but some people NEED you to know what they want a grown man to do with his life because it affects their consumption of talk radio because they don't agree with him. It's 2019 in a nutshell.

I still listen to his show a few times a week and don’t mind Matt.

But, proclaiming he’s a victim in this scenario is laughable. He didn’t need to **** or get off the pot for his fans, he needs to make a move if he is serious about his attempt to run. He isn’t stupid and he had to know this was coming. Dude was reaping the benefits of free pub for two years. That’s not how it works.

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

Cocaine Mitch!! Best not to miss!!

 

[Kennycat11]

I agree he has made a small empire, but not around his fanhood. I'm being serious here. He is a rich boy from Eastern KY who (by some who knew him growing up) always was a little better than everyone else - in his mind anyway. He went to dUKe law school to help an aspiring desire to run for public office. He lucked into a time when the internet was starting to boom and coincidently the University of Kentucky basketball was in a state of funk.

I'll give you the guy was smart but I really don't think his "fanhood" is what he tries to proclaim. He talks about how he can't watch the end of a close game, etc. because he gets so wrapped up in it. He talks about not liking other programs, but none as much as UofL which is where he is located. First the BBN reaches the entire state and he plays up to the hate of the Cards like a KY fan, but he is also trolling Louisville fans who listen to his show because they want to call in and tell him what a piece of garbage he is. Both of those drive his ratings, thus making him MONEY. Which is what he really loves.

He does get inside info at times, but it's usually info that the program(s) want leaked but can't do themselves. I guarantee (well I really can't) that there are many more ideas hard UK fans on this site than he is.

That being said, I enjoy him during the season but man all he does is repeat what the coaches say as his analysis. Off season shows..........brutal at times.

I seriously think your diggin to deep man........ dude likes UK and made a blog about it, that blog became popular and his career took off..... as far as him loving "MONEY".... how is that different from any of us??? Aint that what we all work for???? He talks crap about UL because isn't that what all UK fans do??? Why is he supposed to be different??? Cracks me up when people hate on him for going to duke.... Was he not supposed to go to school a prestigious law school??? I didnt go to UK.... I went to a tech school in Louisville..... whats that got to do with my being a fan of UK... it was the best path for me... but what ever... I aint gonna argue about it..... if he dont like the things that are happening to him than he needs to decide and move on...

 

[Stenchymouse]

I feel sorry for the other guys on the show, because Matt is destroying the show.

All the politics is very polarizing, and once the 15 minutes of excitement wears off, he's going to lose a bunch of his audience.

I've always liked the show and actually liked him, but I'm over it.

I use sports to escape things like politics, so QUIT FORCING POLITICS on me when I'm looking for an outlet to get away from it!

 

[Ryan Lemonds Hair]

It takes a lot more than a few people tweeting it over and over again to become #1 topic worldwide.

I understand that but they all have a lot of followers and they were saying not only on the radio but on Twitter to use that hashtag so obviously a lot of people did.

 

[Ryan Lemonds Hair]

Why would anyone vote for a President who claimed troops took over the airstrips in the Revolutionary War? You really think a son of a ***** that stupid could change oil in his car?

I highly doubt any president changes the oil in his car.

 

[Ryan Lemonds Hair]

I have been saying this same thing. For the Democrats to convince teachers and other state workers to vote for the son of the governor who borrowed from their pension funds until it was bone dry has to be the biggest con job since the snake convinced Eve to eat that apple.

Not a Bevin fan myself, although I find it funny that the teachers vote in the son of the man that put them behind the 8 ball to begin with. But I digress.

I do find it curious as to the MM hate. Is it that he’s too old? Been in DC too long? He’s a UL fan?

I’ve confronted a bunch of folks, including some in my family, to actually give me specifics as to why they hate him. Why he’s bad for Ky. Most can’t point to any one thing other than he obstructs the Dems. (Like the Dems didn’t do this each time they controlled).

I’m mixed on MM. I think he’s a poster boy for term limits. But every Constitutionist judge he gets appointed is a blessing. And he’s pushed through a ton.

 

[Dore95]

Jones can go on social media and command more of an audience than Amy McGrath can with all of her money and Dem machine backers. That is why he has a chance to win the Dem nomination. I don't think he can beat McConnell, but he could certainly elevate his national profile with a run.

 

[Bigblue2023]

You either believe in free speech or you don’t. It’s that simple.

No its really not. The fact both parties have shut him down shows he is breaking rules set forth when running for political office. Those rules are there for a reason and need to be followed as such. Jones doesnt get to cry because he broke the rules and got called on it. Liberals dont care much for rules and laws though unless it benefits them...

 

[PuffyNips]

Jones doesn’t have the temperament to run for public office.

Donald Trump thinks that is hogwash.

But I agree with a lot of your post.

I like Matt. I think Mitch is terrible. But he has zero chance of winning. Fair or not, most Kentuckians only care about the little (R) next to the candidate’s name on the ballot.

The only way Mitch loses is if he angers Trump again and he starts tweeting childish insults and nicknames about him and supports a primary challenger.

 

[Bill Cosby]

Jones can go on social media and command more of an audience than Amy McGrath can with all of her money and Dem machine backers. That is why he has a chance to win the Dem nomination. I don't think he can beat McConnell, but he could certainly elevate his national profile with a run.

He has 195k twitter followers. Would love to know how many are eligible KY voters.

This is a incredibly important national election. His 195k followers are nothing compared to the national support the Democrat challenger is going to get from journalists, the Democrat party, the bot networks funded by the democrats, Twitter itself, etc.

And if he decides not to run (or more likely the Democrat establishment tells him not to because they still think they have a better shot with McGrath), but has any hopes of running in the future, the Democrat party is going to make sure he’s on message with his followers anyway. The campaign finance foot faults have already shown he can’t do this on his own.

 

[TennCat]

He can run against McGrath and would slaughter her in the primary..

Are you one of Matt’s knob polishing butt boys? You seem to come to his defense in almost every thread his name appears. I think you way over estimate his ability to garner votes. Whomever runs against Mitch, whether it be McGrath or Jones, is going to get slaughtered.

 

[Ryan Lemonds Hair]

I went back to listen to Wednesday's show to see what he was saying after the election and a lot of the 2nd hour was election stuff. What I found ironic was he had just said that Bevin was voted out for being a jerk to people. He went on about how we don't treat people the way Bevin has treated people here in Kentucky. Ten minutes later he was making fun of a guy for Tweeting him because his profile pic was Trump and he had tweeted Matt saying they should focus on basketball not the election results because politics divided us. Within 10 minutes he was doing the same thing he bashed Bevin about and what he said caused Bevin the election.

 

[YouKay]

Am I in the minority that never listens to his radio show and really doesn’t give a **** one way or the other?

I don't listen to his show but he can go pound sand. He's a garbage person who steals stuff from this site and has for years. When he gets called on it he threatens people. I don't wish bodily harm on anyone but if this leaves him penniless I would not cry about it.

 

[nicktank5044]

I still listen to his show a few times a week and don’t mind Matt.

But, proclaiming he’s a victim in this scenario is laughable. He didn’t need to **** or get off the pot for his fans, he needs to make a move if he is serious about his attempt to run. He isn’t stupid and he had to know this was coming. Dude was reaping the benefits of free pub for two years. That’s not how it works.

I see what you're saying, but there is a drop dead date to file the paperwork to run, and if Matt was going to run he would absolutely wait until that day to do it, because at that point he couldn't have a radio show anymore due to laws. He wasn't going to short change himself any days whatsoever.

 

[ryanbruner]

I feel sorry for the other guys on the show, because Matt is destroying the show.

All the politics is very polarizing, and once the 15 minutes of excitement wears off, he's going to lose a bunch of his audience.

I've always liked the show and actually liked him, but I'm over it.

I use sports to escape things like politics, so QUIT FORCING POLITICS on me when I'm looking for an outlet to get away from it!

He rarely talks about politics on the show. He usually tells callers that he doesn't want to get into it when they call telling him that they're behind him or anything like that. Because of all of this the entire show is politics. Mitch could have just left it alone and the show would be what it normally is. Just a talk show. But now because fake allegations against fake violations have been made we are gonna get this entire thing shoved down our throats.

 

[ryanbruner]

I don't listen to his show but he can go pound sand. He's a garbage person who steals stuff from this site and has for years. When he gets called on it he threatens people. I don't wish bodily harm on anyone but if this leaves him penniless I would not cry about it.

You understand that CI and KSR work together now on the Sources Say podcast and other things. Its ridiculous to hold grudges over things like someone posting information from a message board lol. Its borderline childish/psychotic.

 

[ryanbruner]

No its really not. The fact both parties have shut him down shoes he is breaking rules set forth when running for political office. Those rules are there for a reason and need to be followed as such. Jones doesnt get to cry because he broke thr ruled and got called on it. Liberals dont care much for rules and laws though unless it benefits them...

Show us the rules that are being broken lol.

 

[Bigblue2023]

Show us the rules that are being broken lol.

I'm not going to waste my time looking that up. If you think no rules were broken after the Democrats got him off the tv and the repubs got him off the radio, with zero resistance, then I have no clue what to tell you. Can't fix stupid...

 

[80 Proof]

Show us the rules that are being broken lol.

The courts already did, that's why Matt isn't on television or radio anymore.

 

[IndyCat1995]

Matt made a good point. Mitch gave him a platform and now he's really got something to think about. Not sure I could ever vote Democrat but I do love me some Matt Jones

 

[ryanbruner]

I'm not going to waste my time looking that up. If you think no rules were broken after the Democrats got him off the tv and the repubs got him off the radio, with zero resistance, then I have no clue what to tell you. Can't fix stupid...

The courts already did, that's why Matt isn't on television or radio anymore.

There isn't an FEC violation involving someone who hasn't filed as a legitimate candidate. Why don't you just admit it lol. It's never been an FEC violation for someone whos THINKING about running for senate to have a radio show or a television show. McGrath and McConnell are both POS for this. Intimidated by a damn radio show host lol. Couldn't be me.

 

[Bigblue2023]

There isn't an FEC violation involving someone who hasn't filed as a legitimate candidate. Why don't you just admit it lol. It's never been an FEC violation for someone whos THINKING about running for senate to have a radio show or a television show. McGrath and McConnell are both POS for this. Intimidated by a damn radio show host lol. Couldn't be me.

Why do you insert "lol" in random places? Are you a teenager? Maybe Matt Jones himself intentionally trying to type like an idiot to not expose himself? Either way, it's very weird and makes it difficult to take you seriously.

 

[ryanbruner]

Why do you insert "lol" in random places? Are you a teenager? Maybe Matt Jones himself intentionally trying to type like an idiot to not expose himself? Either way, it's very weird and makes it difficult to take you seriously.

I mean not being able to provide actual facts or knowledge of the situation makes it difficult for me to not laugh out loud at you. Try to stay on topic sweetie.

 

[Bryguy]

I thought this was being moved to the other board?

Anyway, this might turn out to be as many pages as the Cade thread.

Keep on keeping on!

 

[80 Proof]

There isn't an FEC violation involving someone who hasn't filed as a legitimate candidate. Why don't you just admit it lol. It's never been an FEC violation for someone whos THINKING about running for senate to have a radio show or a television show. McGrath and McConnell are both POS for this. Intimidated by a damn radio show host lol. Couldn't be me.

Take it up with the court system, they are the ones that made the ruling based on our laws that are in place.

I guarantee you Mitch is not intimidated by Jones.

 

[ryanbruner]

Take it up with the court system, they are the ones that made the ruling based on our laws that are in place.

I figured you wouldn't have a legit response. Have a good day.

 

[80 Proof]

I figured you wouldn't have a legit response. Have a good day.

You're the one crying like a ***** over a legit court ruling.

Have a ****** day.

 

[TCPUKChamps]

I'm 99% sure ryanbruner is Matt's new burner account

 

[ryanbruner]

I'm 99% sure ryanbruner is Matt's new burner account

There are people who are staff on this board who know me personally lol. It would be a funny conspiracy though if that wasn't the case.

 

[Bigblue2023]

I mean not being able to provide actual facts or knowledge of the situation makes it difficult for me to not laugh out loud at you. Try to stay on topic sweetie.

Ok yea, definitely an immature kid. Either way, Jones using corporate funds to promote his candidacy is an FEC violation. The fact he hasn't declared is irrelevant and just an attempt to use semantics to weasel his way out of this. Hes furthering his political position using Iheart radio and another corporation I cant remember at the moment. Those are blatant violations and he'll be held accountable if its pursued further.

 

[ryanbruner]

Ok yea, definitely an immature kid. Either way, Jones using corporate funds to promote his candidacy is an FEC violation. The fact he hasn't declared is irrelevant and just an attempt to use semantics to weasel his way out of this. Hes furthering his political position using Iheart radio and another corporation I cant remember at the moment. Those are blatant violations and he'll be held accountable if its pursued further.

He's not a candidate. He's contemplating running. Using corporate funds to talk about politics when he's not legally filed to run for office isn't a violation. That's called being a talk show host.

 

[Ben101er]

I couldn’t give a rats rear end about Matt Jones political aspirations. If he’s got UK info great, otherwise, yawn. No, I’m not directing that negatively towards anyone, just my take on it.

I think Cal may have fed him some info, early on, but I have not seen any evidence of him having any in the past 2-3 years. I think he got cut off. Now, he just regurgitates what he reads on here.

 

[Bigblue2023]

He's not a candidate. He's contemplating running. Using corporate funds to talk about politics when he's not legally filed to run for office isn't a violation. That's called being a talk show host.

Ok, we'll see if you're right. My only question is let's say you're correct, why did he just go away without a fight? Other that just seizing an opportunity to be a victim...