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Submerged Politics: Kathy Groob actually named to lead group
Emerge Kentucky has tapped Kathy Groob, a former city councilwoman from Ft. Mitchell, to be its executive director.
It will provide comprehensive training and make a long-term investment in future female leaders by honing their political skills, expanding their knowledge of local issues and connecting them with mentors.
The press release fails to note that Groob has lost two attempts to be a state senator. The last one, in 2008, should have been a "win" for the party.
Even in the midst of the campaign, the popular PageOneKentucky blog turned on her, saying bluntly:
"Don't vote for her lying, pandering ass. I'm not telling you to vote for Jack Westwood, but don't vote for Kathy. Or should I refer to her as Lemonysnip? Just don't vote for her."
And let's not forget Kathy Groob's very, short-term stint as chairman of the Kenton County Democratic Party.
And it's confusing that someone who claims to be supportive of women for office, threw Hillary Clinton overboard early in the 2008 primary season for Barack Obama, long before the Kentucky primary.
I'm still bothered by her anti-choice stance. In her failed bid for a state Senate seat in 2008, Groob circulated flyers proudly proclaiming that she was pro-life.
So far, what I have seen is someone who was fast to disown the first potential female President of the United States for political expediency. Someone who wouldn't hold onto Democratic principles, in particular, a woman's right to choose.
So, if this is the course that Democratic Party women in Kentucky are taking, then they may as well go ahead and call themselves -- Republican.
