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Steve Beshear (D) & Lt. Governor Pence (R) On Same Page Regarding Fletcher's Criminal Conduct

I found this exchange is last night's debate very revealing:

"That's not true," Fletcher said after Beshear called the agreement with Stumbo a "plea bargain."

Talking over Fletcher, Beshear responded, "People understand that you were indicted. That's true, right? You took the Fifth Amendment. That's true isn't it? You had to enter into an agreement with the attorney general. … That's all true."

If Steve Beshear's (D) words sound familiar that's because Governor Fletcher's (R) own 2003 running mate -- Lt. Governor Steve Pence (R) -- made the very same point a few months ago:

"But the facts are what they are. The fact is the pardons happened. The fact is he did take the Fifth (Amendment before a grand jury). The fact is he was indicted. The fact is he does have a legal defense fund. The fact is he said we were going to get to the unvarnished truth, but we didn't."

Yep, those are the facts...

UPDATE (11:23 AM): While Fletcher continues to whine in the C-J story above that he didn't enter into a "plea deal" turns out that UK College Republicans Chairman Thomas Roberts wholly disagrees and said so in an op-ed in today's Kentucky Kernel:

After all of the effort Stumbo put in and after all of the tax dollars he wasted, the best he could get out of it was a plea deal.

Even college Republicans don't buy Fletcher's painful excuses for his criminality.

Republicans On Fletcher (Part 2)

Ready for another installment of "Republicans on Fletcher"?

"But the facts are what they are. The fact is the pardons happened. The fact is he did take the Fifth (Amendment before a grand jury). The fact is he was indicted. The fact is he does have a legal defense fund. The fact is he said we were going to get to the unvarnished truth, but we didn't."

--Lt. Governor Steve Pence (R) on the broken promises and sad legacy of his former running mate, Governor Fletcher (R).

Yep, those are the facts.

Republicans On Fletcher (Part 1)

Since Governor Fletcher (R) wants to rehash the criminality of his administration and discuss the Merit System scandal that has destroyed his reign, I thought it would be terrific to begin a daily reminder of all the things that FELLOW REPUBLICANS have said about our incompetent governor with a post that you should feel free to use an open thread, as well.

"It’s embarrassing and its tiring to constantly have to come up with less-than-candid remarks defending him.”

--Jefferson County GOP Chairman Jack Richardson on Governor Fletcher (R).