I really enjoy watching University of Kentucky football games and I get a real kick out of observing politics on both the local and national level, but I have to admit that both have just worn me out this year.
Thankfully, a UK team that can't seem to get ahead of anybody has a cupcake on the schedule this week and should lead from start to finish. On the political scene, all the campaign nastiness is finally over following a mid-term election that showed how tired the majority of Americans are of business as usual in Washington.
The campaign here in Kentucky was especially ugly this year with character assassination and outright lies becoming the norm rather than the exception. Both parties resorted to those tactics rather than just tout their own accomplishments, but desperation fueled some incredibly outragious behavior this year. I'm talking specifically about the altercation prior to the final debate between Jack Conway and Rand Paul when a woman rushed at Dr. Paul as he tried to enter the building and was forced to the ground by Paul supporters. I am absolutely convinced that what happened was a premeditated and deliberate act of provocation. That woman wanted to be assaulted and wasn't going to stop provoking until someone forcibly stopped her. Obviously, voters were not fooled by the way the media portrayed the incident.
The UK football team, on the other hand, has done nothing to make loyal Cat fans ashamed of them except lose more games than they've won. But it's a gutsy, gritty group that never gives up and plays with tremendous heart and determination every week. Their lack of success this season seems to be just a matter of bad timing. If the game starts at 7:30, they rarely do anything too well before 8:30.
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