Grayson Slaps Down Hendrickson

It’s good to see that Trey Grayson is hitting back at Bruce Hendrickson. The notion that Hendrickson hasn’t gone negative is belied by what his surrogates have been saying on the web for weeks. Hendrickson’s former campaign manager has been on the attack for weeks along with his buds over at the vulgar vanguard known as Ditch Mitch.

Here’s what Trey had to say:

Bruce Hendrickson once again launched a desperate, baseless attack against Secretary of State Trey Grayson. This time he attacked Grayson's nationally acclaimed civic education initiative.

I guess you have to be desperate when you can't even receive the endorsement of your own colleagues. He is the only teacher running for office this year, and he still did not receive the endorsement of Kentucky's teachers. Clearly, Kentucky's teachers know who is most qualified to restore civic education to our classrooms, and it is not Bruce Hendrickson.

Kentucky does not need someone to educate students about civics that can’t even get the facts right in his own press release. Maybe Mr. Hendrickson should begin his civic education plan with a remedial course for himself because he obviously has not been taking notes on the initiatives Secretary Grayson has been leading since 2003.

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Or, ask Kentucky Democratic Party Chairman Jonathan Miller who promotes Secretary Grayson's civics initiative in his own book.

Kentucky should be proud of Secretary Grayson's bipartisan leadership on civic education.
Mr. Hendrickson shows over and over that he can only launch baseless attacks against Secretary Grayson. He shows a pattern of being uninformed about the issues affecting this race.

This was obvious to anyone who watched last week's KET debate. It is obvious to anyone who cares about civic education.

Kentuckians deserve someone who has a record of getting things done in Frankfort and can reach across party lines to come up with innovative solutions to our Commonwealth's problems. That’s why Kentuckians will choose to give Secretary Grayson four more years.

Although even hard core D's and liberals have a hard time voting against Trey (and are themselves critical of the fringe that attack Trey), I believe sometimes you have to flash a little steel. It’s good to see Trey doing that here.