If you can't beat 'em ...deny their first amendment rights

Ky. lawmaker wants editorial writers, cartoonists

declared lobbyists, banned from chambers

FRANKFORT, Ky. --A lawmaker ridiculed in editorials and cartoons last year for his positions on environmental legislation is pushing a bill that would curtail the presence of the journalists he blames the most.

Rep. Jim Gooch, a Democrat who is chairman of the state House Natural Resources and Environment Committee, was the subject of critical editorials and cartoons when he attempted to quash a coal mine safety bill and claimed global warming was a hoax. One editorial cartoon showed Gooch in a hot tub with King Coal...

Gooch is upset by stuff like this from Joel Pett:

C-J adds a porcine salute: Woo Pig Sooie !!!

...and PolWatchers.