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Report: Hollywood Actress Ashley Judd Set to Announce Run for Senate Against Mitch McConnell

Mar. 10, 2013 8:47am Madeleine Morgenstern

Actress Ashley Judd addresses the crowd during Tennesseans For Obama Benefit in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 4, 2012 (Getty Images)

Ashley Judd has reportedly decided to challenge Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and is planning to announce her candidacy in the spring, according to the Huffington Post.

The Hollywood actress has informed “key advisers and political figures” in Kentucky of her intent to seek the Democratic nomination for the 2014 race and plans to announce in early May around the Kentucky Derby.

Reached by email by the Huffington Post, Judd didn’t offer a direct denial.

“I am not sure who is saying this stuff, but it is not I! I’d prefer as a fan of your journalism that you stay accurate and credible. We told everyone who called us yesterday these stories are fabrications,” Judd wrote, though didn’t answer directly which “stories” weren’t “accurate,” or whether she had in fact reached a decision, according to the site.

Judd — a staunch Obama supporter — said in January she was “taking a close look” at a possible Senate bid, quickly prompting a preemptive attack ad from Republican operative Karl Rove’s American Crossroads super PAC branding her a “Hollywood liberal.”

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soybomb315_II
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:09am
part of me hopes McConnell loses so that Massie can eventually take his place

And if mcconnell loses his senate minority speaker – maybe they will give it to rand paul, cruz, or someone like that

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 1:34pm
  A Bimbo running against a Bimbette. I guess Kentucky really is a backward state.
  
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- Thomas
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 3:45pm
  Ashley Judd we saw your ****.
  
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- Thomas
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 3:46pm
  http://youtu.be/xHkpTasflF4
  
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- Freedomlover_US
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 4:16pm
  This is the liberal version of Sarah Palin running for president. Election lost.
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 6:02pm
  She’ll win.
  She has boobs, and McConnell is a boob.
  That puts her ahead by one.
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 6:03pm
  Call me crazy, but she’s running in Kentucky, but she lives in Tennessee.
  Am I missing something?
  
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- truthnstuff
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 6:32pm
  Kentucky you will never live it down. The dems just want a little ho in their halls.
  
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- msjoe43
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 7:00pm
  Ashley Judd was married to Dario Franchitti, NASCAR Driver for 11 years. She’s a Divorcee. With nothing better else to do decides to go into politics. Nazi Feminist.
  
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- savagenatn
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 12:31am
  these days nothing surprises me. This liberal idiot will probably win because the morons see her on TV during a stupid kentucky bassetball game. OH I will vote for her. What does she stand for? Duh I don’t know but she’s on TV. That’s how our voters think now days folks. What a da mn shame.
  
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- 1947
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 8:21am
  Just another Communist coming out of Hollywood across America want to help the cause for Socialist
  
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- JeffersonsPen
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 5:47pm
  To Keaton and Jerk and the rest of you A55 hat’s! Stop bashing Kentucky. Yes this is a typical play to use one’s popularity to gain office. She will get a large vote based on her regularity at Cats games but I assure you the state as a whole is not going Blue “politically” anytime soon. And as for Ms. Judd…………….in the Words of the speaker of the house to the senate majority leader “Go F$#& yourself !”
  
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AUsername
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:05am
Rand Paul for minority or majority leader would sound good if he gets voted out.

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- Keatonc333
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 3:49pm
  Rand paul is a side show.. not a legitimate politician. senate would be even more dysfunctional if he were minority leader.
  
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- catlbyer16
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 5:03pm
  The two world renown senators from Ky, have proven, without a doubt, to the national citizens, to be as useful as milking utensils on a boar hog!
  
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RIGS
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:05am
The LIBERAL BIMBO can flash pictures of her now sagging udders to the liberal morons.

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- zapparules
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:18am
  Continued: From HP Community Pundit HLL…
  
  -McConnell wouldn’t have repealed DADT and supports DOMA.
  -Judd praised President Obama at the DNC for embracing same-sex marriage rights.
  
  -McConnell has a 37% approval & 55% disapproval from Kentuckians.
  -Judd is within 3 points and 9 points of defeating McConnell in 2 separate polls and hasn’t yet announced she’ll run.
  
  -Judd is a Democrat and there are more registered Democrats than GOPs in Kentucky. The Governor is a Democrat and the state House has a Democratic majority.
  
  McConnell has been a Senator for 29 years yet there is not one single piece of legislation that bears his name.
  
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- Baddoggy
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:20am
  Yep…she is a dingbat, but people will vote for her because shes a star… Idiots in this country amaze me.
  
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- fastgen1
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:24am
  if you google nude ashley judd be prepared for a porn show, just saying
  
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- OhSuzieQ
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:31am
  lol
  
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- GONE_SOVEREIGN
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 2:18pm
  FastGen1: WOW! That might be helpful in the next election! Brb, I’m going to look more into this! ;-)
  
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jackolope67
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:01am
Great that washed up actress Jughead wants to run Iagree McConnell is useless but find a conservative canidate that can put Jughead in her place so we won’t ever she her chunky **** on cspan

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- TurboCat
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 2:44am
  Someone should run against her and win! I’ve recently seen her “work the room” of people who just cannot see past their noses. I think it was on a college campus somewhere. Her talents at coming across as “just one of y’all” equal that of “President” O-blame-a.
  
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American-first
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:58am
First it was Obama and 54 states and not this twit doesn’t seem to remember what state it is she is running for! Not so happy with Karl Rove but GOD bless him on the ad aginst her!

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FlagWavingPatriot
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:55am
That’s all we need…another dingbat who thinks they know better for us than we do.

I’m so sick of celebrities…so sick of professional lawyers…so sick of career politicians.

We need a new rule in this country: DO NOT VOTE FOR ANYONE WHO ACTIVELY WANTS THE OFFICE! The only reason people seek office is for their own power, own greed, own do-gooding purposes and own ego.

We need to recruit and coax the best from our communities to serve us. They go, serve ONE term, and return to their previous lives. And they do it because WE need them to, not because THEY want to.

I wish I drank. This has me all riled up already. I’d be two sheets to the wind by now (do people still say that?). Pass the OJ, honey, I need a double shot.

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- Keatonc333
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 3:51pm
  “We need to recruit and coax the best from our communities to serve us.” I rarely ever agree with you.. But I Love this Idea!
  
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- Brettfan
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 12:54am
  I find Ashley to be a total hypocrite. She ignorantly railed against Governor Sarah Palin for managing the wolf population in Alaska, yet she wears leather. A cow has to be slaughtered for it. She talks about making a child survives until age five, but she supports abortion. She talks about the problem of objectifying women’s body parts, but exposes her own. She talks about carbon footprints as she runs around the world promoting herself. Heck there is no global warming, but this bimbo believes in it.
  
  Her family, as I mentioned, is full of dysfunction. Does this family have a drama coach and a PR person on the payroll? Ashley Judd’s acting career has been a failure too. It has not been the same since her Goodwill Train Tour – through the Midwest – with Bono commanding Americans – to make demands to their President – to provide more money to him – for his causes.
  
  Surprisingly, there were protestors – Standing Up for America – at every train stop – for Ashley Judd and Bono’s Goodwill Train Tour – through the Midwest. By the time of the Third Train stop, Bono could not get off the train – bc people wanted to kick his a$$. The rest of the Goodwill Train tour was immediately cancelled.
  
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spfoam1
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:51am
Her main goal will be to keep the gay Marxist happy. If you elect her you better make sure you can crawl and squeal like a pig.

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john vincent
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:47am
She would have fell by the wayside, but Rove helped her by attacking her, thus giving her credibility. Another stupid knee-jerk reaction.

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nocalifornia
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:46am
I wonder if she will use the nude photos on her campaign signs or just the videos on TV?

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freeberty
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:45am
Hopefully a conservative can mount a challenge to McConnell in the primaries, I sure he would be slammed by the democrats and established republicans, which of course would mean he is the right man for the job.
It’s amazing how willing people are to wear blinders to someone like McConnell, at least if Judd wins they’ll know who the enemy is.

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OlefromMN
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:44am
Not sure if the DNC sees McConnell as vulnerable. We’ll see how much money they are willing to throw behind her. These liberal token candidates do one thing good for our side, they break the bank of the DNC. Let them keep pushing these celebrity candidates that will get destroyed in a debate, it only pushes their party towards bankruptcy faster.

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- Sargeking
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:50am
  Good spot on her debate posture. She’s had things all her way, thus far. Now I’m looking forward to hearing her spar with McConnell. I enjoy a good laugh!
  
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Sargeking
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:40am
I will say one thing positive about Judd. At least when I look at her pictured compared to Hillary, the older broad makes me reach for the barf bag. The younger one just gives me a cramp.

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PlanetReality
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:35am
Oh brother!!! just what the working man needs!!!!

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- wowjustwow
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:10am
  Mitch McConnell…do you think he is what the working man needs. I’d take a chimpanzee over McConnell.
  
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Daveed
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:34am
I like her sister, she seems way more honest and humble.

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- castuslonginus
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:55am
  Wynona’s got herself a big brown beaver,and she shows it off to all her friends.
  one day you know that beaver tried to leave’er, and she put him in a cyclone fence.
  Along came Lou,with his ol’ baboon ,and said I recognize that smell,
  Smells like seven layers, that beaver eats TacoBell.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:35am
  Jerry was a race-car driver BTW.
  
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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 12:23pm
  Here come the bastards…
  
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Noonien_Soong
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:27am
If Ashley fails to be elected, most likely, she can declare her run as a research role for acting purposes

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- Sargeking
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:02am
  I see your point on the “research” angle. I believe with Judd it begins and ends with having a great $ss. Unfortunately, her best is now well “behind”!
  
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Advection
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:21am
Caligula made his favorite horse a Roman senator. If a horse can be a senator, then…

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- 2ndAmdmt
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:41am
  I know of a horses a$$ that used to be senator. He’s since been promoted……..twice.
  
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TRILO
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:17am
Who cares. In my opinion Mitch Mcconnell is not much better. She will help the tyrant in chief out in the open while McConnell caves and capitulates thereby helping the tyrant in the shadows. He ranks right up there with John Boehner. Too bad someone does not primary him out. McConnell has been in the Senate far too long.

BTW Karl Rove’s ad stunk. I think it actually made her look better to the democrats. His rhetoric and methods no longer work; Romney is a good example. I wish the republicans would stop listening to him.

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- Look4DBigPicture
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:51am
  I’m all for getting rid of Mitch, but we need a STRONG charismatic conservative candidate to go up against Ms Hollywood or we’ll lose another seat in the Senate. The last thing we need in Washington is another socialist liberal like Ashley Judd.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:42am
  all you need is someone who advocates big freedom constitutionalism
  
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Sharon Rose
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:16am
Big whoop- another commie lib in the Senate? Just what America does NOT need.

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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:16am
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I wonder if she has a Pole position?……

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- biohazard23
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:03am
  She used to…
  
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- gyro
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:09am
  Wham
  
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BlackCrow
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:04am
Another elitist Communist. In the state that elected Rand Paul? Waste of money!

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- toiletclogga
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:15am
  She’s assuming the Republican candidate will be Mitch McConnell! Maybe not!
  
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:04am
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Mama she’s crazy, crazy as a loon…..

Unfortunately she will probably win…..

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- dublinthewagons
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:08am
  With all the votes money can buy.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:16am
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXoEwqX5KM0
  
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- Sargeking
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:10am
  Depends on the numbers of people on Welfare and Skittles. Good post!
  
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- Pokerjoe
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 7:06am
  Odummie will be down there everyday saying how great she is. People will beleve him. She will take all the money and will retire with more money. She really don’t know crap how the real worls works. She could have a some point in her life,but not now. None of them do. She and others have made so much money by living in a world we the people only see on in the movies. They live like kings and think they can make things right without ever thinking about it. Just what skills does she have? Can she run her life without a manager? What will she do about that? Does she really know how to make a budget? I could go on and on but you get it.
  
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banjarmon
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:58am
Carpet ******!

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:17am
  Run the two words together, carpetbagger. Otherwise some trolls will accuse of saying “muncher”
  
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- LEFTIST_CLOWNS_AND_FAR_RIGHT_JOKERS
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:28am
  And I thought he mean’t ‘muncher’ refering to Judd’s lesbian scenes with Salma Hayak.
  
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- LEFTIST_CLOWNS_AND_FAR_RIGHT_JOKERS
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:36am
  Sorry, that would be ‘referring.’ Don’t want spelling trolls to have at me like the ‘muncher trolls.’
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:46am
  LEFTIST_CLOWNS_AND_FAR_RIGHT_JOKERS, Precisely.
  
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OlefromMN
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:57am
Only in America do you find actors/actresses thinking they have any political prowess. God help us if we keep electing buffoons. How about we find some true statesmen. Too much to ask?

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- LEFTIST_CLOWNS_AND_FAR_RIGHT_JOKERS
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:06am
  Reagan was the exception – except he wasn’t much of an actor. I like him much better as President. after he ‘evolved’ from his political beginnings – he became a pretty damn good Conservative. Could hae been better – but he could have been a better actor too. Nobody’s perfect.
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:13am
  Reagan at least led a union and a state prior to running for national office.
  
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- LEFTIST_CLOWNS_AND_FAR_RIGHT_JOKERS
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:18am
  OLEFROMMN. No doubt. He cut his teeth politically at the state level and acquired leadership skills and traits along the way.
  
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LEFTIST_CLOWNS_AND_FAR_RIGHT_JOKERS
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:56am
‘Judd — a staunch Obama supporter’

Another description (staunch Obama supporter) would be a ‘White Guilted Jock Strapper for Obama’ somewhat like Chris Matthews. Difference is that Matthews would be proud to wrap himself around Obama’s nuts if he could.

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Sargeking
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:56am
She isn’t needed or wanted. Ask Dario.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:09am
  SARGEKING, I guess she needs a new hobby since she and Dario Franchitti have “mutually” decided to end their marriage. I guess he continually refused to take her last name.
  
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- Sargeking
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:23am
  Dario Judd? Now that’s funny! I suspect he grew weary (among other things) of her far left politics. I did read where Dario came to believe that he was set-up for the marriage. He came to feel ambushed. Under the surface, I picked-up on her fear over Dan Wheldon’s widow. Dario had extended a lot of sympathy for her after Wheldon was killed and you could literally see the blood pour out of Judd’s eyes. Now she thinks that running for office is all first class hotels, limo’s, and podiums set-up with sycophant media hounds hanging on her every word. She’s in for a big surprise!
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:07am
  I wonder if she scolded Susie Wheldon about how irresponsible she and Dan were for having the nerve to “breed” while there are so many unwanted children in the world already.
  
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- Sargeking
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:16am
  BIO: When push comes to shove, Judd will likely one day adopt a Third World baby; like Madonna adopts a cat. Obviously Judd is “barren” in more ways than one!
  
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- Proverbs17-12NLT
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:00am
  she fits the bill, UGLY, RICH, and LOVES OBAMA.
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 2:39pm
  @Sarge, LOL!!!
  
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