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| Has Ashley Judd's political career ended before it began? | Has Ashley Judd's political career ended before it began? |
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| Age: 44. | Age: 44. |
| Appearance: Ashley Judd: The Political Years. | Appearance: Ashley Judd: The Political Years. |
| As opposed to Ashley Judd: The Acting Years? Pretty much. | As opposed to Ashley Judd: The Acting Years? Pretty much. |
| When did they come to an end? They haven't, officially. She still dabbles in TV, but after roles in Heat, Kiss the Girls and Double Jeopardy, her film career tapered off around 2004 with her star turn in the thriller Twisted, one of reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes' worst films of the last decade. | When did they come to an end? They haven't, officially. She still dabbles in TV, but after roles in Heat, Kiss the Girls and Double Jeopardy, her film career tapered off around 2004 with her star turn in the thriller Twisted, one of reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes' worst films of the last decade. |
| Ah, so she switched to politics? Well, to activism and humanitarian work at first, on issues from gender equality to Aids and blood minerals. Then, in September last year, she started to talk about running for the Kentucky Senate seat in the 2014 elections, against Republican Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell. | Ah, so she switched to politics? Well, to activism and humanitarian work at first, on issues from gender equality to Aids and blood minerals. Then, in September last year, she started to talk about running for the Kentucky Senate seat in the 2014 elections, against Republican Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell. |
| And will she? Nope. In a series of tweets last month, she told supporters: "Regretfully, I am currently unable to consider a campaign for the Senate." | And will she? Nope. In a series of tweets last month, she told supporters: "Regretfully, I am currently unable to consider a campaign for the Senate." |
| Is that a shame? For Kentucky? Maybe. For her? No, she dodged a bullet. | Is that a shame? For Kentucky? Maybe. For her? No, she dodged a bullet. |
| What bullet was that? A potential smear campaign. | What bullet was that? A potential smear campaign. |
| Really? Yup. After Judd dropped out of the race, progressive magazine Mother Jones published a leaked recording of a meeting between Senator McConnell and his aides on how best to deal with the opposition. In it, McConnell himself tells his team: "This is the Whac-a-Mole period of the campaign … anybody sticks their head up, do them out." | Really? Yup. After Judd dropped out of the race, progressive magazine Mother Jones published a leaked recording of a meeting between Senator McConnell and his aides on how best to deal with the opposition. In it, McConnell himself tells his team: "This is the Whac-a-Mole period of the campaign … anybody sticks their head up, do them out." |
| And how did they plan to "whac" Ashley Judd? With slurs on her mental health. | And how did they plan to "whac" Ashley Judd? With slurs on her mental health. |
| Such as? Portraying her as being "emotionally unbalanced" and playing up the fact that she once "suffered some suicidal tendencies". The group listened to, and laughed at, several recordings of Judd discussing her "nature-based" Christianity and the culture shock of returning to America, that could be used to make her look unstable. | Such as? Portraying her as being "emotionally unbalanced" and playing up the fact that she once "suffered some suicidal tendencies". The group listened to, and laughed at, several recordings of Judd discussing her "nature-based" Christianity and the culture shock of returning to America, that could be used to make her look unstable. |
| And has McConnell denied the tapes are real? Er, no. But he has asked the FBI to find out if someone bugged his office. | And has McConnell denied the tapes are real? Er, no. But he has asked the FBI to find out if someone bugged his office. |
| Oh right. So the real injustice is that he got caught? Apparently. | Oh right. So the real injustice is that he got caught? Apparently. |
| Do say: "I'm looking forward to Mitch McConnell: The Retirement Years." | Do say: "I'm looking forward to Mitch McConnell: The Retirement Years." |
| Don't say: "I'm also looking forward to Twisted 2." | Don't say: "I'm also looking forward to Twisted 2." |
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