Steve Nunn, Former GOP Lawmaker, Emerges As Slaying Suspect

[Ian David]

Source: Associated Press (Via Huffington Post)

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Steve Nunn said nothing in court. His glum, unshaven face spoke volumes.

The politician who had lived a life of privilege hobnobbing with Kentucky's political elite wasn't at all pleased with the Fayette County jail where he is being held on a murder charge for allegedly gunning down his ex-girlfriend.

Nunn, heir to one of the most famous names in Kentucky politics, wore a drab prison jumpsuit and a frown as his lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf and asked for his release on bond.

Judge Joseph Bouvier swiftly denied the request, leaving the man who spent his teenage years in the governor's mansion alongside his father, former Gov. Louie Nunn, under constant guard in a tiny cell for inmates deemed at risk of suicide.

Despite some 15 years in the state legislature and an unsuccessful run for governor, Nunn had never been able to escape the long shadow of the father he once called "the John Wayne of Kentucky politics."


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/14/steve-nunn-son-of-former_n_320457.html

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Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/ryking/statuses/4863826736

[CherokeeDem]

1. Excuse Me....

I don't quite understand. Are you agreeing with the twitter comment? I live in Lexington and I knew the victim slightly but my closest friend is a long time friend of her mother and the family. This was a tragic situation and if, in fact, Steve Nunn did kill her, it had nothing to do with his politics or hers (her deceased father was a very strong Democrat). It had everything to do with a relationship that ended badly.

I am a very partisan yellow dog Democrat, but no one should die just because they are a Republican or Democrat. I certainly hope that I misunderstood your "hat-tip" to this twitter comment.

[blueknight]

2. nunn is a silverspoon blueblood

who never had to work for thing in his life. always rode on daddys coat tails and was given everything. he didnt like being told NO, and when this young lady told him no, he killed her, plain and simple

[CherokeeDem]

4. No Argument...

that Steve Nunn possibly felt entitled but he always was under the shadow of his father, an unfortunate situation that happens to a lot of children of famous people. However, most of them are able to deal with their circumstances and go on. I have no argument about Nunn not liking to told no or my personal belief that he killed Amanda Ross. The trigger here, I think, was not that she said no to him but she brought his behavior before the courts and it cost him his job with the current Democratic administration in Frankfort. Granted it was all politically motivated but Nunn did support Steve Beshear against Fletcher but his support was mostly against Fletcher as for Beshear.

My problem with the OP is the possible support for a twitter's (How did we come to the point that a random thought by an idiot on twitter would even matter?)comment that Nunn should die because he is a Republican and not because he may have killed someone. I'm not even for the death penalty, so this comment is wrong on so many levels.

[SpiralHawk]

8. Well, you know it's the wholesale Republicon hypocrisy thingy

Just about everyone in America is totally fed up with the sanctimonious Republicon Family Values baloney. So when yet another story comes along showing that Republicons are not living moment by moment in a state of Godly Grace (as if) it triggers something big time in the folks they have been wagging their fingers at.

[Ten Bears]

3. Could it be that the character traits that drove him to kill her...

... were the same ones that caused him to embrace republican politics?

[CherokeeDem]

5. Interesting speculation...

but something for the psychologists to determine. I think that is a dangerous road for us to go down. The very interesting study that we choose our political ideology based on how our brains process is very intriguing but I am not certain I want to add the act of murder or any violence to a list of Republican traits. Lack of compassion for the human condition and pure greed...those should be on the list.

[Ten Bears]

9. Is murder a primary trait...

... or does it stem from an underlying lack of campassion?

[JohnnyLib2]

6. I agree with Cherokee.

Domestic violence occurs across the spectrum. We could probably find a similar story involving prominent Democrats.

Highlighting the political angle seems to diminish or dilute the ugly fact of uncontrolled anger, male in this case and too often.

[redqueen]

7. So are you going to explain the hat tip to the twitter dumbassery?

I'm curious about that, too.