May it become a national cascade.
One fresh sign came from the Johnson County Sun, which said it would endorse virtually the entire Democratic ticket, including Morrison and Parkinson, after endorsing fewer than a dozen Democrats in the past half-century.
"So what in the world has happened?" publisher Steve Rose asked in a recent column. "The Republican Party has changed, and it has changed monumentally. You almost cannot be a victorious traditional Republican candidate with mainstream values in Johnson County or in Kansas anymore."
Moderates in Kansas Decide They're Not in GOP Anymore
By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, October 19, 2006; A01
WICHITA -- Paul Morrison, a career prosecutor who specializes in putting killers behind bars, has the bulletproof résumé and the rugged looks of a law-and-order Republican, which is what he was until last year. That was when he announced he would run for attorney general -- as a Democrat.
He is now running neck-and-neck with Republican Phill Kline, an iconic social conservative who made headlines by seeking the names of abortion-clinic patients and vowing to defend science-teaching standards that challenge Darwinian evolution. What's more, Morrison is raising money faster than Kline and pulling more cash from Republicans than Democrats.
Nor is Morrison alone. In a state that voted nearly 2 to 1 for President Bush in 2004, nine former Republicans will be on the November ballot as Democrats. Among them is Mark Parkinson, a former chairman of the Kansas Republican Party, who changed parties to run for lieutenant governor with the popular Democratic governor, Kathleen Sebelius.
"I'd reached a breaking point," Parkinson said, preparing for a rally in Wichita alongside Sebelius. "I want to work on relevant issues and not on a lot of things that don't matter."
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A state run by faith
The planet is littered with the bodies of nation states that built their society on religion, myth and/or superstition. While some sort of faith in whatever god is perhaps a good idea for the mental well-being of the individual, decisions based on faith alone are a poor way to run a country and can be disastrious. Or, in the case of the blog in question, the state of Kansas.
Seems to me that in a world torn asunder by radical religious groups we need not to be electing our own brand of religious zealots, but we need to be choosing leaders who take a broader, more reasoned view and can make sensible judgements based on the facts, not on the narrow, bigoted personal interpretation of any religious dogma.
Kline is so transparent, yet his backers see only one thing: he professes a faith in Christianity, which makes him OK no matter the fact that he is a nut case.
God help us if he wins again. That is my own personal god mind you; I am not advocating anyone else share my particular brand of spiratuality, unlike the 'wingers insist.
Phil Kline has the courage to stand up!
The real heart of the matter is the fact that Governor Sebelius is the Devil's bride.
She takes blood money from abortionist James Tiller and in turn allows Tiller to kill babies up to the ninth month of pregnancy. Yes, deliver the baby feet first, insert a steel forceps into the back of the baby's skull, suck out the baby's brain, and then pull the baby out.
It takes courage to say enough to this madness. Phil Kline has the courage to stand up, while the rest of Kansas turns away like cowards.
Democrat Deceit
The Moderate Republicans, who were always Democrats under the skin but because they were in Kansas and more specifically Johnson County, chose years ago to be Republicans so they could attain office. Now they are running scared because polls show them not to be with mainstream Kansas and are switching to align themselves with a popular Democrat Governor. How she has managed to hoodwink Kansas Citizens who do not agree with her has been done by not discussing the issues in the past but the emotional issues and by lying against true Republican opponents. They may win for awhile but the citizens witll finally throw them out when they find out they want to raise taxes, go soft on crime with their philosophy that criminals can all be rehabilited, support the teaching on evolution only in schools, support the Tiller Abortion Clinic, etc. that true Kansans do not support. And finally, when the counties find out that they support the Robin Hood financing of schools. Time will tell.
Stop this madness
Is abortion the only thing he points to? The reason Kline won't win is because of overkill on issues people are tired of hearing not that they are not important. Look at Bush, he beat this dead corpse and won. Now look at the condition this country is in. This horse will not make you a winner this time instead its the reason you will be out of office. Thanks for but no thanks dr. Phil.
Please. It takes courage
Please. It takes courage to stand up and keep governing of morality out of the political process. The true cowards in Kansas are those who force their will on others in the name of religion. There is a reason our forefathers called for a separation of church and state and Mr. Kline should be the poster child for such abuse.