Comments on: Kansas Comes Back To The Land Of Common Sense http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/13/kansas-comes-back-to-the-land-of-common-sense/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: LMMatthews http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/13/kansas-comes-back-to-the-land-of-common-sense/#comment-84619 LMMatthews Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:31:04 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6946#comment-84619 It's about time. It’s about time.

]]> By: b http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/13/kansas-comes-back-to-the-land-of-common-sense/#comment-84618 b Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:15:27 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6946#comment-84618 The political mood of the state is really more of a plains liberatarianism than a Mississippi conservatism. (It's the home of Alf Landon after all.) The GOP party dynamics haven't allowed moderates to win any primaries for years. But the times are changing. The fine people of Kansas have elected a Democratic governor, leut. governor, attorney general, and two U.S. representatives. The funny thing on the ground in Kansas is that the religious right has controlled the GOP party machinery for about 20 years. As a result of some hard work by Gov. Sebelius, moderate Republican candidates are switching to the Democratic Party and getting elected (i.e., the L.Gov. and A.G.). This change is also reflected in some of the school board elections where the batsh*t crazy right wingers are losing to more moderate folks who believe in evolution. In short, Democrats are making a mistake if we continue to write off Kansas in the future. The political mood of the state is really more of a plains liberatarianism than a Mississippi conservatism. (It’s the home of Alf Landon after all.) The GOP party dynamics haven’t allowed moderates to win any primaries for years. But the times are changing. The fine people of Kansas have elected a Democratic governor, leut. governor, attorney general, and two U.S. representatives.

The funny thing on the ground in Kansas is that the religious right has controlled the GOP party machinery for about 20 years. As a result of some hard work by Gov. Sebelius, moderate Republican candidates are switching to the Democratic Party and getting elected (i.e., the L.Gov. and A.G.). This change is also reflected in some of the school board elections where the batsh*t crazy right wingers are losing to more moderate folks who believe in evolution.

In short, Democrats are making a mistake if we continue to write off Kansas in the future.

]]> By: Ray http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/13/kansas-comes-back-to-the-land-of-common-sense/#comment-84617 Ray Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:32:35 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6946#comment-84617 Wow!! Next thing you know some of Kansas's religious leaders will be accepting electricity into their own homes. Those cutting edge bad boys..... Wow!! Next thing you know some of Kansas’s religious leaders will be accepting electricity into their own homes. Those cutting edge bad boys…..

]]> By: Ray http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/13/kansas-comes-back-to-the-land-of-common-sense/#comment-84616 Ray Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:25:27 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6946#comment-84616 wow, next thing you know Kansas will accept electricity wow, next thing you know Kansas will accept electricity

]]> By: ann http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/13/kansas-comes-back-to-the-land-of-common-sense/#comment-84615 ann Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:12:38 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6946#comment-84615 I can travel to Kansas again? Family ruled out Kansas and Wyoming last summer on our trip west. I can travel to Kansas again? Family ruled out Kansas and Wyoming last summer on our trip west.

]]> By: JohnR http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/13/kansas-comes-back-to-the-land-of-common-sense/#comment-84614 JohnR Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:42:28 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6946#comment-84614 Oliver: I guess there's hope yet for global warming, given the correlation between global temperature and pirates... Oliver: I guess there’s hope yet for global warming, given the correlation between global temperature and pirates…

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/13/kansas-comes-back-to-the-land-of-common-sense/#comment-84613 Oliver Willis Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:46:29 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6946#comment-84613 mdhatter: I hear there's been an increase in pirates as well. mdhatter: I hear there’s been an increase in pirates as well.

]]> By: RedBastardGod http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/13/kansas-comes-back-to-the-land-of-common-sense/#comment-84612 RedBastardGod Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:05:06 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6946#comment-84612 The price is too high to pay for the state to endorse nonsense. The price is too high to pay for the state to endorse nonsense.

]]> By: mdhåtter http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/02/13/kansas-comes-back-to-the-land-of-common-sense/#comment-84611 mdhåtter Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:53:47 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6946#comment-84611 they have been touched by his noodly appendage rAmen. they have been touched by his noodly appendage

rAmen.

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