By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Conservative Republicans in Kansas consistently resist campaign spending limits and disclosure requirements on the grounds that getting involved in campaigns and causes is a form of free speech.
Based on what happened last night in Johnson County, though, free speech is only protected if you're talking the Republicans' language.
Party leaders refused to count the votes of 15 GOP precinct leaders. Most of them had given money to Democratic candidates this year. The action was initiated by the Kansas Republican Party's "loyalty committee."
Hypocritical and foolish. When will conservative Republicans in Kansas learn the perils of overreaching? This is the sort of move that will alienate voters and possibly impact statewide elections -- like the governor's race in two years in which conservative standard-bearer Sam Brownback is expected to seek the GOP nomination. My guess is he understands that loyalty must be won, not enforced.
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kcfella & kcargh - did you READ the original post
It is dealing with KANSAS - not KANSAS CITY.
C`mon, try to keep the threads at least somewhat based on their original topic certainly at least at the beginning.
I take it you don't live in Kansas, you are not a member of the Kansas Republican party and you have no particular concerns about their restricting members from help the more worthy, better suited candidates.
There - I helped you both out. Thanks for the posts.
kcfella???
is this guy AA????
kendrick blackwood
Mayor Mark Funkhouser's Chief of Staff, Kendrick Blackwood, in an interview with a local newspaper which serves the African American community, appears to have played the race card in a clumsey way today, by calling Councilwoman Cindy Circo a "Blonde Bimbo."
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If this is true, I call on you Barb Shelly to ask that Kendrick Blackwood be fired. Investigate and then act Ms. Shelly...