(Updated) KS Gov: Davis tops Brownback fundraising in 2014 (plus added schaudenfreude)

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Monday July 28, 2014 · 8:13 PM PDT

2014/07/28 · 20:13

This will be quick, but I checked to see if anyone had caught this yet - if I missed a previous diary I'll take it down.

First the good news: Gov. Sam Brownback’s campaign raised $744,000 while Paul Davis’ campaign raised $1.1 million from January 1 to July 24. Here's a link, sorry I diary so seldom I can't remember how to be fancy about it: http://www.kansas.com/...

Follow me below the swirly orange thingie for the really good part...

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Sunday March 27, 2011 · 6:59 PM PDT

2011/03/27 · 18:59

I’m an organizer in the labor movement. My current gig is organizing healthcare workers, but I’ve also organized public employees. Most of my longtime friends don’t understand what I do; some of them also don’t understand why I do it. And sometimes, in the middle of an 80-hour week, I don’t either. But some things have happened lately that have made me see the work I do through a different lens, and my reaction to these things has also completely confused some people who thought they knew me pretty well – particularly those who I met through my efforts against the war in Iraq.

So, as I often do to clarify my thoughts, I started writing. But as I almost never do, this time I’m actually posting what I wrote...

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Saturday February 19, 2005 · 7:42 AM PST

2005/02/19 · 07:42

I did search to see if this had been mentioned and came up with zip, so apologies if I missed an earlier diary that covered this bit o' news.

Anyway, putting his vow to build the party from the bottom up in the long-ignored red states (like my own beloved Kansas) into action, our new DNC chair is coming to town this week.

Here's a link to the Kansas State Democratic Party site's announcement yesterday:

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Saturday January 15, 2005 · 9:43 PM PST

2005/01/15 · 21:43

Some context: On Thursday, the Kansas State Senate voted 28-11 in favor of the gay marriage ban amendment we defeated last year. It goes to the House next week. Local stories here: http://www.ljworld.com/section/citynews/story/193186
and here:
http://www.ljworld.com/section/citynews/story/193267

So, yesterday we began writing our thank-yous to the Senators who voted against it and requests to our Reps that they vote it down next week. Read More

CSPAN2 NOW - GOP caught redhanded, Dems going off

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Saturday November 20, 2004 · 2:50 PM PST

2004/11/20 · 14:50

elevated from the diaries by DemFromCT. Watch this if you can. Ted Stevens has just apologized to the entire Senate and pulled the IRS provision that Stevens said was 'slipped into the bill' by 'some staffer'. The provision apparantly allowed certain Chairs of Senate committees to have access to anyone's IRS data (like the Texas DA going after DeLay). Harken wants to know who the staffer is. Watch the show live. McCain was livid. So was Grassley, both (R).

Sen. Conrad from ND just called the GOP out on this budget bill. Apparently they stuck a provision that removes any expectations of privacy regarding our tax returns in the middle of this 3000 page bill in the middle of the night. They didn't tell the Dems. But they caught them. This is amazing to watch - they're going OFF.

This tactic is NOT new, but getting caught and having Dems throw fits IS. Read More

Protesters arrested in Lawrence, KS Saturday afternoon

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Saturday November 06, 2004 · 3:34 PM PST

2004/11/06 · 15:34

I was not there, so I'm just saying what I heard. Which is that the police were unnecessarily brutal.

Protestors arrested in front of Douglas County Bank
By Jay Senter, Journal-World staff writer

Saturday, November 6, 2004

Lawrence Police arrested several war protestors about 2:15 p.m. this afternoon at the corner of Ninth and Kentucky street.

According to one of the protestors, Patrick Tyler, the group of 20 to 25 marched north up Massachusetts Street from South Park. They did not meet police interference until they turned north onto Ninth, where they marched in the right lane, leaving the left lane open for traffic.

At that point, Tyler said, several squad cars appeared and used a bullhorn to instruct the marchers to disperse and to get out of the street. When they did not, the police began making arrests. Tyler said that 11 police vehicles appeared at the scene. He estimated that police arrested five to seven protestors.

A police officer at the scene refused to comment on the arrests.

For more on this story, see tomorrow's Journal-World.
http://www.ljworld.com/section/breaking/story/186944

Drudge, GOP shooting and Phil Parlock

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Tuesday October 05, 2004 · 11:59 AM PDT

2004/10/05 · 11:59

Drudge has a story up about a shooting today at Bush-Cheney HQ in Knoxville TN.

http://www.drudgereport.com/

And right above it, there's a flashback to the story about the shooting at Bush-Cheney HQ in Huntington W VA the night of Bush's acceptance speech, the night Phil Parlock, professional GOP victim just happened to be hanging around.

Out of curiosity, I mapped it on Yahoo, and it's a five-hour and fifty minute drive from Huntington to Knoxville.

So, anyone know where Phil Parlock was this morning about 6 AM?

Thousands turn out for Edwards in Lawrence, KANSAS (that's right, KANSAS)

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Sunday August 08, 2004 · 3:50 PM PDT

2004/08/08 · 15:50

Lawrence rocked for the Edwardses!!! This was an amazing day for Kansas, where neither Dems nor Repubs EVER get to see a Presidential or VP candidate:

http://www.ljworld.com/section/election04/storypr/177872

Edwards backtracks to Lawrence
Democratic vice presidential candidate returns to speak to thousands Read More

Bush-Cheney sends protesters to Kerry rally

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Saturday March 27, 2004 · 7:51 PM PST

2004/03/27 · 19:51

When I was in Iowa the weekend before the caucuses, the College Republicans stormed a Dean rally at Drake University. It was a pretty ugly scene. So when I heard that BC'04 was sending the dogs out to a Kerry rally, I got a little worried. Here's the story:

Apparently the once and future GOP candidate for Democratic US Rep Dennis Moore's 3rd District House seat, Adam Taff, sent out an email yesterday asking people to crash Kerry's rally this morning in Kansas City. I don't have any reports about whether they actually showed up or what happened, if they did. Yet. But here's the info posted on Taff's site:

http://www.taff2004.org/

ALERT: Rally for President Bush tomorrow morning!

Attention TAFFers, we have some late-breaking news from the Bush-Cheney campaign. Join us tomorrow for a Flip-Flop Rally at the Kansas City Downtown Airport. Let's demonstrate our support for President George W. Bush and give John Kerry a memorable welcome!

WHAT: Flip-Flop rally welcoming John Kerry to Kansas City!
WHEN: Saturday, March 27th, 2004, 9:45am
WHERE: KC Downtown Airport, 300 NW Richards Rd, Kansas City, Missouri 64116

I don't begrudge them the right to demonstrate. Hell, the folks from our side are out there at every Bush event. But I don't recall people demonstrating against a CANDIDATE for elected office, just the incumbent, and that's (usually) because of their performance in office, for which they are accountable. And while I wouldn't have any problem showing up to protest Bush's domestic policy when he gave a speech to promote his economic plan (and I have done so), I would not even dream of showing up at a rally for his supporters.

Questions, questions. Are they protesting the fact that anyone is even challenging Bush, or just hoping to intimidate people so they won't come out to publicly support their candidate? And am I just naive, or is this sort of thing unusual? Am I just too polite to play hardball in the current political climate? I don't remember anything like this happening before this election, except perhaps the Miami-Dade County Young Republican mini-riot to stop the recount in 2000. It's very strange.

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