Behold Virginia resident and Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts' new campaign speech, delivered on September 22, 2014, in Dodge City, Kansas, and captured by American Bridge:
Yes, that's Bob Dole in the background
There's a palpable fear amongst Kansans, all across this state, that the America that we love, and cherish, and honor, will not be the same America for our kids and grand kids. And that's wrong. That's very wrong.
As a result, unfortunately, people are losing faith in their government. And turn it around: Government is losing faith in our people. That is a bad situation to be in.
And I will tell you that one of the reasons—I'm not [edit: my initial transcript did not include 'not' because I misheard Roberts, which makes this even funnier] going to get partisan here—but one of the reasons I'm running is to change that. To change that. There's an easy way to do it. I'll let you figure it out. But, at any rate, we have to change course, because our country is headed for national socialism. That's not right. Changing the culture, changing what we're all about.
So a guy who lives in Virginia says he knows what people all across Kansas are thinking, that what they're thinking is that America is headed toward "national socialism," and that he knows of an easy way to change that, but he won't tell them—because they can figure it out.
I'm guessing he meant that last bit as a joke—his way of asking the crowd to vote for him—but if that's the case, it fell about as flat as his candidacy has thus far. Moreover, if America is indeed headed toward the "national socialism" of Nazi Germany, and Roberts has been in D.C. for three decades watching that happen, then how would keeping him in D.C. be an easy to way to change anything?
Who knows if Roberts actually believes what he said or if he's just trying to appeal to the fringe, but either way, here's some good news for him: America isn't headed toward national socialism. And even better news: When Roberts loses in November and has to give up his totally unsocialist taxpayer-funded salary, there's going to be something pretty sweet waiting for him: Medicare and Social Security, not to mention the fat Senate pension he's built up over the years.
And he'll be able to enjoy at in his lovely home in Virginia.
