Happy Halloween (Samhein)

The real horror this October, has been the sludge fest between several Kansas candidates. When a Republican with no real credentials fights for his public life, there’s only one thing to do---sling mud and sling hard and fast. Don’t worry about accuracy or accountability, just appeal to the uneducated. The perfect example was with Phill Kline in The Wichita Eagle, Oct. 27:


“The Eagle editorial board is back in the news again. Kansas City Star columnist Mike Hendricks has a column today that links to our editorial board video excerpt from our interview with Attorney General Phill Kline. And the Topeka Capital-Journal did a news article about it. Associated Press also reported about the video today. During the interview, I asked Kline if he was going to use the 15-year-old sexual harassment allegation against his opponent, Paul Morrison, in his campaign. He said, “I’m not.” But less than a week later, Kline held a press conference about the unproven allegations. Hendricks writes: “Character does matter. But isn’t it interesting that the only thing Kline could find on Morrison was so long ago, whereas Kline showed his true character this very month?”