What I noticed about the map: Sharice Davids won. Emmanual Cleaver won. (KC area districts). Since April, knocked over 2000 doors. Wrote letters to the editor. Posted on social media. Attended campaign meetings. Called and texted friends encouraging them to vote. All 5 candidates I worked for lost. State rep, 3 county legislature and c…
What I noticed about the map: Sharice Davids won. Emmanual Cleaver won. (KC area districts). Since April, knocked over 2000 doors. Wrote letters to the editor. Posted on social media. Attended campaign meetings. Called and texted friends encouraging them to vote. All 5 candidates I worked for lost. State rep, 3 county legislature and county executive. All 5, regular citizens who stepped and gave up any semblance of a personal life for months on end. All worked their butts off against candidates who had no semblance of a ground game. Who skipped candidate forums. Did not answer questionnaires. Who voted for lockdowns, masks and mandates. But had a D by their name. No consequences for those who squandered public trust, public money and pushed disastrous policies. No words. Just stunned. Not even a red splash here. But Schimtt won. And congrats to Florida.
I watched on TV a reporter talking with a woman at the Sharice Davids party. The woman said she believes in everything that SD stands for. The woman herself is very much concerned about "Social Justice" and the country turning to Fascism, especially from those "MAGA Republicans". A chill went down my spine. People like her have no idea what is really going on in the world. It's sad and frightening. She would be one of Those People who, finger pointing and screeching her hatred, condemn others to the cattle cars.
Absolutely. Strong focus on door knocking in the D areas in the county these last 2 months. And over and over: what is their take on Jan 6? Abortion? Trump? So many 'pride' flags. BLM banners. 'We believe' signs. Questions and commentary at the doors had NOTHING to do with county and state (except abortion at the state level) governance. I would say, county governance is largely non-partisan. My candidate is focused on accountability, transparency, and reducing runaway property tax growth. The answer, well I can't vote for a MAGA republican. Too many people living in an alternate reality with skewed priorities.
As a fellow Kansan, I am disheartened by the Davis win. I have given up. Her office is staffed by nitwits that can't even hold a conversation or give an answer based upon my personal communications with them. I watched her debate Adkins and there was such a clear difference in their ability to explain policies. Davids did not answer the questions presented, instead constantly besmirched Adkins who she could not goad into reacting to her nastiness, but the moderators let her off the hook.
Also, dissappointed in the KS gubernatorial race. The additional libertarian and independent candidates in that election most likely resulted in the narrow re-election of Kelly. That is the sad reality of our system where the extra candidates skew the outcome.
Yes, I heard those Dennis Pyle commercials non stop on talk radio in the week - 10 days leading up to the election. Understand they were paid for by a D PAC. After they spent 13 million to prop up Bollier in 2020 and see her lose to Marshall who only had $3 million, guess they decided to try a new tactic. A strategist who was at one of the watch parties I was at last night says places like Prairie Village are really KC west now. Just like the CA refugees fleeing failed policies to other states and then continuing to vote for more of the same, looks like JoCo (and eastern Jack) are victims of the same migration. Long way of saying idiotic ideology trumps common sense. And D's seem to have endless funds. Remember Mundo saying in 2020 that east and west coast big donors don't 'waste' their money on races they 'know' they will win anyway, and instead funnel money into the midwest to help D's there.
Agree; except for Eric Schmitt there was a lot of disappointment. Mark Alford, in my opinion is still a question mark. I voted for him after my preferred candidate (Rick Brattin) was squeezed out in a very crowded field.
What I noticed about the map: Sharice Davids won. Emmanual Cleaver won. (KC area districts). Since April, knocked over 2000 doors. Wrote letters to the editor. Posted on social media. Attended campaign meetings. Called and texted friends encouraging them to vote. All 5 candidates I worked for lost. State rep, 3 county legislature and county executive. All 5, regular citizens who stepped and gave up any semblance of a personal life for months on end. All worked their butts off against candidates who had no semblance of a ground game. Who skipped candidate forums. Did not answer questionnaires. Who voted for lockdowns, masks and mandates. But had a D by their name. No consequences for those who squandered public trust, public money and pushed disastrous policies. No words. Just stunned. Not even a red splash here. But Schimtt won. And congrats to Florida.
I watched on TV a reporter talking with a woman at the Sharice Davids party. The woman said she believes in everything that SD stands for. The woman herself is very much concerned about "Social Justice" and the country turning to Fascism, especially from those "MAGA Republicans". A chill went down my spine. People like her have no idea what is really going on in the world. It's sad and frightening. She would be one of Those People who, finger pointing and screeching her hatred, condemn others to the cattle cars.
Absolutely. Strong focus on door knocking in the D areas in the county these last 2 months. And over and over: what is their take on Jan 6? Abortion? Trump? So many 'pride' flags. BLM banners. 'We believe' signs. Questions and commentary at the doors had NOTHING to do with county and state (except abortion at the state level) governance. I would say, county governance is largely non-partisan. My candidate is focused on accountability, transparency, and reducing runaway property tax growth. The answer, well I can't vote for a MAGA republican. Too many people living in an alternate reality with skewed priorities.
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I have a lot of problems getting the Heart icon to light up. It's a shame as I spend a lot of engagement with substack.
If you "like" the comments higher in the thread you're commenting on, they will all light up - I just tried it and it works!!
As a fellow Kansan, I am disheartened by the Davis win. I have given up. Her office is staffed by nitwits that can't even hold a conversation or give an answer based upon my personal communications with them. I watched her debate Adkins and there was such a clear difference in their ability to explain policies. Davids did not answer the questions presented, instead constantly besmirched Adkins who she could not goad into reacting to her nastiness, but the moderators let her off the hook.
Also, dissappointed in the KS gubernatorial race. The additional libertarian and independent candidates in that election most likely resulted in the narrow re-election of Kelly. That is the sad reality of our system where the extra candidates skew the outcome.
Yes, I heard those Dennis Pyle commercials non stop on talk radio in the week - 10 days leading up to the election. Understand they were paid for by a D PAC. After they spent 13 million to prop up Bollier in 2020 and see her lose to Marshall who only had $3 million, guess they decided to try a new tactic. A strategist who was at one of the watch parties I was at last night says places like Prairie Village are really KC west now. Just like the CA refugees fleeing failed policies to other states and then continuing to vote for more of the same, looks like JoCo (and eastern Jack) are victims of the same migration. Long way of saying idiotic ideology trumps common sense. And D's seem to have endless funds. Remember Mundo saying in 2020 that east and west coast big donors don't 'waste' their money on races they 'know' they will win anyway, and instead funnel money into the midwest to help D's there.
So sorry. You must be dragging today. Do SOMETHING for yourself nice today. The fight will be won.
Agree; except for Eric Schmitt there was a lot of disappointment. Mark Alford, in my opinion is still a question mark. I voted for him after my preferred candidate (Rick Brattin) was squeezed out in a very crowded field.
Yeah I am sadly in the 5th but really liked Irwin and Brattin. Alford did NOTHING after August primary.
Alford will be hearing from me…a lot! We must hold their feet to the fire and make our voices heard!