Posted on 03/20/2005 2:17:48 AM PST by advance_copy
Phill Kline, Republican attorney general of Kansas, is determined not to be defensive. Making headlines with his subpoena of abortion records and his closed-door discussions of evolution with State Board of Education members, the former scholarship wrestler comes across as well satisfied with what he has wrought.
He has a job to do, Kline explained during a break at a meeting of attorneys general in Washington. Principles are at stake, he said, and liberals who dismiss the conservative values agenda as a political stratagem really do not know what they are talking about.
Take Kansas-born Thomas Frank, author of last year's political bestseller that put Kansas's red-state politics on the map.
"Mr. Frank," Kline said, "kind of mocks conviction as a guidepost for one's life, basically stating that those who have convictions are too ignorant to understand convictions don't matter; what matters is economics. And that those who claim conviction publicly are smart enough to manipulate those who are too dumb to understand convictions shouldn't exist."
Frank's book is called "What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America." These days, a number of liberals and Democrats point to Kline himself as an example of what ails a small, conservative state that continually makes news.
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How does Kansas keep voting for Democrat governors?
Because the Republicans keep running idiots opposite them.
And before you start planning his inauguration, two-l Kline almost lost to a token Democrat. A man who had a fraction of the money and none of the name recognition he had. Kline is not a giant on the Kansas political landscape. More of an opportunist.
"Kline is not a giant on the Kansas political landscape. More of an opportunist."
That's your opinion.
Furthermore, when you factor in the amount of money George Tiller spent through various PACs trying to get Kline's opponent elected, Kline ended up being outspent.
Anyone see him on CSpan this morning? Did a great job! He handled the left-wing wacko callers great.
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