Former KS governors join coalition against Gov. Brownback, supporters

[TomCADem]

Source: KWCH 12

Democrats Kathleen Sebelius and John Carlin, and Republicans Bill Graves and Mike Hayden.

A bi-partisan group of four former governors uniting behind the group called the "Save Kansas Coalition", who are making an effort to stop what they call a dangerous agenda from current Governor Sam Brownback and those who they say serve only that agenda.

“We are tired of being the butt of jokes across the country,” said Carlin. “We are tired of economic development experts on a national level pointing out Kansas as a place not to invest in. We are tired of people looking for opportunities to leave, and finding it more difficult to attract talent to Kansas. This can't go on.”

Friends University Political Science Professor, Dr. Russell Arben Fox, calls this bi-partisan unity unprecedented.



Read more: http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Former-KS-governors-join-bi-partisan-group-384352631.html

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Surprising that a bi-partisan group of former Kansas Governors, even Republicans, are opposing Brownback's Koch-inspired drive toward right wing utopia.

[elleng]

1. Very good to see.

Too bad it's taken so long.

[passiveporcupine]

2. You'd think he would get a clue, but I bet he doesn't.

[bluestateguy]

3. Too late.

The opportunity to stop him was the 2014 election.

So you're stuck with him for 2 1/2 more years.

[Glorfindel]

4. I really don't care. The people of Kansas elected that fool TWICE..they knew what they were getting

and voted for him TWO TIMES anyway. Actions have consequences. Maybe people can make a little more fun of Kansas now, and a little bit less of Mississippi. It would be nice if we could be replaced as the poorest, least educated, most unhealthy, and fattest state in the union.

[Midnight Writer]

5. Exactly right. He is doing exactly what he promised in his campaigns

After his first term, you would think folk would "get a clue", but apparently his first term was not disastrous enough.

We are seeing something similar in Illinois. Governor Rauner is doing exactly what he promised to do in the campaign. State government has been effectively shut down for over a year now. Massive lay offs. Schools, nursing homes, assisted care facilities, mental health facilities, rehab facilities all closing down. Colleges in ruins. Professional people like doctors, nurses, teachers leaving the state. Roads, infrastructure falling apart.

And yet, people I talk to every day think he is doing a great job.

[Lulu KC]

7. Not all people of Kansas elected him twice or even once

As a person who lives here, in an area where he barely carried the majority (actually, he may have lost in our precinct), with all the representatives in our area agreeing with me about everything and getting nowhere in Topeka, this sounds like a really cruel comment. It's like when GWB won (or "won&quot and all of the United States was seen as foolish abroad. Brownback had all the support of the Koch Bros and won highest in rural areas and with pro-life and anti-immigration voters who are in every state and make those their priorities. If we look across the state line at MO, where there is a Democrat in the governor's seat, the legislature is also dominated by rural Republicans and they pass absurd laws. In a polarized situation, saying that all the voters of any place deserve what happens is unrealistic. Brownback is part of a national trend--visible in Indiana and Wisconsin, too, and all the people in both those states are not fools, either. Nor are they in Mississippi.

[Skittles]

9. excellent assessment

yes indeed

[Gothmog]

6. Supply side economics have been a failure

[Judi Lynn]

8. May their numbers increase. They are desperately needed. n/t

[Night Watchman]

10. Isn't "brownback" a type of Gorilla?

I apologize in advance to any gorillas who might take offense.

[jmowreader]

11. I've found blackback and silverback gorillas, but brownbacks probably not