Female Democratic candidate running for a Congressional seat in Kansas drops out over sexual harassment allegations. Well you knew it had to happen sometime.

Courtesy of the Kansas City Star:  

Andrea Ramsey, a Democratic candidate for Congress, will drop out of the race after the Kansas City Star asked her about accusations in a 2005 lawsuit that she sexually harassed and retaliated against a male subordinate who said he had rejected her advances. 

Multiple sources with knowledge of the case told The Star that the man reached a settlement with LabOne, the company where Ramsey was executive vice president of human resources. Court documents show that the man, Gary Funkhouser, and LabOne agreed to dismiss the case permanently after mediation in 2006. 

Ramsey, a 56-year-old retired business executive from Leawood, was one of the Democratic candidates vying to challenge Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder in 2018 in Kansas’ 3rd District. 

She was running with the endorsement of Emily’s List, a liberal women’s group that has raised more than a half-million dollars to help female candidates who support abortion rights.

Ramsey will drop out on Friday, her campaign said.

It was really only a matter of time before a Democratic female candidate was taken out by the #MeToo movement as well.

And in some ways this is the very example of gender equality.

Of course women can sexually harass male co-workers, hell it's happened to me.

However they are typically not as crude, and certainly not as physically threatening while they do it.

But still it happens, and when it does we need to respond to it just like we would if it were a Republican male.

By the way I was first tipped to this story by a tweet from the Wasilla Wendigo, who has been largely silent about charges directed at Donald Trump and Roy Moore, but can't resist going on the attack when it's a Democrat in the crosshairs.

Democrats are brooding over another one of their own who is being forced to drop out of a congressional race due... https://t.co/wtR7JuGxOM

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) December 15, 2017

Yeah we Democrats were "brooding" so hard that most of us did not seem to even know about this story.

Men accused of plotting to blow up a mosque in Kansas want to make sure that there are trump voters on the jury.

Courtesy of TPM: 

Three men accused of plotting to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somali refugees asked a federal judge Friday to include prospective jurors from rural western Kansas because they are twice as likely to have voted for President Donald Trump.

A defense motion argues that plans to only summon citizens in the more urban counties closest to the federal courthouse in Wichita is a discriminatory practice that excludes rural and conservative jurors. The trial begins March 19.

Gavin Wright, Patrick Stein and Curtis Allen are charged with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and conspiracy against civil rights for allegedly planning to detonate truck bombs in the meatpacking town of Garden City the day after the November 2016 election. Wright also faces a charge of lying to the FBI. 

The three men, who were indicted in October 2016, have pleaded not guilty.“This case is uniquely political because much of the anticipated evidence will center around, and was in reaction to, the 2016 Presidential election,” defense attorneys wrote. 

They also argued the case will require jurors to weigh whether the alleged conduct constitutes a crime or whether it is constitutionally protected speech and assembly and the right to bear arms.

So to be clear the argument here seems to be that they want Trump voters on the jury because they believe that they are more likely to see a plan to blow up a mosque full of innocent Muslims as not so much an act of terrorism, as a simple use of their 1st and 2nd Amendment rights.

And the truly troubling part is that they are probably not wrong about how those Trump voters will see this.

P.S. Yes you have read about this case before.

Members of a Kansas militia group planned to bomb a mosque.

Source

Courtesy of WRAL:

Three men accused of conspiring to bomb a Kansas mosque and an apartment complex housing Somali refugees also allegedly discussed killing the refugees' white landlord because he rented to Muslims, a move prosecutors say was meant to ensure the attack fully conveyed their anti-Muslim message. 

Details of the alleged plot emerged in government filings in advance of an upcoming detention hearing Wednesday for Gavin Wright. His attorney has argued that Wright was unaware his co-defendants intended to actually carry out the attack, portraying him as a lonely man desperate to find friends after moving to Liberal, a city along southwestern Kansas' border with the Oklahoma Panhandle. 

But prosecutors countered Wednesday with court filings that include transcripts of profanity-laced recordings that paint a more damning picture of Wright and a splinter group of the militia Kansas Security Force that came to be known as "the Crusaders" — based on the name "Crusaders 2.0" that they gave to themselves on a phone messaging app. 

Prosecutors say the defense mischaracterizes the danger Wright presents if freed before trial. They allege that he manufactured and tested the homemade explosives and hosted group meetings at his business, G&G Mobile Home Center, where authorities later found explosives.

So what do we think, Trump supporters?

Oh yes, definitely Trump supporters. 

And now that he occupies the White House this can only be the beginning.

The great Kansas trickle down experiment has failed. Spectacularly.

Courtesy of WaPo: 

The Kansas legislature finally put a stop to the predictably failed trickle-down tax-cut experiment it began in 2012. 

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) had vetoed a bill that partially reset income-tax rates to where they were before the cuts and closed a huge loophole — importantly, one mimicked in President Trump’s tax plan. But on Tuesday, lawmakers overrode the governor’s veto.

They didn’t have much of a choice. Based on their fiscal outlook — the state faces a $900 million shortfall — Kansas’s bond rating has been downgraded twice by two rating agencies. The state has burned through its reserves.

Jesus, a nine million dollar shortfall. That is an almost Biblical catastrophe to fall on such a small state.

And it exists solely because Republicans do not understand economics.

Something to keep in mind, as the author points out, is that this is exactly the kind of trickle down approach to the federal budget that Donald Trump and the Republicans would like to inflict on the American people.

Which means that the Trump budget must be rejected just as his Secretary of Education's budget was rejected the other day.

Teachers are abandoning Kansas by the boatload.

Courtesy of KCUR:  

The number of teachers leaving Kansas or simply quitting the profession has dramatically increased over the last four years. 

The annual Licensed Personnel Report was released Tuesday by the Kansas Department of Education. While it was provided to the Board of Education meeting in Topeka Tuesday, the report was buried in board documents and not addressed by either staff or the board. 

The report shows that 1,075 teachers left the profession last year, up from 669 four years ago. That's a 61 percent increase. 

The number of teachers who left the state doubled in the last four years, from 413 in 2012 school year to 831 in the last school year. 

“When you’re under attack almost continually and called lazy and overpaid and incompetent of course you’re going to leave the first chance you get,” says Mark Desetti, the top lobbyist for the Kansas National Education Association (KNEA). “It’s just shocking to me.”

This literally drives me nuts.

The Republicans may think that undermining education in this country is a good idea in the short run, because you know uneducated people are more likely to vote for them, but in the long run it is damaging our ability to make technological advances, utilize problem solving skills, and compete in a global job market.

Suggesting that children are our most important resource is not just a campaign slogan, it is a fact.

A number of conservative Republicans in Kansas primaried out in response to Governor Brownback essentially destroying the state's economy.

Courtesy of ABC News:

A top Senate leader and at least 10 other conservative Kansas legislators have lost their seats as moderate Republicans made GOP primary races a referendum on education funding and the state's persistent budget woes. 

Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce was among the lawmakers ousted amid a backlash against Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and his allies. 

The voting occurred against the backdrop not only of the state's fiscal woes but ongoing legal and political disputes over funding for public schools. The state Supreme Court could rule by the end of the year on whether the Legislature is shorting schools on their state aid by hundreds of millions of dollars a year. 

Kansas has struggled to balance its budget since the GOP-dominated Legislature slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback's urging to stimulate the economy. That's created concerns among educators about future spending on schools, even as many Republicans see the $4 billion-plus a year the state now spends as generous.

Just another reminder that if you want to see your state's economy go into the shitter just keep electing Republicans.

Now all Kansas needs to do is find a Democrat to elect as governor, a Jerry Brown type would be best, and they will get the economy back on track.

Of course then in the next election the Republicans will use homophobia and anti-abortion rhetoric to turn voters out to replace them with yet another trickle down dumbass Republican and the whole cycle starts again.

If you ask a man to stop being a racist in Kansas, duck!

Courtesy of KSN:  

A man reported he was shot at in west Wichita early Saturday morning by another man he said was using racial slurs. The incident occurred about 2:30 a.m. at the IHOP restaurant in the 500 block of S. Ridge Circle. 

Wichita Police Sgt. Steve Yarberry said 31-year-old man reports he asked another man to stop using racial slurs at the restaurant. The victim said as he was driving away the suspect fired two shots at him. One of the rounds struck the tailgate of his vehicle. The man was not injured.

By the way, nobody was charged with a crime.

Apparently people in Kansas take their racism very seriously.

Just another day in the NRA's America.

Kansas Christian school retains the right to expel a student if ANY of their family members are gay.

Courtesy of the Independent:

A Christian school in Kansas is at the centre of mounting controversy after it emerged that it reserved the right to expel students if any of their family members were gay or transgender. 

A so-called Statement of Understanding sent to parents who wish to send their children to the private school located in Wichita, requires them to agree that a student who attends can he asked to leave if their home life promotes anything “counter to the school’s understanding of a biblical lifestyle”. All pupils and parents are required to sign the document. 

“Given the debate and confusion in our society about marriage and human sexuality it is vital that Trinity families agree with and support the school’s traditional, Christian understanding of those issues,” says the document.

“Therefore, when the atmosphere or conduct within a particular home is counter to the school’s understanding of a biblical lifestyle, including the practice or promotion of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) lifestyle or alternative gender identity, the school should have the right, in its sole discretion, to deny the admission of an applicant or discontinue enrollment of a current student.”

Man you really have to hand it to religious fundamentalists, when it comes to deep dark nasty discrimination they have no equal.

Now see to a freethinker like myself the very idea that some school would reject me because they held a prejudice opinion of some member of my family would get their name scratched off my educational wish list so fast I would probably snap my number two pencil in half doing it.

But then again I did not spend my formative years being indoctrinated into a primitive superstitious cult that would make me ignorant enough to even consider attending a school like Trinity Academy.

First official Pastafarian wedding to take place in New Zealand.

Courtesy of RadioNZ: 

Toby Ricketts and Marianna Young will be married by the leader of the New Zealand Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and attendees - bride and groom included - will be in full pirate regalia. 

Pastafarians believe in an airborne noodle god, wear colanders on their heads and practice a gentle form of piracy. 

The couple are recent converts to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and the bride-to-be Ms Young said a conventional marriage and all the traditions that went along with it did not appeal. 

"So this offered an opportunity to do something different that fitted for us."

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster started as a parody to protest the teaching of creationism in Kansas public schools.

And now look at how it has evolved.

And to be honest, is it really any more ridiculous than any of the other religions that it was created to mock?

Kentucky's Attorney General is suing the state's governor for stripping 41 million dollars out of the education budget.

Courtesy of Think Progress: 

This spring, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) bypassed the state legislature to unilaterally cut $41 million in education funding. Now, he’s getting hit with a lawsuit. 

State Attorney General Andy Beshear (D) is suing Bevin over what he sees as a violation of state law and the governor’s authority. Bevin ordered a 4.5 percent cut to higher education funding in March, and Beshear told the governor he had one week to renege on his budget cuts or he would face a lawsuit. Bevin has refused to renounce his budget cuts, so the attorney general is following through on his promise to take the governor to court. 

“No governor has the power to do what this governor has done,” Beshear told reporters during a Monday press conference. “Under (the governor’s) view, a budget is merely a suggestion and the legislature is merely an advisory body,” he added in a statement. 

Beshear is attempting to restore state education funding as soon as possible, and has scheduled a hearing on a temporary injunction in Franklin Circuit Court for this Thursday.

Of course the Governor has vowed to fight this in court which means he will waste more taxpayer money that his state clearly does not have instead of admitting that he is punishing the children for the sins of the politicians.

Isn't Matt Bevin one of the terrible Tea Party candidates that Sarah Palin once endorsed?

Why yes he is.

You know wasn't it another Republican governor in Kansas that cut the budget so severely that public schools were forced to close early? Yep, that happened as well.

Boy if you want to REALLY fuck up your state it looks like the GOP is you "go to" party for getting that done.

Is everybody ready for another primary? No? Well too bad we're having one. Update!

On the docket this evening are three states, Kansas, Louisiana, and Nebraska, for the Democrats. And four, Kansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Maine, for the Republicans.

Fivethirtyeight is giving Hillary Clinton 99% odds that she will take Louisiana. However Sanders has a much stronger shot in both Kansas and Nebraska.

As for the Republicans well it looks like almost a clean sweep for Trump, except it appears that Cruz has captured Kansas due to his ties with the evangelicals.

I see the Trump supporters are ready for the primaries.

Comparisons between Trump fans raising their right hands & a certain Euro leader will surely follow (Pix: @WPJenna) pic.twitter.com/dzuhsNkFca

— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) March 5, 2016

I think we will know more of the numbers in about an hour for the states that still have polls open and I will post them here as they come in.

Update: Bernie wins Kansas.

Update 2: Ted Cruise wins Maine. That's two more states for the booger-man.

Update 3: Bernie wins Nebraska. The only state left for the Dems is Louisiana.

Update 4: As predicted Hillary wins Louisiana.

Update 5:  Now it's been announced that Trump has won Louisiana.

Donald Trump bails on CPAC so fast he misspells "Kansas."

Nah, those CPAC folks are even too crazy for me.

Courtesy of TPM:

Donald Trump cancelled his Saturday morning speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in suburban Washington, D.C., the conference announced on Twitter on Friday.

Very disappointed @realDonaldTrump has decided at the last minute to drop out of #CPAC -- his choice sends a clear message to conservatives.

— CPAC (@CPAC) March 4, 2016

Apparently the Trump campaign confirmed the cancellation in a statement which misspelled both Wichita and Kansas and contained a number of other grammatical errors as well.

Can't go to CPAC; gotta go to Witchita. pic.twitter.com/48LRIbBx1Z

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) March 4, 2016

Here is the corrected statement.

 I guess I'm a little surprised Trump is cancelling, I mean rampant racism, misspelled words, ad hominem attacks, you would think he would feel right at home.

Maybe it's because they won't allow him to bring that gun he always brags about carrying around with him, or because his other "side piece" was not invited to speak.

All I know is that this ensures that just about every other speech given will contain negative comments about him.

Another mass shooting in America. Gee, it must be a day of the week ending in "y."

Courtesy of CNN: 

A gunman killed three people in shootings that ended at a lawn care company in Kansas on Thursday, authorities said. 

An additional 14 people were injured -- 10 of whom are in critical condition at local hospitals. 

The shooter was also killed by police, bringing the total number of fatalities to four. 

Authorities first got calls about a man shooting from a vehicle in Newton about 5 p.m., the Harvey County Sheriff's Office said. 

Minutes later, there were reports of a shooting at Excel Industries, which makes lawn care equipment in Hesston, Kansas. 

"Everybody says it can't happen here," Walton said. "And here we are. It happened here."

Matt Jarrell, a painter at Excel, told CNN that Cedric Ford -- his co-worker and friend -- is the suspected shooter.

Do people REALLY still say "it can't happen here?"

I mean after a bunch of children are gunned down in their classroom, where is it exactly where gun violence cannot occur?

I guess we are supposed to be relieved that ONLY three people were killed by the gunman in this case, while an additional fourteen ONLY had their bodies torn apart by bullets, leaving them with terrible scars but still alive.

In America that is rapidly become the "best case scenario."

And of course this story will only receive temporary media attention because the shooter was not a terrorist, and therefore not exciting enough to waste too much airtime to cover.

From what I have heard this man, Cedric Ford, was served with a protection order by his girlfriend and that seems to have been the trigger.

He used an automatic weapon to do the shooting, but also had a handgun in his possession as well.

I don't know yet whether the weapons were legally obtained, but they probably were.

But don't worry folks we will stop hearing about this story probably by as early as tomorrow morning, Just in time to make room for the next horrific shooting to take its place.

Republicans have introduced nearly 400 anti-choice bills in 2015. But remember, there is no war on women.

Courtesy of The Nation:  

State lawmakers introduced nearly 400 such bills in 2015, 47 of which passed, according to a report released this week by the Center for Reproductive Rights. 

The new laws are concentrated in Southern states, where many abortion providers have already been forced to close. At least 20 bills were introduced in response to undercover videos released by the Center for Medical Progress, which purport to show Planned Parenthood engaging in illegal sales of fetal tissue—claims that have not be verified by any of the numerous investigations launched since. At least a dozen states tried to defund Planned Parenthood. Others tried to ban fetal tissue research completely, or to impose costly new regulations about medical waste disposal. 

Arkansas legislators earned a dubious distinction for being most rabidly anti-abortion. The state enacted more restrictive laws than any other, including a Planned Parenthood defunding measure. Arkansas also passed a bill that forces women to wait 48 hours between an initial consultation and an abortion procedure, and requires doctors to tell patients that medication abortion can be “reversed,” an assertion that isn’t supported by scientific evidence. North Carolina and Oklahoma increased their mandatory waiting periods to a full 72 hours, joining three other states with the country’s longest forced wait between state-mandated counseling and an abortion procedure. 

Kansas and Oklahoma pioneered a new tactic for limiting the window in which abortion is legal, passing laws that criminalize doctors who perform a technique known as “D and E,” which is commonly used to end a pregnancy in the second trimester. The Center for Reproductive Rights calls it the “safest, most effective, and most commonly used” procedure in the second trimester. It’s also the only one doctors use after 14 weeks of pregnancy, and so the ban could effectively make all abortions after that point illegal. Legislators in West Virginia, where only two health clinics provide abortions, overrode the governor’s veto to criminalize abortion after 20 weeks. Wisconsin also passed a 20-week ban. 

Texas managed to put up more red tape for women seeking abortion care: an “abortion ID” law, which requires women to provide “proof of identity and age” to verify that they are not a minor. The measure “could serve as a backdoor ban on undocumented women and low-income women,” the Center for Reproductive Rights wrote, because they are more likely than others to lack the necessary identification.

A number of the legislators who introduced these bills were Tea Party members who swore to their supporters that they were not interested in social issues and instead were focused on lowering taxes and reducing the size of government.

But the truth is that these conservative Republicans are NEVER going to stop attacking a woman's right to choose, and will continue chipping away at the Roe vs Wade decision until either they manage to get repealed or until people stop electing them.

Anybody who thinks any differently has simply not been paying attention.

And as a result I am sure we will see more cases like the Tennessee woman who recently tried to perform her own abortion with a coat hanger. 

But don't worry, now she's in jail for it. Which I'm sure is exactly how the Republicans want it.

Guy gets brand new conceal carry permit, immediately shoots himself. Well I feel safer.

"Hold it right there or I'll shoot myself in the leg. I mean it!"

Courtesy of KWCH: 

It happened inside a movie theatre at Central Mall during a showing Friday night. 

Police say the shooting was accidental. 

Witnesses it happened 45 minutes into the movie. 

"At first what popped into my mind was that someone popped a bag of candy or something and goofing off or something," said Heather Myers, who was inside the theatre when the shooting happened. 

Then seconds later, a man sitting three rows behind Heather and her husband Domenic, yells out for help. 

"This guy started shouting 'Oh my God, I just shot myself! I just got my concealed and carry,' and then everybody jumped up and that's when we heard call 9-11. 

According to Salina police, the man accidentally shot himself once in the leg.

You know this is really the only way these conceal carry idiots are going to keep us safe. By shooting themselves instead of an innocent bystander or family member. 

The Kansas Board of Education votes to let unlicensed people teach in their public school. Sure why not? I mean it's not like they could get any dumber.

Good news. Now pretty much anybody can get in here now.

 Courtesy of KAKE:

The state Board of Education voted 6-4 in favor of allowing unlicensed people to teach in Kansas. 

The proposal applies only to the state's six "innovative districts"--McPherson, Concordia, Hugoton, Marysville, Blue Valley and Kansas City. 

Supporters of the proposal said it would help ease teacher shortages. Opponents, including the state's largest teachers union, said the move compromises professionalism in education and hurts students. 

Kansas has seen a dramatic increase in teachers retiring, moving out of state and leaving the profession in recent years. 

Gee I wonder why teachers are leaving Kansas? Could it possibly be because folks disrespect their profession and think any Tom, Dick, or Cletus off the street could do their jobs?

Isn't there both a book and movie entitled "What's the Matter with Kansas?"

Why yes there is.

And now we know the answer. 

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback's slash and burn approach to cutting taxes has resulted in public schools closing early due to lack of funds.

Courtesy of HuffPo:  

Two school districts in Kansas announced this week that the academic year would end early because they lack sufficient funding to keep the schools open. 

Concordia Unified School District will finish up six days early, on May 15, and Twin Valley Unified School District will let students out 12 days early, on May 8, the Associated Press reports. 

In March, Gov. Sam Brownback (R) signed a school funding overhaul, which resulted in the state's schools losing a combined $51 million meant to help them finish out the current academic year. 
Members of the Twin Valley school board cited “the present mid-year, unplanned financial cuts recently signed into law" as a reason for the early shutdown. 

The school closures are just the latest in a series of drastic measures that Kansas public services have been forced to take in recent years, as Brownback's radical tax cuts have drained state coffers of much needed revenue. 

This is what happens when you elect a Teabagger as your Governor. 

It also inspired Rolling Stone magazine to write an article entitled "The Great Kansas Tea party Disaster:

"Back in 2011, Arthur Laffer, the Reagan-era godfather of supply-side economics, brought to Wichita by Brownback as a paid consultant, sounded like an exiled Marxist theoretician who'd lived to see a junta leader finally turn his words into deeds. "Brownback and his whole group there, it's an amazing thing they're doing," Laffer gushed to The Washington Post that December. "It's a revolution in a cornfield." Veteran Kansas political reporter John Gramlich, a more impartial observer, described Brownback as being in pursuit of "what may be the boldest agenda of any governor in the nation," not only cutting taxes but also slashing spending on education, social services and the arts, and, later, privatizing the entire state Medicaid system. Brownback himself went around the country telling anyone who'd listen that Kansas could be seen as a sort of test case, in which unfettered libertarian economic policy could be held up and compared right alongside the socialistic overreach of the Obama administration, and may the best theory of government win. "We'll see how it works," he bragged on Morning Joe in 2012. "We'll have a real live experiment." 

That word, "experiment," has come to haunt Brownback as the data rolls in. The governor promised his "pro-growth tax policy" would act "like a shot of adrenaline in the heart of the Kansas economy," but, instead, state revenues plummeted by nearly $700 million in a single fiscal year, both Moody's and Standard & Poor's downgraded the state's credit rating, and job growth sagged behind all four of Kansas' neighbors. Brownback wound up nixing a planned sales-tax cut to make up for some of the shortfall, but not before he'd enacted what his opponents call the largest cuts in education spending in the history of Kansas. 

If Brownback had paid attention in his high school science classes he might realize that experiments often fail, and that is why you start with a small sampling to test your hypothesis, not an entire state whose ability to provide for its citizens depends on your ability to make smart choices.

One has to wonder sometimes just when some of these voters will finally learn that electing Republicans to run their state is like hiring a wolf to guard their sheep?

Sarah Palin admits that she's a bitter clinger, and Louisiana Senate hopeful Rob Maness does not demonstrate good strip club etiquette.

So Wonkette is continuing to do their Sarah Palin Fartknocker schtick, despite threats from the Sarah Palin Channel about "borrowing" from their videos.

I found the one from today kind of "meh," but the videos they posted contained some hidden gems.

First up we have a video from way back when the Koch brothers were paying anybody even remotely connected to the Republican party to stump for Pat Roberts in Kansas.

As you probably remember Palin went and pretended to like people to touch her while handing out cold pancakes with a side of wilted word salad.

You know what it’s going to take for America to be saved, and that is, that Republican Party bein’ strong there. 

He’s pro-ANWR, pro-life, pro-gun, he — you got a lot of bitter clingers and wingers around here, don’t you? I’m proud to be with ‘em! 

Yep wilted. 

As you can see the person working the camera was clearly going through some kind of withdrawals and could not hold it steady to save their life. But hell it's just going up on the Sarah Palin Channel, so who really gives a shit?

The next video is my favorite, and it is from back when Palin traveled to Louisiana to find the one creature whose flesh was colder and more abrasive than her own.

Yeah now see if Maness had spent any time researching Palin's past interactions with those she has endorsed, he would know that she does not like to have the money handed directly to her.

She either wants it sent to SarahPAC directly (After it is laundered of course.) or stuffed surreptitiously into her g-string as befits her station as a political pole dancer.

And for that it is always best to use paper money, as coins tend to come loose as she is shaking her "thang" and that could not only put out an eye but also negatively impact her income.

And if you noticed she was not terribly pleased that he reached out to hug her either. Once again that is bad etiquette as everybody knows there is no sex in the Champagne Room. And let's face it, hugging is as close to actual sex with Sarah Palin that anybody really gets these days.

Sarah Palin continues that dopey endorsee thingy.

Things are getting down to wire in this election cycle so Palin is clearly trying to make sure that she gets her name out there as often as possible before news outlets shift their focus back to actual news.

So Yesterday Palin once again started beating her worn out drumset on behalf of Pat Roberts, currently fighting to retain his Senate seat in Kansas.

Of course unlike Rob Maness in Louisiana, Roberts actually has a shot here.

Here was her ghostwritten pitch:  

So what do you call an “independent” candidate who has donated thousands to Obama, Reid, and Hillary? An “independent” candidate who is pro-amnesty and supports Obamacare? You call that candidate a liberal Democrat. And that could explain why in Kansas “independent” candidate Greg Orman has won the support of the George Soros family. Greg Orman will attend a high dollar fundraiser not in Kansas, but in New York City hosted by Jonathan Soros who has donated over $3.7 million to liberal causes over the years. 

Kansas knows better – they know Pat Roberts. I travelled to Independence, Kansas, a few weeks ago to support Senator Roberts. In Independence they know a bit about what being independent means, and they know Greg Orman is far from it. He is beholden to liberal special interests and DC politicians like Harry Reid. I’m encouraged to see Senator Roberts rising in the polls as more and more Kansans tune into this race. Kansans, Pat Roberts has fought hard for you; send him back to the Senate to keep up that fight!

Wow! George Soros has spent over 3.7 million on liberal causes over a number of years? I think that the Koch brothers have already spent more than that just in Alaska.  (By the way if you want to learn just how silly it is to compare the spending of the Koch brothers to George Soros, you can start by clicking here.)

Palin then links to a video she pulled out from the murky depths of the Sarah Palin Channel, to show her support for Roberts, though oddly enough it ends up being all about her.

The video starts with Roberts calling Palin a "courageous grassroots Republican" and from there shows video of them  hugging with a voice over from Roberts, "Have you ever seen a Mama Grizzly dressed as a wildcat?"

There is footage of the two of them handing out pancakes to that group of 250 supporters that we talked about earlier. However the remainder of the video, while it DOES show Pat Roberts a few times, is really all about Sarah Palin.

There are numerous images of her shaking hands and giving out autographs, while attendees gush about her honesty, trustworthiness, and family values. (Hang on I almost gagged there for a second.)

In the end it is yet another example of self promotion, paid for by the idiots who contribute to SarahPAC, the handful of subscribers to the Sarah Palin Channel, and of course the Koch brothers. 

Sarah Palin travels to Kansas to put that final nail into the coffin of the Pat Roberts campaign. Chances of her leaving the state without a house dropping on her, about 50/50.

Sarah Palin spending more time signing autographs on napkins & taking pictures than serving breakfast. #kwch12 #kscw pic.twitter.com/TM687NsfH9
— KWCH Pilar Pedraza (@KWCHPilar) September 25, 2014

Courtesy of Kake: 

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin is calling for Republican Party to unify now that the primary is over. 

Palin was in southeast Kansas Thursday campaigning for U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts at a breakfast in Independence. Roberts is locked in a close race with independent challenger Gregg Orman. 

The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee told the crowd of more than 250 that the nation is watching the race in Kansas in hopes voters will make what she calls the right decision. 

Gee I wonder if any of those pancakes are ones that Willow caught and then clubbed to death?

But wow 250 entire people showed up. That has to be some kind of new record for a Palin appearance these days doesn't it?

Here are a few more tweets from the reporters in attendance.

Roberts says Palin is at his side because "Every square inch of the Republican Party knows what’s at stake." #kssen
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) September 25, 2014

Pat Roberts calls Sarah Palin "a true, grassroots, courageous Republican," and says, "Governor, we're going to follow you." #kssen
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) September 25, 2014

I asked Palin why Roberts' tea party opponent hasn't endorsed. She said, "I'm tea party..I don't know a tea partier who isn't endorsing him"
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) September 25, 2014

More Palin: "Tea Party Express, they're credible, they're awesome, and they're endorsing him (Roberts)." #kssen
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) September 25, 2014

Yeah actually they endorsed his opponent Dr. Milton Wolf.  I have not heard anything to suggest that they have now thrown their support behind Roberts.

But hey, if Sarah Palin says they are then who am I to argue? After all she's "Tea Party."

Whatever that means.

By the way somebody sent me a picture of Palin leaving the airport in Alaska yesterday

Apparently his camera refused to focus on her face.

Don't blame it.