BLEEDING KANSAS - By Charles P. Pierce

[kpete]

BLEEDING KANSAS
By Charles P. Pierce on July 16, 2014

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"The left has targeted Sam," Santorum said. "The New York Times has no idea where Kansas is, but they've written several articles hammering Sam Brownback, because Sam is a descendant of the American Revolution...This man (Brownback) loves this country and cherishes the principles and believes those principles can work, not just in Kansas, but can work to help rebirth a great civilization in America," said Santorum, who served with Brownback in the U.S. Senate. "And he came back to Kansas because he believes like I do that Washington isn't solving a whole lot of problems these days, but Kansas can. Kansas can - it can do the things that Sam has done - cut government, cut taxes, support small businesses and the family, the building block of our civilization."

Kansas can't do that because Kansas is fcking broke, because Sam Brownback's career is to supply-side economics what Marshall Applewhite was to the Hale-Bopp comet. Even allegedly moderate Kansas Republicans are saying that. And Santorum's ripping the NYT for being out of touch with the place?

But I do have to take issue with something The Rude One said in his post.

In Wichita, Santorum spoke at a movie theater after a benefit showing of Knute Rockne: All American. The 1940 film has fuck-all to do with Kansas and everyone pretty much dies in it, but it features the terrible acting of Ronald Reagan and was the flick that gave him his "Gipper" nickname. So, yeah, Reagan, motherfuckers, Reagan. Brownback is like Reagan, see, in that Reagan only ever cut taxes, except when Reagan was raising them.

In fact, Kansas had a great deal to do with the film in question. Kansas is central to the entire finale. On March 31, 1931, the plane carrying Rockne went down in a Kansas pasture. So, I would argue that Rockne's film biography was the perfect choice as a fundraising vehicle for Sam Brownback, as he goes down in flames, in Kansas.

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/The_Rockne_Parallels?src=spr_TWITTER&spr_id=1456_72441565

[Skittles]

1. the NYT has no idea where Kansas is?

Santorum is a fucking moron

[Jim Lane]

5. Ironic, given that Santorum has no idea where Pennsylvania is.

From his Wikipedia bio: "Critics also complained that Pennsylvania taxpayers were paying 80% of the tuition for five of Santorum's children to attend an online 'cyber school'—a benefit available only to Pennsylvania residents—when all his children lived in Virginia."

[Skittles]

6. oh whaddaya know

yet another sanctimonious repuke hypocrite

[dhill926]

2. every time he opens his mouth...

shit salad comes out. Stream of sub-conscious bullshit...

[mcar]

3. Love Pierce

And yes, Santorum is what Charlie says he is.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

4. K&R