Winn/McCord for governorship of Kansas
Doc Bailey sent us a link to the disturbing news that Iraq Veterans Against the War member and Matthis Chiroux/Ward Riley hugger, Ethan McCord is the running mate of Republican Jennifer Winn in the governor’s race in Kansas. McCord made his bones in the IVAW by cleaving to the video released by WikiLeaks crowd that they called “Collateral Murder”. It seems that McCord was there that day in Iraq.
Well, I called the Winn campaign to see how well they had investigated their candidate, the fellow I spoke to, Mike (he wouldn’t give me his last name) said that he had read our blog and that we didn’t have any credibility (“not to be insulting”, he added). Now, I’m not insulted at all, because all of the phonies doubt my credibility, while all of the real veterans on the planet will testify to my veracity. Not only that, we also have Doc Bailey on our staff who knew McCord in Iraq and wrote extensively about him here, and then again at his own place when McCord said that Breanna Manning should be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Mike, the fellow on the Winn campaign, also told me that McCord had been vetted by those paragons of virtue at MSNBC. So there you go.
So let’s look at Jennifer Winn, the gubernatorial candidate. According to KAKE, Winn decided to run for governor when her son was arrested for murder during a drug bust that went bad. I guess so she can pardon him;
Jennifer Winn said she was just a business woman who was too busy to pay much attention to politics until her son was charged with murder. Her frustration with what she believes is the court’s unfair treatment of her son inspired her to enter politics.
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Winn, who will run against Gov. Sam Brownback as a Republican, said when announcing her candidacy Saturday that the criminalization of marijuana is what leads to the violence that sometimes accompanies its trade.
Her son, Kyler Carriker, 22, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with an April drug deal that led to the death of 33-year-old Ronald Betts. Winn said her son did not kill anyone and only told a friend where he could buy some marijuana.
I’m thinking that a Republican candidate for governor in Kansas is dead in the water when they base their entire campaign on legalizing marijuana. But having this albatross around her neck won’t help;
A 33-year-old man was shot several times at around 9:30 p.m. Thursday in a house at 446 N. Emporia, near Central and Broadway, Wichita police Lt. Todd Ojile said. The man was taken to Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis, where he was pronounced dead about half an hour later.
The gunfire injured two other people, a 22-year-old man and 29-year-old woman, Ojile said Friday. Police were seeking three men in connection with the shooting, he said.
Early Friday evening, two men – identified in online arrest reports as Kyle Beltz, 21, and Kyler Carriker, 22 – had been booked into Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder, records show.
Category: Dumbass Bullshit, Iraq Veterans Against the War
Neither one of them sound like Republicans to me. I would hope that they are just primary opponents to someone else??
No, but there’s hope yet, right! Liberal and proud in Kansas!
Who in the name of Jupiter’s balls did those two clowns make it onto a Republican ticket? McCords asshattery alone should have been enough to doom this ticket before the first poster was printed.
I guess the Republican party doesn’t care about this race and that’s why these two are on the ticket? It’s kinda like the guy that had the misfortune of running against Hilary for that seat from NY. Supposedly the Republican party didn’t even give his campaign lunch money they felt there was zero chance of a win.
Kathleen Sebeilius was the Governor of Kansas before B. Hussein 0bama took her away to be the HHS Kommisar, and did Kansas a favor by getting rid of her/it as Governor!! It pains me to say that, I was born and raised there!!
Don’t they have tornadoes or something in Kansas, something that carries people away with the storms?
Seriously, is this cow running for governor just so that she can pardon her out-of-control adult son? Because if she is, the fine citizens of Kansas would be better off with Rod Blagojovich. He’ll be getting out of the pen one of these days.
They don’t sound like Republicans to me and if this is the “best in class” type of folks the Republicans can scape up for a Gubernatorial Race, Lord help us in the Senate and House this year and the big house in 2016
Hmmm. Maybe I was wrong to think that Kansans were a pretty down to Earth, practical bunch of hard working folks. This makes zero sense. Maybe somewhere like San Fran, but Kansas?
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Don’t care much about this race? Hell, at least they could try an honest candidate rather than run 2 douche nozzles that will doom the republican ticket for the next 4 or 5 election cycles…..these 2 shouldn’t be running for dog catcher…
They are primary candidates, and will lose by roughly 99 percent. Sam Brownback is the GOP Governor, and he will not lose to Heckle and Jeckle here.
And the GOP leadership in Kansas hates them even more than we do.
She says she’s running, but she’s not showing up as a registered candidate in any listing I can find. Figure these two will get about .000017 percent of the Republican vote in the primary.
Well I’m trying to hit 1400 over on Derek Church’s thread but apparently the blog limits the number of posts from the same IP address in a row. OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH FUUUUUUUUUUDDDDDGGGGEEEEEEE
Sweet Jesus, how do idiots like these assclowns, Sharron Angle, Akin, Mourdock, etc. get on our tickets? Didn’t we learn our lesson in 2012? Apparently not.
As I recall, anyone who pays the filing fee can run in a primary there.
Seomeone should mention to Winn that if her son is part of a criminal act in which a death occurs, he is eligible for murder charges. Luckily it is not far from Wichita to the prisons in Hutchison and Leavenworth.
Oh, and that picture of Manning damn near made me puke.
Vetted by that bastion of conservative thought MSNBC? An obvious political dirty trick to get a Dem elected. I’ll bet that neither of these two moonbats has ever voted for a Republican in any election. I hope they don’t think they will get any funds from the GOP. This is a statement on how stupid they think the voters in Kansas are. I can only hope they are wrong about that.
Brownback may be vulnerable, but not by these two. We are not idiots here in Kansas, even though the urbanites think us country folk are.
Take a deep breath, folks. These are astro-turf candidates. That’s confirmed by the statement that they’ve been “vetted” by MSDNC. As David said in #14, they probably got onto the primary ballot by sending in a filing fee.
Kooks in a major party primary are nothing new.
What a couple of bozos.
ETHAN! ETHAN! ETHANNNNN! Must be nice, lay on a couch licking your balls and telling lies with IVAW and then, you become a born again “good Republican”. YO Mike *No Last Name* from Winn Campaign. Guess what? HEHEHE…Shatz! Better get a new line of work because this one certainly doesn’t cock your pistol.
https://www.facebook.com/jenniferwinn.governor
IVAW = Losers.
Maybe Winn should ask Brandon Bryant to step in.
These two are about as credible as Kokesh running for Congress a few years back. He paid the filing fee and can CLAIM whatever party they want, but this race is like a quadriplegic going up against Usain Bolt.
You all are ignorant.. Open your eyes. Jennifer Winn running for governor was the best thing that happened to Kansas, although she did not win the campaign, she sure did get 90,000 votes within only running for 6 months. And there’s not a doubt in my mind that she won’t win the next election. She will become governor one day and she will make a difference. She isn’t running for governor to save her son, but it did help her realize how screwed up the judicial system is. People are going to prison for 20 years for a NONVIOLENT crime and you all think it’s ok that rapist and actual murderers only get a minimum of 10 years or less? For all of you jurors who say “guilty” even though deep down inside you know they’re not guilty.. And for all you police officers and DAs who are all corrupt I pray to God himself that the same thing that happened to Kyler, happens to your children or grandchildren.. You will then see why Jennifer Winn is running for governor. It’s not like any of you have the balls to make a difference.
A hearty Fuck You to you lady. The majority of those posting on here have got the balls to do something to make a difference… many here carry the physical amd mental scars of having the intestinal fortitude to “make a difference”. You are speaking to a room full of US Veterans. Dumbass.
Linda, sweetcheeks, we made a difference when we swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
THAT took balls.
Ms. Winn paired herself with a renowned dickbag. THAT was stupid.
Meanwhile, you stupidly have resurrected a zombie thread to pray to God that something horrible happens to people’s kids and grandkids. What a lovely human being you must be.
Good luck with getting God to believe your evil thoughts much less punish people just because you want it. Not quite how it works.
Maybe no one has ever told you this, Linda, but you really, really need to know that your saying something doesn’t make it true. You might also reconsider tempering that apparent desire you have to prove your willful ignorance in public places.