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• Left Brain Kansas merges with new Kansas blog

  Number of comments: 12
  Everyone has always said we behaved like jackasses, so we decided to make it official.
  
  That's right, LBK has decided to merge with the newest Kansas blog, Kansas Jackass.
  
  Check us out frequently to get your LBK fix as well as the best left-leaning bloggers in the' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2008, 5:18pm EST
  by The Left Brain

• Pat Roberts and Ron Thornburgh duke it out.

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  Two Kansas Republicans enter the Thunderdome, only one shall leave.
  
  Pat Roberts and Ron Thornburgh are spending the waning days of the election arguing over who deserves credit for the increase in the total number of Republicans registered to vote in Kansas.
  
  Roberts, predictably, credits himself. Whereas [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2008, 11:30am EST
  by The Left Brain

• BREAKING NEWS: LBK still exists and Christian Morgan is an idiot

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  Ok, maybe only one of those things is really "breaking news." Sorry about the absence guys. All of our collaborators sort of informally decided that getting out and knocking on doors and turning out Democratic voters was more effective and more important than staring at this computer screen. However, we [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2008, 2:32pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Jenkins campaign refuses to take stand

  Number of comments: 5
  The Lynn Jenkins campaign has attacked Nancy Boyda for her vote yesterday on a comprimise "Drill baby, drill!" bill.
  
  But wait, I thought Lynn wanted to drill? She would support this bill too then, right?
  
  “I cannot tell you specifically the bill she would or would not [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2008, 2:02pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Will Christian Morgan criticize Sarah Palin for going to a basketball game?

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  In a recent AP story, it has come out that Sarah Palin charged the state a per diem allowance on Thanksgiving Day 2007 so she could attend the Great Alaska Shootout, a college basketball tournament.
  
  Will Christian Morgan criticize her like he did Kathleen Sebelius for attending major sporting [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2008, 10:57am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Pat Roberts: Don't blame the Senate Intelligence Committee for faulty intelligence

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  At what appears to be a rare debate between US Senator Pat Roberts and his challenger, former Democratic Congressman Jim Slattery, Roberts said that he shouldn't be held accountable for helping usher the US into the wrong war at the wrong time using faulty intelligence.
  
  Just because he was' [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2008, 8:21am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• More lies about Obama

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  I received the latest email spewing lies about Barack Obama from one of my college buddies. It proports to be written by a man named Chuck Green, who apparently is a "journalist."
  
  Like you, when I heard that John McCain had selected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2008, 8:05am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Lynn Jenkins: more of the same

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  Another day, another example: Lynn Jenkins is Jim Ryun 2.0. (Like upgrading from Windows XP to Windows Vista, sure it's an upgrade, but is it really any better?)
  
  Remember when the DCCC dropped some money into the Kansas 2nd and Christian Morgan and Lynn Jenkins got their panties' [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2008, 2:40pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Move over John McCain

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  Old, Grizzled Third-Party Candidate May Steal Support From McCain [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2008, 7:57am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Mommy Palin failed US History

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  From a 2006 survey by the Alaska Daily news...
  11. Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?
  
  Sarah Palin: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I’ll [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2008, 2:51pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Thoughts on Mommy Sarah

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  After Grandpa John's pick of former small-town mayor and less-than-half-term Governor Sarah Palin has had a few days to percolate, we thought we'd offer a few random thoughts on the selection.
  
  1) It is the most shallow selection of a running mate we have seen in our years of [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2008, 7:35am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Liberal Media? Hardly.

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  Yet another study shows McCain gets more positive press than Obama.
  
  This is evident today when CNN raved about how Mayor Palin (who is currently under investigation for interfering in personnel matters relating to her ex-brother-in-law) is "just like John McCain" because she "fights corruption."
  
  I [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 1:54pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Campaign irony

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  Does it ever dawn on McCain and the Republicans that before they attack Obama they should think about if the attack could be applied just as well (if not better) to them?
  
  Like Pat Roberts, who's been in Washington since the early 60's, criticizing Jim Slattery for being a [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 8:49am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• So, if it's Sebelius' fault when jobs are lost, it must also be to her credit when they're created, right?

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  If you ask Christian Morgan, anytime a private company makes a decision to either cut jobs or not to create them in Kansas, the blame lies at the feet of Kathleen Sebelius. Not the Republican-dominated legislature, not Congress, not the President, but Kathleen Sebelius.
  
  So, one must expect [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 9:28am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Intentionally ironic, blissfully ignorant or willfully hypocritical?

  Number of comments: 8
  Which is it GOP?
  
  The Republican National Committee has launched a new feature on their Web site where they countdown the time until the next "gaffe" from Joe Biden, complete with a video of him calling Obama "Barack America."
  
  Seriously? The party of George W. Bush [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 12:22pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• New poll shows Boyda wins, drilling loses

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  As seen on Boyda Bloc and Swing State Project, a Survey USA poll commissioned by the Washington D.C. newspaper Roll Call shows Nancy Boyda beating Lynn Jenkins, CPA 50-43.
  
  We'd like to dig a little deeper into some of the cross tabs of this poll.
  [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 7:11am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Obama/Biden 2008

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  After all the hoaxes and speculation finally subsided, it came out late last night that the Obama campaign had settled on Deleware Senator Joe Biden as their veep over Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, Virginia Govenor (and Kansas native) Tim Kaine and our own Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
  
  Here at LBK, [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2008, 1:54pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Obama/Bayh

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  A Lenexa print shop is reportedly printing Obama/Bayh bumper stickers.
  
  We'll keep you posted.' [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2008, 5:11pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• WTF?

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  The Kansas Republican Assembly has officially lost their marbles. [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2008, 1:57pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Double Standard?

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  Where is the blog post from Christian Morgan complaining about how Sen. Sam Brownback's decision to speak at the Republican National Convention is an example of him skirting his duties as an elected official?
  
  I'm sure they won't make any such claims about Gov. Sebelius.
  
  Riiiiiiiiight.[...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2008, 4:22pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Jenkins and Jordan: More of the same

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  Lynn Jenkins and Nick Jordan are starting to look awfully alike. Both are former members of the Kansas Legislature of whom no one has heard. Both are campaigning to "fix Washington" and "bring in new Republican leadership." And both can't help but surround themselves with the same tired old Republican' [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2008, 12:10pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Christian Morgan, you just can't believe anything he says

  Sometimes he's just wrong. Sometimes he's lying out his....well, you know.
  
  The source of all this misinformation? A blog. Yes, the Executive Director of the Kansas Republican Party, one of only two full-time staff running the entire statewide operation, has nothing better to do with his time than write [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2008, 8:57am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Kansas Board of Education

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  Sometimes, races like the State Board of Education get lost in the shuffle. With 165 legislative seats, four seats in the US House, the US Senate, the President and competitive DA races in Shawnee and Johnson County, the media and political parties and activists only have so much attention to [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2008, 8:06am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• The truism of the moderate Lynn Jenkins

  Number of comments: 1
  Normally, we don't like to blame things on the media. Reminds us too much of Phill Kline, however, a few things have begun to bother us about the local media's coverage of the 2nd District race.
  
  First, without any real reason, Lynn Jenkins has been anointed a moderate. Tell [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2008, 7:27am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Shocker: favors, corruption and cronyism in the Bush administration

  Number of comments: 2
  Word has come down that Flora, Miss., has been selected by the Department of Homeland Secruity as a finalist to receive the National Bio-and-Agro Defense Facility.
  
  No biggie, right?
  
  The problem is Flora received the 3rd lowest favorability rating of the 17 potential sites by consultants hired to [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2008, 11:45am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Primary results thread: How'd we do?

  Number of comments: 10
  We had a bit of everything yesterday; some shockers, some races that were quite literally as close as you can get and some laughers. Here's our self-promoting/self-deprecating results thread.
  
  Jim Slattery def. Lee Jones, 69-31: Correct. Jones got more votes than I think some people predicted, but Slattery still' [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2008, 8:02am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Primary predictions: cleanup edition

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  It appears we forgot two very important legislative primaries.
  
  Kansas Senate, District 14, Republican:
  Dwayne Umbarger(i) vs. Iris Van Meter: Van Meter is another first class nut A former member of the state BOE and one of the architects of all the nonsense that body has been up to [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2008, 10:28am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• HAPPY PRIMARY DAY

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  Phill Kline/Steve Howe, Jim Ryun/Lynn Jenkins, Shawnee County DA, several incumbents being challenged for legislative seats. It doesn't get much better than this. This is your open thread. We've posted our predictions already, so let's hear yours! Also, please post comments, rants, anything you've got. Enjoy and don't forget to [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2008, 8:50am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Primary predictions: Kansas House, KS BOE

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  Though we skipped a few state Senate races in our previous post, we attempted to address each primary, even the one's that were a foregone conclusion. Obviously, with 125 seats up for election, there are quite a few primary races in the Kansas House of Representatives, and as such we [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2008, 5:52pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Primary predictions: Federal, DA, KS Senate

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  Don't forget to vote in the primary election tomorrow. Polls are open from 7 am to 7 pm. Below are our predictions. They are just predictions and do not, in any way shape or form, constitute an endorsement of any particular candidate.
  
  United States Senate, Democrat:
  Jim Slattery vs. [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2008, 2:38pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Anything to attack the Governor

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  Christian Morgan and the KS GOP will attack the Governor for just about anything these days. It's almost sad. If she wore a jacket that didn't match her blouse, Christian Morgan would probably post a blog saying she was out of touch with Kansas fashion values.
  
  Now, in typical [...]
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  Posted: August 01, 2008, 8:02am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Bob Dole weighs in on John McCain

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  From the Kansas City Star's blog.
  
  It's a wonder this guy didn't win the Presidency in 1996. Oh wait, no it isn't.
  

  I know he's looking at [VP candidates] because...I talked with somebody who's sort of in the loop on that. They haven't got much time...I don't know [...]

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  Posted: July 31, 2008, 10:34am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Slattery launches web site

  Number of comments: 1
  
  
  Jim Slattery posted this video on his official blog yesterday, hitting on the same theme we've hit on a couple of times (here and here). Pat Roberts is scared of his record and he's scared of a legitimate candidate like Jim Slattery.
  
  The Slattery [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2008, 7:42am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• The Kansas Republican Assembly is right

  Number of comments: 5
  Stop the presses folks, the nutjobs over at the Kansas Republican Assembly -- a shell organization which, in effect, runs the KS GOP -- have actually made a good point, though I don't think it was intentional.
  
  In an effort to slander the "Red Star" (some people refer [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2008, 9:01am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• 4th District numbers: Tiahrt surprisingly low, Betts surprisingly high

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  The numbers out of the 4th District were quite surprising. Though he still has a very substantial warchest, Todd Tiahrt brought in a lackluster $170,236.82 since April 1. He didn't spend much though, dishing out only $55,850.16 and leaving his campaign with a healthy $1,256,651.59 warchest with which to [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2008, 4:42pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Jordan posts dismal numbers

  Number of comments: 4
  You hear that? That's the sound of Nick Jordan's campaign crashing to the ground.
  
  Most people never though the man who makes 2000 Al Gore look like Mr. Charisma would actually mount a serious campaign against Moore. That is, no one except the KS GOP. But even Christian Morgan's [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2008, 4:35pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Lynn Jenkins' personality problem

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  First and foremost, we want to apologize for our absence the last 13 days. We know you all have been jonesing for some LBK, and we apologize for leaving your fix unfulfilled. No excuses, we'll be better, we promise.
  
  Now, to the business at hand.
  
  If you watched [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2008, 11:55am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Roberts: When I said I was going to play nice, I didn't REALLY mean it

  Number of comments: 7
  Pat Roberts has gone negative yet again. Curiously, his most recent ad isn't on his web site. Embarrassed of your new spot, Pat?
  
  Maybe its because you remember that you said something back in August 2007, when you spoke with Rep. Dennis Moore at an event [...]
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  Posted: July 11, 2008, 2:51pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• A Republican and a lie, two peas in a pod

  Number of comments: 1
  Homer Simpson once said, "It takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen."
  
  In this case, we refuse to take part in the Kansas Republican Party's latest mistruth.
  
  In a Harris News story this morning, the Boyda camp rightly called the GOP's claims [...]
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  Posted: July 09, 2008, 2:13pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Republican implosions

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  This party will self-destruct in 30 seconds.
  
  It's like watching sports bloopers or car crashes, you know its kind of sick, but you can't help but giggle.
  
  The bombs?
  
  First, we've got Phill Kline going against his word and staying in the Republican primary for Johnson County [...]
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  Posted: July 09, 2008, 7:50am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Jim Slattery hits the nail on the head

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  Posted: July 08, 2008, 4:44pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Roberts releases poll

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  Pat Roberts released a poll, paid for by his campaign, that shows the "overwhelmingly popular" Senator barely has a majority, despite being in congress for decades.
  
  The poll shows Roberts leading presumptive Democratic nominee Jim Slattery 54% to 34%.
  
  As we've said on this blog since day [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2008, 3:01pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• As the Phill turns

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  Some had thought Phill Kline had learned his lesson. Some thought maybe he has figured out that people are tired of him being so friggin' crazy and that maybe he would play nice this cycle.
  
  Well, the soap opera has officially begun.
  
  First, the good folks at the [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2008, 2:27pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Hello??? Is anyone in there? Earth to Lynn Jenkins, do you copy?

  Number of comments: 2
  Lynn Jenkins is a regular David Blaine, she can disappear before your very eyes.
  
  One minute, she's running for Congress, albeit poorly, and the next minute it's like she wasn't even there.
  
  Wait. What's that? You don't even know who she is?
  
  Don't worry, lots of people [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2008, 10:31am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• McCain outraised by Obama in Kansas; Roberts hires Mean Girl to campaign

  A couple of interesting notes in a Harris News story from this weekend.
  
  First, we see that Sen. Barack Obama has raised more money in Kansans than has Sen. John McCain.
  
  Obviously, it's early and this isn't necessarily a good method of predicting elections, but it was [...]
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  Posted: June 30, 2008, 1:13pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Kansas Republican Assembly lectures on party unification

  The folks over at the KRA have decided to share some wisdom with the Kansas Democratic Party on how best to unify a big tent party.
  

  The complaint sent to Bartoshevich from the Wisconsin DP stated that she had violated Party rules by endorsing the opposing party’s candidate and that [...]

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  Posted: June 27, 2008, 2:48pm EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Our thoughts exactly...

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  Posted: June 26, 2008, 9:57am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• James Dobson: Christian Police

  Number of comments: 7
  Folks, even though it's finally come out that Barack Obama is not a
  MUSLIM (as if it should matter if he were), he is still not CHRISTIAN enough for James Dobson and the radical right.
  
  First, Dr. Rick Scarborough, a Southern Baptist minister, decided to play doorman at [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2008, 7:47am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Slattery hits Roberts on Buy American

  Number of comments: 12
  The Slattery camp today hit Sen. Pat Roberts for his reactionary "leadership" on the matter of the controversial contract awarded by the USAF to a French company.
  
  This is an issue that we here at LBK have been all over since the first days of our existence, and [...]
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  Posted: June 24, 2008, 9:50am EDT
  by The Left Brain

• Cheese flavored lies

  Number of comments: 7
  Another post from The Kansas Republican, another lie. Or at least a blind assumption made in the absence of facts.
  
  These clowns read a story on da int-ruh-netz that said a cheese factory decided to locate in Eastern Colorado as opposed to Western Kansas.
  
  OBVIOUSLY this is Gov. [...]
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  Posted: June 19, 2008, 12:38pm EDT
  by The Left Brain