In a nice wrapup of recent events involving Senator Sam Brownback, Kansas City Star political writer Steve Kraske ends with a quote from an unnamed aide to Brownback:
Saying that this brand of conservatism will propel Brownback to the White House may be a stretch. “Like him or not,” an aide said Friday, “he definitely is [...]
At least according to the National Journal. (pdf)
Not exactly a surprise to people who are paying attention to Brownback’s nonstop litanty of intolerance and fear mongering. He knows his core supporters are the most extreme of his party, and he is working them for all they are worth.
At this point, almost 3 years out, [...]
Senator Sam Brownback will be the featured speaker tomorrow night at the Arizona Right to Life annual benefit gala and silent auction.
This continues his strategy of recruitment and fundraising around the country focused on the anti-abortion movement. His task at these events is not to convince those in attendance of his anti-abortion bonafides, those are [...]
As you probably have noticed, I now have Anti Brownback T Shirts and other assorted goodies for sale. I was going to wait to reveal these until the one year anniversary of the blog (March 31st) but after some recent inquiries I decided to go live now.
There is currently one design in the shop on [...]
Get it here.
Frankly, I’m not impressed. He has been testing several of these themes over the past few months and this just ties them all together. He droned on an on about Reagan and times past, but never bother to mention the deficits Reagan ran up that we are still ignoring. My generation is going [...]
Hat tip to a questioner at the Landon Lecture (more on the lecture later).
In last year’s budget, Senator Sam Brownback earmarked $200,000 for a private Christian Ministry Ranch that openly excludes non-Christians. From Morningstar Ranch’s own website:
In response to Matthew [...]
In an interview with Christianity Today, Senator Sam Brownback presented his plan for reducing poverty in the United States:
I voted in favor of the budget resolution [that included the cuts on medicare and food stamps]. I think we have to control our spending, and we have a moral obligation to balance our budget and not [...]
According to The Hill, Senator Sam Brownback will be spending the President’s Day break jetting around the nations to high dollar fundraisers:
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), expected to vie for the conservative base in the 2008 Republican primary, is raising money and meeting conservative leaders in three states. He is scheduled in Houston to attend fundraisers, [...]
MMMmmmm. Manimals. Josh over at Thoughts from Kansas has an excellent discussion of Senate Bill S 1373 which would ban the creation of human – animal chimeras.
Properly speaking, a chimera is a mixture of cells from two sources. CSI fans will remember a case in which a man had two genetically distinct sets of cells [...]