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MuseRider

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29. The paper in Topeka was owned
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 10:16 AM
Jun 2015

by Mary Brownbacks family for many years. It was sold to an out of state organization but one, I think only one, of Mary's brothers is still on the editorial board. That is the Topeka paper. There are many good journalists who have done heroic jobs exposing as much as possible in this paper and around the state. I will say, I have yet to hear a radio station in the state where the talk isn't still practically about lining up liberals and shooting them. I have heard that adorable line several times just from Topeka close to where I live. Media is only part of the problem. No money from and no presence from the National party leave our candidates running on mostly their own money when the other side has Koch funding. The only time we were actually competitive with national slots was with Dean and the 50 state strategy. Since then it has shut back down.

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Republican heaven looks like hell to me. Koinos Jun 2015 #1
+1 uponit7771 Jun 2015 #14
They have an excuse - they started off as Kansas. Just a small step down from there. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2015 #23
Hell on earth, Welcome to Kansas, destroying lives more and more each year. And, RKP5637 Jun 2015 #2
What (the hell!) is the matter with Kansas? Elmer S. E. Dump Jun 2015 #5
People who vote for Republicans for their entire lives, no matter what. tridim Jun 2015 #8
And arrogantly smart to top it off Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #12
Its amazing Cosmocat Jun 2015 #17
Kris Kobach controls the voting population and the voting machines. Stevepol Jun 2015 #20
See that is the tihing Cosmocat Jun 2015 #34
It sure is surprising what people will put up with pscot Jun 2015 #40
Totally agree dpatbrown Jun 2015 #25
Yep Cosmocat Jun 2015 #35
I read the book from cover to cover... Koinos Jun 2015 #19
The true crisis is about voting rights. Madmiddle Jun 2015 #3
Broenback's experiment has bern a complete failure Gothmog Jun 2015 #4
Brownback needs a state-controlled press... Jerry442 Jun 2015 #6
Or mandatory use of Soma. (Brownbackistan is now clearly a fly-over state.) RKP5637 Jun 2015 #11
I hope they succeed Takket Jun 2015 #7
They did something similar in Michigan a2liberal Jun 2015 #9
Think of Kansas as a petri dish... gregcrawford Jun 2015 #10
Excellent! Thespian2 Jun 2015 #16
+1000 CanonRay Jun 2015 #26
Kansan's will get what they deserve.... the_sly_pig Jun 2015 #13
If Brownback is a christian, then I am a Saint Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #15
And it's black men being shot down? What a world of smoke and mirrors to have valerief Jun 2015 #18
Why hasn't someone like a news paper journalist have any turbinetree Jun 2015 #21
They never give up HassleCat Jun 2015 #22
God is never wrong, their economics is from the bible. Even if it all falls, who cares? The End of Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #27
If Brownback and his ilk are the Raptured please count me in the Way Left Behind. kairos12 Jun 2015 #41
Like the Family, all that matters is power, having power and never letting go. deminks Jun 2015 #31
I am going to repost MuseRider Jun 2015 #24
The Kansas media is corrupt, I am told. Bought and sold. How to change the messenger? Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #28
The paper in Topeka was owned MuseRider Jun 2015 #29
I could not have said it better. Thank you. NT. deminks Jun 2015 #30
They did that here in Iowa too 47of74 Jun 2015 #32
Friends don't let friends vote Republican vkkv Jun 2015 #33
Obama needs to appoint an 'Emergency Manager' for the state of Kansas. Stonepounder Jun 2015 #36
One of the judges should take this to SCOTUS. lark Jun 2015 #37
We have been there at least once already MuseRider Jun 2015 #38
And thats why the SCOTUS is the way it is. 7962 Jun 2015 #39
Coming to a state near me? Still In Wisconsin Jun 2015 #42
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