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In reply to the discussion: Kansas tax act most regressive in nation [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)Brownback did not sell his magic beans to Kansans. Kansans did not vote for this plan, in fact, I recently found a thread where I first mentioned his plan. A plan that was still a secret. On October 11, 2011 - almost a full year after the election. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=153x9735
So there was no propaganda to convince Kansans to vote for this stupid plan.
Now, there was all kinds of propaganda to convince Kansans that Sam Brownback is a fine, upstanding citizen instead of the piece of scum-sucking slime that he really is. But that's propaganda that sells the con-man, not propaganda that sells the con itself.
Unfortunately, Brownback is very unlikely to pay a political price for it either. If anything, Conservatives are gearing up to massacre us just like they did in 2010. They have conservatives from the House lined up to run against moderates in the Senate in primary elections and they have control of the re-districting that they can use to tilt the game in their favor. And plus, it is a Presidential year which is sure to bring out large number of conservative-Republican voters in this conservative Republican state. Further, it is very late in the day, it seems to me, and in many state house races, the KDP does not have candidates.