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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKS Gov Race. Pastor Sammy Brownbeckistan is scared. Digging up dirt on Davis. Davis at strip club
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Paul-Davis-reacts-to-reports-of-strip-club-incident-275940171.htmlWhen I was 26 years old, I was taken to a club by my boss - the club owner was one of our legal clients. While we were in the building, the police showed up. I was never accused of having done anything wrong, but rather I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I'm not at all surprised Sam Brownback and his allies are digging up all they can to distract Kansans from the fact they remain down in the polls - despite spending millions of dollars - and also under active investigation by the FBI. Kansans deserve better than a desperate smear campaign what they need is answers about what the Governor knows about the unethical conduct of his chief political advisor and the ongoing FBI investigation into corruption in his administration."
dballance
(5,756 posts)I have stuffed many dollars into a dancer's g-string. I'm not at all ashamed of that.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)Dude was there with his boss.
They are trying to stretch it into some kind of meth association.
slimey Sammy doing what he does best.
I don't think this will hurt Davis.
funny note...I have a Davis/Docking sign in my yard. Daughter and hubby came over for dinner thought the sign said Davis/Cocking. We had a little laugh over that.
delrem
(9,688 posts)I bet 9 out of 10 do, and only those already very negatively predisposed toward Davis will feel otherwise.
That's just my gut feeling.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)and pastor Sammy knows it
wercal
(1,370 posts)Yes its relatively minor thing...but I can see older women voters in Kansas not liking this.
Still many weeks to go, but it took him off message for a day.
When polled, the vast majority state they don't like mud slinging...but politicians keep slinging anyway. Why? It works. It would be foolish to pretend it won't work at all in this case.
Crystal ball - I expect to look at tommorrow's paper tommorrow, and see a mug shot of the club owner pastered on the front page.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)smarmy Sammy is losing and he knows it
wercal
(1,370 posts)We're a shoe in for the Republicans for presidential elections....yet we alternate parties with the governor's office.
Ergo....some voters (alot of voters) vote for both parties and alternate quite regularly.
Our last Democrat governor? Mark Parkinson...filled out Sebelius' term. Just a few years earlier, he was head of the Republican party in KS. And just a few weeks ago a hundred Republicans endorsed Davis. IOW there is a huge overlap with the parties.
So yes, some potential Davis voters were turned off by the story. Honestly, Brownback wouldn't the risk of dredging up old mud to sling, if he didn't think it would pay off. Old saws about not affecting likely voters are just like the notion that mud doesn't work - wishful thinking....which btw doesn't win an election.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)Rick Perry and Jeb Bush and Sarah Palin and Bob Dole
yea, that will spark their races
big_dog
(4,144 posts)State Fair pulls back veil on Kensinger's campaign role Monday, Sep. 15, 2014 http://m.cjonline.com/blog-post/tim-carpenter/2014-09-15/state-fair-pulls-back-veil-kensingers-campaign-role#gsc.tab=0
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)he is pulling all kinds of tricks to try and swing the senate race for Pat Roberts