The transition

[Eric]

I have some friends and relatives in Western Kansas. They say no one likes Huelskamp out there where they know him best (except maybe you guys). They referred to him as a bomb thrower but that may be what you guys want. The problem is I don't know if he can win again out there.

No to Huelskamp. He is a petulant child out to save the world from something, anything really, as long as he gets to put his name on it. Think angry Al Gore.

[SB Shock]

I have some friends and relatives in Western Kansas. They say no one likes Huelskamp out there where they know him best (except maybe you guys). They referred to him as a bomb thrower but that may be what you guys want. The problem is I don't know if he can win again out there.

interesting - I have some relatives out in western kansas who loved Huelskamp and thought he got a raw deal when he didn't support Boehner. They felt he was only one of the few politicians who would stand by their pricinciples instead of getting to Washington and then falling in lock-step with the party.

[SHOCKvalue]

Huelskamp was quickly thrown under the bus the second he expressed the first reservation over the ag gravy train - ethanol subsidies.

If the government doubled your income by selecting your product as a winner, even though the US consumer sees it as a loser, you'd become a single issue voter too.

The ethanol racket is pretty much the clearest example how the Republicans are just as much the big government interventionalists as everyone already knows the Democrats are.

[shockmonster]

Well someone voted him out. They viewed him as more if a publicity hound, bomb thrower, than someone who governs. This is how he was viewed by them in Topeka also. I don't know their view on ethanol.

[Aargh]

With a hard liner on weed as AG, I wonder if Federal laws might be applied in States that legalized?

That could take the argument to the national level. I don't know if those opposing legalization would want that right now.

[Kung Wu]

With a hard liner on weed as AG, I wonder if Federal laws might ...

Wait, who was on weed while he was Attorney General!? That might explain a few things!

[pinstripers]

ethanol is the devil

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Former Wichita conservative radio guy Joseph Ashby says he is strongly considering a run for Pompeo's opening. From listening to him the past few years, I'm convinced he's a good guy, plenty of integrity, but not sure a deep Brownback supporter is going to have much of a chance currently.

[WstateU]

Rip ‘em up, tear ‘em up, give ‘em hell Trump!

Sounds like he gave ‘em the ‘business’! :)

Trump Summons TV Figures for Private Meeting, and Lets Them Have It

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/ar-AAkACCN?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

[shocka khan]

Rip ‘em up, tear ‘em up, give ‘em hell Trump!

Sounds like he gave ‘em the ‘business’! :)

Trump Summons TV Figures for Private Meeting, and Lets Them Have It

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/ar-AAkACCN?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

I'm really glad he gave the press hell. They were so biased during the election (and pretty much the whole lot of them, including and especially Fox and CNN). All this is an attempt to manipulate and brainwash us by the corporate media. They have an agenda they're trying to force down our throats.

I also liked this:

http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/11/17/what-will-happen-to-h-1b-skilled-worker-visas-under-donald-trump/

This is exactly where I thought he would go. Wipro, Tata, Cognizant, Infosys. All importing Indians using H1B visas. All taking American jobs. The H1B program was initially designed to provide critical skill sets where we don't have enough organic intellectual talent. All the companies above are importing cheap offshore intellectual talent and displacing Americans out of their well-paying jobs.

Don't believe me? Just look at the contract between Tata and Disney. The Disney people were told they would be training their Indian (H1B) replacements. This is supposed to be illegal.

[ShockingButTrue]

Obama is really big on "False equivalents" isn't he?

[RoyalShock]

Makes a lot of sense though. Moran is one the most qualified people in the nation for this particular job as the chairman of the Senate agriculture subcommittee, which is a lot better than Huelskamp who lost a hundred-year history of Kansas sitting on house Agriculture committee or Brownback who hasn't been deeply involved since he served as Kansas's Ag. Secretary in 1993 (though I think everyone in Kansas, liberal or conservative, would love to see Brownback take the position).

Keep in mind Huelskamp lost that position as punishment for refusing to kiss Boehner's behind. If Trump really wants to "flush the swamp", Huelskamp is the kind of person he should appoint. That's not to say he would be better than Moran, just that eliminating him from consideration for wearing what should be a badge of honor would be wrong, IMO.

[SB Shock]

NYT has audio of their interview with Trump. One thing that came clear (if you didn't know it already) - Trump is not beholden to Republicans.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/podcasts/audio-donald-trump-new-york-times.html?_r=0

[ShockingButTrue]

"Fake News?" Is that that the trending new buzz-word?

[WstateU]

Instant classic...