Polls had indicated that Democrat Paul Morrison likely would defeat incumbent Republican Attorney General Phill Kline. But not that Morrison would crush Kline.
Morrison’s landslide victory likely reflects both his sterling credentials and voter concerns about Kline’s misplaced priorities and poor judgment. Now Morrison must show that voter confidence was well-placed as he restores public trust in the attorney general’s office.
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Kansas is turning around in the right direction.
Morrison will be a great AG and Kline can go be crooked somewhere else.
Maybe in jail for giving O’riley those records
When the euphoric high wears off moonbats will come to realize…you just championed a republican who couldn’t get on the ballot as a republican.
Hey Nick – maybe Morrison saw the writing on the wall and jumped your GOP sinking ship for the winning ship. Ever think about that?
Well HI THERE PHIL!
Pretty prompt with the post election threads! First time ever we get a Tuesday night thread.
Um….
Where have you BEEN? I have been asking for a Tiahrt thread for a month. You endorsed the guy and never demanded he debate his challenger Garth McGinn.
NOW Todd Tiahrt is the minority representative in congress for the 4th Kansas district.
I place the blame on you.
I hope Tiller does not let up on pushing for the investigation of Kline and O’Reilly and thos medical records.
Both of these men need to spend a little time in the Big House to contemplate about their behavior.
nicky nicky nicky…he CHOSE to change parties…He woke up and saw the right path was actually left.
we welcome him and gladly say goodbye to pervert Phill
Somebody better warn them about bending down for the soap in the shower!
or turning pages
Sure I thought of that lucee. That’s why I know you just championed a Johnson country republican that couldn’t get on the ballot without switching.Morrison won’t change his beliefs for anyone or any reason. As for those in the tank for Tiller, he’s not off the hook, but unfortunately I am not at liberty to elaborate.Morrison is a good man, and it is our loss that he decided to move on up, but helping to spread the Johnson County influence is an admirable goal for Wichita. Good job to all.
Sorry, Nick, you’re nuts.
Morrison will be an excellent A.G. He had strong support in Wichita and I think this was what got him the job.
Morrison had a very efficient campaign staff. They helped kick Kline’s ass and we should thank them for that.
The fetally-obsessed will go on being fetally obsessed–and will continue lying about Tiller. Who is surprised? They lost big. What else do they have?
You coconuts won’t have Phile Kiline to kick around anymore. I wonder if Morrison will do the job with the same relish, and mustard and ketchup as Herr Kline? Go Dems Go!!
V.L.R.B!!!
All I can say about Kline and his supporters, as they tried to mudsling their way back into office is Har Har HAAARRR!!!And Ha Ha Ha!
A few theocratic nuts out, just a couple more to go.
Out is:KlineO’ConnorBeemerAhnerWagle
Steven, you have a serious comprehension disability. You just called me nuts and proptly re-stated exactly what I said. He is a good man. He will make a good AG and those of us in Johnson county recognize the efforts of those in Wichita.Perhaps you might give your celebritory bong a rest.
hey, psst… Phill Kline and all you other Kansas Republicans… guess what i’m doing right now? i’m giving you a big, fat middle finger!
I can not say I was shocked tonight at my wife, more pleasantly surprised at her vote.Some might recall I mentioned in 2004 she voted for Bush to my surprise as by the time of the election I was aware that he had lied us into the invasion and assumed she was aware too. It was only when I said that Bush had invaded Iraq for no reason. That she said,” there was a reason, remember 9-11?”, she fell silent when I pointed out that was Bin Laden and he was in Afghanistan. That Iraq had nothing to do with the attack. Finally she said, “oh!”. When asked where she had gotten the idea it was Saddam, she said that the President had said it. I figured out that she was only going on what she had been told at church ( Yeah I married a Fundie!).
So tonight I thought she had canceled my vote for Morrison with a vote for Kline. I was surprised when she said she voted for Morrison because Kline was amoral! She did not like how he acted and what he was doing. God I guess my daily ranting pays off sometimes.
I had a conversation with someone who voted for Sebelius and Kline. I said, they’re polar opposites, why on earth would someone do that….unless they really didn’t know what or who they were voting for.
Sorry Scott,No celebration, no bong. It just seemed from your earlier post that you were wanting to discredit Morrison for not being able to compete in the Republican primary.
These days in Kansas not winnning in a Republican primary is a litmus test for your sanity.
And NOW maybe we can get some consumer protection in Kansas? Some release from all fetuses all the time? Some relief from the ag’s obsession with teen sex?
Maybe?
ROFLMQAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, gooooodbyyyyyye!
Hey doug, bonbon huy is gonegone too!
As Tracy says, “happy happy joy joy, happy happy joy joy”
Maybe phillllll, bonbon, o’connor, et al can start their own
LOSER PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And where is paulie the shillie this morning? Solly the folly this morning? Hankie “I’ll take my whoopin’ like a man” Price this morning?
hmmmmmmm…… hung over from the victory party for toddly the totally powerless.
Nice job WE. Yer now saddled with a man who doesnt have the power to light up a dim bulb……
Nick – those of us who vote split tickets don’t have a problem with the fact that Morrison is middle-of-teh-road rather than doctrinaire Democrat.
When the honeymoon is over, and Morrison lets more rapists out of prison early, you won’t be so happy with the election results.
I wonder what kind of charges can be brought up on Morrison for dropping the investigation into Tiller after getting hundreds of thousands of dollars from him? We’ll just have to see once he’s in office. I personally can’t wait to see this incompetant fake Catholic make a fool of himself.
Gosh annie, to quote KIA,
“bitter, party of one, your table of crow is ready”
Would you like a little cheese with that whine?
“Go Morrison, Go Morrison, Go Morrison, GO!”
Glad to see there are more smarter people in Kansas than I had originally predicted.
The truly interestng part is not that Morrison beat Kline, it is that he slaughtered him. Wow.
Talk about opening a can of whup ass
“NOW Todd Tiahrt is the minority representative in congress for the 4th Kansas district.”
JR, the key word above is MINORITY.
tee hee
Farm girl,I’m here. I am from Michigan and lamenting the election. thought I’d let the KS Libs whoop it up.
“I wonder what kind of charges can be brought up on Morrison for dropping the investigation into Tiller after getting hundreds of thousands of dollars from him?”
Hey Annie,The election is over, you can tone down on that untruth, okay? Morrison said he never took any money from Tiller. From what can be known today, there is no evidence to the contrary. I don’t usually spend money on elections, but this year I sent Morrison $300. There were a lot of poor people like me supporting Morrison. If there enough of us, we can a difference.
Kline and Connie Morrison gone in a single year.
We are dems (or at least moderate Repulicans), hear us roar.
correction: “we can MAKE a difference.”
Enjoy your sour grapes KlineLovers. The fact is your guy LOST – BIG TIME! He has nobody to blame but himself.
I love that Kline had a toothache, a migraine, and a tsunami all on the same day.
Phillip,
58% of the vote is hardly a landslide. You need at least 2/3rds of the vote for that. Which is 66.6% for those of you endorsing government schools.
Hmmm . . .slanting information to fit his own viewpoint . . .there is a Phill in Phillip. . .
The name’s Nick, Steven. It isn’t a matter of being able to compete in the primary or not. It was a matter of being able to get the party endorsment, and the funding that comes with it. There was simply no other realistic way he could have unseated the incumbent running on the same ticket. It was a practical matter, nothing else.
Ben,Make no mistake. Mr Morrison is not middle of the road. He is a conservative without the religious bent. Of course, if your definition of “middle of the road” is based on who’s currently in office, that comparison is valid.
Annie,You can’t blame Morrison for SB323. They, and he, were sold a bill of goods written almost entirely by a bunch of racketeering breaucrats that have infected the KDOC. It was sold as a solution to over crowding, when their real motive was to free up Max Custody bedspace to allow for more Medium and Minimum beds which they could use for their slave labor rental program. (Yes, the KDOC is completely corrupt at the highest levels)The best any appointed or elected committee can ever hope for, is breaucratic administrations that are honest, and true to their purpose.Rest assured Mr Morrison learned his lesson a long time before the KDOC was dropping, “Clerical Error” as the reason for the releases and reduced sentences caused by SB323.As for bringing charges against Morrison for dropping the case against Tiller. That’s just silly to even speculate about something he has not even done. No matter what he said given the information he had, Mr Morrison would never drop the case should there be evidence of a series of crimes.
Phillip: You are far too modest in not mentioning the role that you played in Mr. Kline’s defeat. Go ahead, take a bow.
outlander – Brownlee had nothing to do with Kline’s self-immolation.
Speaking about bringing charges – I wonder if Morrison will look into the leak to Bill O-Reilley.
I have possibly misplaced faith that Mr. Morrison will pursue any documented violations of the law at Tiller’s House of Delights.
I can’t understand the liberal mindset. You would protect those who commit child rape and incest if the alternative meant siding with Kline. Or maybe that was an attitude that will vanish now that the election is over. I can only hope.
sorry outlander – I think your perceptions of “the liberal mindset” are very warped. By the way, trying a case in the media is a good way to get a verdict overturned.
I haven’t seen that big a self-inflicted meltdown since Bill Warren ran for mayor of Wichita.
Now that was fun to watch.
hmmm… & outlander,
I have wondered if Kline’s means of obtaining the abortion records did not violate Hipaa, which if it did, would open any prosecutions that could result to appeal in Federal court.
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
I don’t think that Morrison is wanting to protect abortion doctors or child rapists, but in law you have to follow the rules on prosecution, etc. Kline never seemed as concerned about that as his ideological agenda and getting face time on TV.
Morrison’s position on the case is that he would evaluate what has gone on with the case and decide what to do. I don’t see that he has much alternative but to do that. He asked Kline to not proceed further.
Nick,Sorry I got your name wrong. Maybe I was guilty of too much celebration last night…
I haven’t reviewed the HIPPA provisions for a while, but it seems to me that like much legislation concerning privacy, it likely contains exceptions for valid court orders, e.g., subpoenas.
Steven: As someone who has occasion to deal with the confusing HIPAA rules and regs, my understanding is consistent with Mr. Tolle’s. It would seem to add another layer of separation that identifying information has reportedly been redacted.
I have no doubt that Mr. Morrison will pursue enforcement of the law once he has knowledge of a violation. I do wonder about the direction his investigative focus will take as his time in office actually begins.
I don’t know as much about HIPAA as I should, just familiar with the “thou shalts and shalt nots” that effect me.
Surely Kline must have had some probable cause if the supreme court allowed him to go forward. There is a lot we don’t know about the case that unfortunately encourages specualtions of wrong doing from both sides of the debate.
In this LJWorld article, a commenter is sure Morrison is repaying Tiller by asking Kline to not proceed further on the investigation. It would be useful to know the details here so as to avoid the speculation, but I am fairly sure that is not possible.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/nov/08/morrison_wants_kline_hold_abortion_records/
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No problem on the name Steve.As far as Morrison being in the tank for Tiller. Personally I don’t believe we’re going to find contributions from Tiller’s money laundering network, but he is most definately regreting his words. I can only speculate that he along with many bought into the attack on womens rights spin and probably never seriously considered the implications of his words, should there be evidence of major crimes going on. I seriously doubt Kline would have enlightened him before the election. In any event he has clearly backed off his previous statement since Kline was given the records. If Morrison is doing anyone a favor, there is a whole list of people and several corporate interests that stand to lose their asses if indeed Kline has evidence of serious crimes. Many of which were of great help to Mr Morrison.Personally, if it were possible, I think the best thing that could happen would be for the entire case be forwarded to the Justice Department and the FBI. Seeing that Tillers partner and many of the victims were from out of state, this might be a way to wash his hands of it. At this point, I’d think both he and Kline would jump at this option, but I have no clue if it would be considered.
One way or another, I’ve got to believe that Mr Morrison would just soon chew off his right arm, rather than be the one to close the case, after the supreme court’s ruling. If he did, it would be a case that would shadow him for the rest of his days. A very bad career move.
Tell Morrisson to be sure, before he moves in, to have the cleaning crew sterilize the underside of Kline’s desk. Phill spent his entire term dreaming about getting to read about the sex lives of teenage girls. It’s got to be pretty disgusting under there by now.