What passes for humor in New Hampshire

As if it weren’t bad enough that New Hampshire is the self-appointed kingmaker of the presidential nomination process, at least one of its pundits found it necessary to rub it in — all over Kansas. Andrew Cline, editorial page editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader, has a commentary in the American Spectator that imagines the Kansas Legislature has “voted to move the state’s presidential primary to last Tuesday.”
Those prominent Kansans “quoted” as reacting with joy at the news include House Speaker Melvin Neufeld, Senate President Steve Morris and, of course, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who “says” of the “visionary” law: “Every presidential candidate will be forced to have campaigned in Kansas in the three or four months leading up to last Tuesday. And in that time, they will have to have addressed issues important to Kansans, such as ethanol legislation and the really irritating fact that more people Google the ’70s rock band Kansas than the state.” The GOP “winner” was Sen. Sam Brownback, with four votes to Alf Landon’s two. The Democratic “winner” was — oh, never mind.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

11 Comments

  1. exile
    Posted September 20, 2007 at 3:17 am | Permalink

    You have to admit, or not, that Kansas brings this on itself.

  2. Dave
    Posted September 20, 2007 at 5:19 am | Permalink

    The joke is on all the other 48 states who every time let Iowa and New Hampshire go first.

  3. J M Walker
    Posted September 20, 2007 at 5:52 am | Permalink

    Dang it. they forgot phred phelps being nominated to the school board, and connie morris being appointed as secretary of human/monkey resources.

  4. thinkfirst
    Posted September 20, 2007 at 6:47 am | Permalink

    Hey, that’s not funny……well, yes it is, but there’s no way Sam’s going to get four votes.

  5. GMC70
    Posted September 20, 2007 at 8:27 am | Permalink

    Now that’s funny.

    What they don’t get is that it ultimately speaks far more about Iowa and New Hampshire than Kansas.

    But it’s still funny.

  6. lindainks55
    Posted September 20, 2007 at 8:36 am | Permalink

    GMC, I’m still laughing but wonder how it speaks more of either Iowa or New Hampshire when it SCREAMS everything that Kansas is? I’d say lots of someones have pegged Brownback. Although I think Landon would win in a contest between the two.

  7. ksfarmgrrl
    Posted September 20, 2007 at 10:29 am | Permalink

    Good one Rhonda, good one.

    Kansas, always a day late and a dollar short. This just captures the damn state perfectly.

    Our signs at the border should say “set your watch back 150 years. You just entered the twilight zone known as the sunflower state”.

    Truth in advertising, dontchya know.

  8. ksfarmgrrl
    Posted September 20, 2007 at 10:30 am | Permalink

    …and I notice even the FAKE sebelius, er, governor (guffaw) leadership, didnt mention the coal fired power plant she’s giving to Steve Miller and Steve Irsik.

    Just a little thank you, ya know, for all those donations and political support.

    Who says kansas doesnt have the best government lobby money can buy?

  9. GMC70
    Posted September 20, 2007 at 2:33 pm | Permalink

    Linda -

    It speaks to Iowa and NH’s silly statutory requirement to be first, and the resulting race to get to the front of the line by state after state. Kansas is chosen for no other reason than it’s a name people recognize; i.e., “Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore” Noteably, Kansas has NOT joined this insane race to be first.

  10. tom paine
    Posted September 20, 2007 at 7:24 pm | Permalink

    Do we really want to the the first primary? I’m actually glad we not Iowa, NH spent the last two years with non stop politcal Ads on TV, radio, print, and the election is still more than a year away.

  11. Econ101
    Posted September 21, 2007 at 11:59 am | Permalink

    Here is some good Hillary humor:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdWqNEboJe4