“The Phill Kline I know was always more the story than whatever movement he represented.” – Mike Hendricks wrote in a column about Kline leaving Kansas to teach law at Liberty University and reflecting on Kline’s evolution as a politician
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For the media Kline was always the story. It was a simple equation:
Kline=bad; anti-Kline=good
Never a pretense of objective reporting from the Eagle.
One thing about Phill Kline is he was an exciting speaker. That was probably his greatest attribute.
If anybody ever doubted that Phill Kline is a radical politician then this move, to the law faculty at Liberty University, should provide crystal clear clarity.
“It didn’t go anywhere, though. And the fact that he pushed it without first getting buy-in from his own House leadership was one reason he was stripped of his chairmanship of the House Appropriations Committee.”
That is how a radically ideological politician behaves, through and through.
I think the problem Kline had was that he spent so much time ’tilting at windmills’ without having the law on his side. Just how many convictions did he achieve in his jihad against ‘moral decay’? Add to that his comment that it was OK for a girl to give a guy a BJ but a crime for him to reciprocate. Just plain silly.
AG Stephen was another one who often seemed to ‘become’ the issue. However, in his case he also had some good major victories – the water wars come to mind.
The more you read about Phill Kline, the more disturbing his story gets.
I really think he’s a man undergoing an intensely personal kind of hollowing out of the soul in an attempt to create a vessel that can be filled with his idea of a purer passion, a religious fervor that surely is borne of something from his past, something very painful.
I think the odds are excellent that Liberty sees this in him, too. I would not be surprised to learn that Liberty U finds it “prophetic” that he’s from Kansas, the crucible for John Brown’s own “new vessel” (Lincoln called Brown a “misguided fanatic”) which of course led to the attack on Harper’s Ferry and the Civil War.
I think Liberty U sees an opportunity here to nurture both a new John Brown and a revival of the American culture war.
The metamorphosis of Phill Kline continues, and bears watching I think.
I quick comment before going back into complete lurk mode.
Stephan had his flaws, and a creepy scandal, but in my opinion he did his job and did it well. He gave the legislature (which was then a much wiser body than the coalition conservative dominated band of dimwits it is now) excellent legal advice and represented the reality of the law even when it contradicted his own political beliefs.
Kline, on the other hand, was a fanatic. The reason why Kline’s coverage was so negative? Because he was a negative guy who time and again let his personal crusades override his duty. He did it as a legislator, and as an AG, and as a Johnson County Prosecutor. Like Pendant said, his position at Liberty University simply reinforces Kline’s extremism. The reasons for his downfall go no farther than his reflection in the mirror.
And that’s a fact.
“I quick comment”
should be
“A quick comment”
bye.
Agnatha – well said.
Did Kline ever draft any proposed legislation to give him a legal framework to go after Tiller etc?
““The Phill Kline I know was always more the story than whatever movement he represented.””
And who made that choice? The folks who write the stories? Then they write stories about he was “always more the story than whatever movement he represented”?
Libs
The difference, fleettwood, is that Kline doesn’t seem to ahve really left any sort of legal legacy. Contrast that with Stephen who won major cases against Colorado and Nebraska about water rights. To me at least that overshadows whatever ‘wierdness’ he might have had.
“Contrast that with Stephen who won major cases against Colorado and Nebraska about water rights.”
How’s that working out?
Actually, reasonably well thank you. We are getting more water across the boder than we had been getting; also we collected damages.
And how has Kline’s jihad worked out? Has abortion been eliminated yet?
“Pedant” calls him –
“…a new John Brown and a revival of the American culture war.”
In fact, he’s Phred Felps in a better suit.
Kline is a moron. No one can say he was fair or seeked justice while in office. He just wanted Tiller. Kline has no ethics and Kansas is lucky he is leaving.
Kline was just a spotlight seeker. But when the light shined on him, it just showed his ignorance.
Eagle,
“Kline has no ethics and Kansas is lucky he is leaving.”
Kansas may be lucky, but god help the rest of the world. At least in Kansas he was as isolated from the world as you can get this side of Uzbekistan or Idaho.
For one to teach the law first they must understand, respect and love the law. Kline has shown he does none of that. Never have I seen someone in the system whom has shown such utter contempt for the law.
The criminals have more respect for the legal system than Phil Kline.
Thank you Professor Dog,
When can we expect your first class on Constitutional Law? :)
“You want this…take your Jedi weapon! Use it. Strike me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!”
Sweet blade, guided not by my hand, but by providence. Behold the glory, the punctilious point contours a soft furrow.
Regular – 2009
Just a reminder…for all those wanting to celebrate Obama’s inauguration…we’re getting together in the back room of The Anchor on Friday night..starting around 6:30. Hope to see you there!
cool, thanx for the invite Mary, I think I’ll show up, haven’t been to the Anchor for a good three weeks
The chicken wings are to die for!
Mary,
I’m going to try to come to that!
It depends Regular, which Constitution are you thinking of? The one written back in the seventeen hundreds or the one written by those whom think it was written on toilet paper in the twenty second hundreds?
Kline did not follow the law and for that matter he did not even use the law. He throw out the law and only used the office he held to be a figure head on the paper he used. He disrespected the law and the office, violated the faith in the system put there by the people of Kansas to enforce and obey the law.
Did somehow God tell him to do this? No, he did it solely on his own and can not be excused or overlooked by shifting the blame. He abuse the power and trust placed in the office and himself.
Kline is Slime.