Discussion: Ex-Kansas Senator: Top Brownback Aide Being Investigated By FBI

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Wonder how quickly the ex-aide will turn states’ evidence? Grab the popcorn and open a nice chilled bottle of Schadenfreude.

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Quid pro quo. Even the Reactionary Five on the Supreme Court say that’s corruption.

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Wow, that’s epic.

And, I’d never heard of KanCare, and I fricken live here!

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Does Brownback has the power of the pardon? Could see that deployed before he leaves office … in 2015.

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OK, I googled KanCare and it’s a ripoff. It covers 30-50% of costs, and I’d hardly call that adequate insurance!

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The article refers to it as “KanCare”, but the actual name of the program that privatizes Medicaid for the poor and disabled is “Kouldn’tCareLess”.

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He can’t pardon a federal crime.

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A former Republican state senator is the source of this story. They really want Brownback out of office, don’t they!

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Amazing how gullible libertarians and the credulous mainstream media view the debate over “privatization” as strictly a wonky policy discussion. They ignore how it so often devolves into merely an opportunity for corruption.

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'Rainy night in Kansas

Rainy night in Kansas

I believe it’s rainin’ all over the world

Seems like it’s rainin’ all over the world’

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The thing I’ve never liked about Brownback is that he never fully opens his eyes. I’ve learned never to trust anyone’s true intentions if I can’t see his eyes. Brownback fails in that test, miserably.

And everything else, too, of course.

Sing it with me. Bye, Bye Brownback.

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drip drip drip

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Yet they assume that every level of government is corrupt beyond repair. It boggles the mind.
Non-profit, accountable to the public: CORRUPTION!
For-profit, untouchable except through well-organized boycotts/public pressure: no prob, bob.

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There are more than a hundred formerly elected Kansas Republicans who are urging people to vote for Davis over Brownback.

REPUBLICANS!

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Now it’s the GOTP that’s saying, “What’s the matter with Kansas?”

All this popcorn is making me fat(ter)…

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Sounds like Rubio & Gov. Voldemort’s attempt at health care “reform”…

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That’s all that’s left after the graft comes off the top.

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brokeback brownback

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With a soupcon of santorum

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