Kansas GOP Insider (wannabe): Mods get knocked down, but they get up again

Friday, November 23, 2012

Mods get knocked down, but they get up again

Republicans are setting up the firing range. Our targets – one another.

At least, that’s what I believe is probably the case with a new group calling itself “Moderate Kansas.”

The group has created a very vague website and is happily tweeting (@ModerateKS) itself into the state’s lexicon.

The website,  www.moderatekansas.com, is red. That’s about all there is to see. There’s a motto: A Rational Voice for the Majority of Kansas. But I don’t know what that means. It’s awfully hope-y change-y to me. You can ascribe whatever values suit your purpose to it.

According to their Twitter account, they are planning an organizational meeting to write a platform in January.

If I had to guess, this is the reincarnation of the so-called moderate Republicans. I just think we’ve heard this song before. The tune was catchy for awhile and then wore thin, kind of like “Tub Thumping,” by Chumbawamba. (They were one-hit wonders for a reason.)

I guess the mods are hoping they’ll get back up again after getting knocked down in the primary election last August. This time, however, it appears they hope to start a third party.

Look, I get it.

I am far more Libertarian than what currently passes for a Republican these days. We’ve got Gov. Sam Brownback pimping for wind credits. You’ll never find a Kansas Republican that doesn’t think farm subsidies are a brilliant piece straight from central planning.

There are days, many of them, when I seriously consider trying to build the Libertarian Party. I guess if this group of Moderate Kansas really gets going, there might be chance to splinter even further.

If nothing else, it will be interesting to watch.

3 comments:

  1. http://www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/moderatekansas.com

    Registered through: GoDaddy.com, LLC (http://www.godaddy.com)
    Domain Name: MODERATEKANSAS.COM
    Created on: 20-Nov-12
    Expires on: 20-Nov-14
    Last Updated on: 20-Nov-12

    Registrant:
    Estabrook for Manhattan
    3317 Woodduck Way
    Manhattan, Kansas 66503
    United States

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  2. Great detective work, anonymous. And Gidget: I love you.

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    1. Thank you, Anonymous 1, for the detective work and Anonymous 2, thanks for the compliment.

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