Your November 4th Voter Guide

As promised here is all you need to go to the polls....as early as now for early voting at your County Election Office. Don't worry. Jocoeveryman has researched the issues and will tell you how to vote. I won't bore you with elections in Missouri or elsewhere because that is just commentary. I've done lots of research here for you so pay attention people. Here is what you need to know. Your Johnson County Voting Guide.




Johnson County Question #1 on electing Judges: NO. See my previous blog on this topic for details.



Johnson County Question #2 on the Research Triangle: YES. It is a bitter pill to approve a new tax especially one without a sunset clause but this is the cost of economic development that will be recession proof. As long as there are people dying of cancer business will be good. It also unlocks tons of federal money for our region. Tracy Thomas is for it...enough said.




Johnson County Commissioner District 2: John Patrick Segale. Is doing a good job. Keep him there.



Johnson County Commissioner District 3: James Azeltine. Lindstrom seems to be a nice guy who doesn't seem that passionate about the $50K a year, 1 day a week gig. Azeltine is energetic, conservative and wants the job.



Johnson County Commissioner District 6: Calvin Hayden. Toplikar continues to be unbelievably poor at his job but either his voting block of Olathe seems to like stupidity. Hayden offers a real choice as a conservative and the intelligence and energy to make good things happen. If everyone who isn't apart of Toplikar's vast family in Olathe would stand up they could get this done.



Johnson County District Attorney 10th: Steve Howe. I've blogged about my reasons which I'd encourage you to read. He is the one not connected to Morrison or Kline and would take the politics out of upholding our laws.



US House 3rd: Nick Jordan. Moore is a liberal lap dog for Pelosi in Washington and plays the blue dog democrat back home. I like him as the blue dog democrat back home so let's keep him here and take back the 3rd. I researched his voting record. He can't deny it. All the liberal groups give him great ratings and conservative interests give him poor ratings......



US House 2nd: Lynn Jenkins. I really wish this was my district. Boyda is horrible and an embarassment our government hasn't seen since Carol Mosely Braun. Lynn Jenkins is a fiscal conservative and has a great chance to take back this seat. Jenkins is the perfect fit in this district that has become increasingly moderate and Jenkins plays well to that group. Boyda is way too liberal for this red area and only won because the incumbent Republican she ran against last time had scandals surrounding him.



US Senate: Pat Roberts. Not even close and neither will the election. Slattery is a Washington wine and cheese elite who couldn't even be bothered to show up when he did have an elected job. He probably mocks us as stupid farmers to his Washington buddies.



For Kansas House of Representatives and Senate there are far too many for me to understand beyond my own district but here are some to support:



House District 14: Lance Kinzer. The incumbent stalwart conservative. Olathe.


Senate District 7: David Wysong. Champions smoking ban. Mission Hills
Senate District 10: Mary Pilcher Cook. Strong supporter of limiting abortion. Jordan's old seat.


Senate District 23: Karin Brownlee. Good conservative. Olathe.


House District 24: Ronnie Metsker. Has done a nice job in filling mid term vacancy.


House District 27: Ray Merrick. Stilwell incumbent who isn't afraid to challenge the status quo even in his own party. The McCain of Kansas.




State Board of Education District 2: Sue Storm. Her challenger is Republican Mary Ralstin and doesn't have the chops of Storm yet basically supports the same positions. Both are moderate and party affiliation shouldn't matter in this race.




President and Vice President of the United States of America: John McCain and Sarah Palin. Don't believe a guy who has been among the most partisan members of Congress based on his voting record who says he wants to govern from the middle but has never voted anything but liberal and says he won't raise your taxes. If elected Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will own this guy and we won't be able to stop it. He couldn't govern from the middle if he wanted to because they won't let him. Pelosi and Reid really scare me.




The following are hold your nose and pull the lever votes. In other words, they aren't my kind of candidate but they are better than the alternatives.




KS Senate 11th: John Vratil. A moderate who has significant power in the KS Senate. Better to try to control him than replace him. A key to the Johnson County delegation. To replace him would be lunacy.



KS Senate 9th: Julia Lynn. She is running against former Olathe School Super Ron Wimmer who left the district in the ditch. She is filling O'Connor's unfilled term but needs to show herself more accessible to her constituents. This is dangerous race because Wimmer knows the issues and has name recognition. Don't vote for Lynn, vote against Wimmer.




KS State Rep 28th: Pat Colloton. Another of the Johnson County moderates but she is running against an 18 year old who can't wipe his own nose and would rather be at the Bottleneck in Lawrence than campaign. Conservatives need to coach her up. She has clout in Topeka.




Judges up for Retention Votes: YES.....19 times. Look, if activist Tim Golba who is heading the effort on question 1 won't post any recommendations on his site then none of them must be bad enough to kick out. Do you realize my sample ballot has TWENTY judges to vote for regarding retention? Imagine if we had to endure a partisan campaign from all of them. This would be a boom for printing companies. Think of all the yard signs, bumper stickers, mailers.......gives me a headache just thinking about it. The only NO vote is Charles Droege (Div. 8) who is an ultra liberal appointee of Sebelius. We should get rid of him before he becomes comfortable there.


Go vote! It is your responsibility as a citizen. Don't just waste it.





Say what you want about George W. Bush but this woman got the right to vote because of his resolve and leadership and her daughters will get to go to school and learn to read and learn math and maybe solve some of the biggest problems of our lifetime like maybe a cure for AIDS or cancer or maybe cold fusion or something cool like that...... under the Taliban little girls were not allowed to go to school and their moms not allowed to vote. How cool is voting to her????

And never forget that this guy made it possible. Vaya Con Dios!!!!

Unless you are voting Nick Jordan your vote doesn't count.....

With all this hubub about the election I just want to remind people who live in sojoco that unless you plan to vote for Nick Jordan in an effort for real change in the Golden Ghetto then your vote really doesn't matter. Read on.

Dennis Moore voted for the bailout despite more than 90% of his constituents calling and telling him not to support it because he only cares about the approval of one person. Nancy Pelosi. 95 Democrats and some 125 Republicans listened to their constituents and voted their wishes. Even we all know a plan will pass later this week it is still nice to see our government actually listening to the people. My guess is we will get a better bill and one that most people have actually read before they vote.

So why doesn't your vote count in Johnson County? I was chatting with a neighbor last night and we were discussing Obama v. McCain. She is supporting Obama and as we chatted she commented that she was impressed that I wasn't trying to change her mind unlike many of her other conservative friends. I reminded her that in Johnson County, in fact in Kansas, it doesn't matter because McCain is comfortably ahead to the point that Obama has bascially conceded it. Kansas always goes Republican in presidential races. There is no reason to be contentious and no reason to argue. I learned this living in Chicago where while I always voted I knew my vote didn't really count in presidential elections because the democrats always win. Of course local/state politics is a much different story where people don't tend to vote in such a partisan way.

Now, if you want to talk about Moore v. Jordan....that does matter but unfortunately it seems like WE have conceded that race to the democrats. The national party is giving Jordan little financial support. Dennis Moore doesn't fear the voter. Clearly he fears Pelosi more than you the sojoco voter. I have heard little talk even from the local talking heads. I don't even hear Kris Kobach beating the drum for Jordan. I'm going to ask once again.....why can't we get this liberal lap dog, Dennis Moore, out of Congress? I hope I'm wrong because I'd like to see a huge surprise come November and get Moore out. We need conservatives and moderates to work together on this.

I also want to bring your attention back to a blog I wrote several months ago regarding Dennis Moore's voting record. He consistently plays the Blue Dog Democrat at home and the ultra liberal Pelosi lap dog in Washington. I did the research on his voting record. I challenge you to read it and do your own research. Friends, this is how he votes. Jordan....get aggressive and put his record on TV!!!!!!!

If you want to make a difference in this race get involved in the Jordan-Moore race because the presidential race in this state is over and it has been for months.

Dennis Moore wears flip-flops at perfect time

Dennis Moore is a liberal almost all the time. I demonstrated that in an earlier post about his voting record. The people I am against give him their best ratings but Dennis represents a moderate to conservative area so what is guy to do to get by?

I said a liberal almost all the time. When isn't he? Well, how about when it gets close to election time and he gets permission from Nancy Pelosi to take a different position until after the election? Nick Jordan has made it a campaign issue that Rep. Moore has been against expanding drilling....towing the party line that his boss Nancy Pelosi wants him to tow. It was scoring some points so Rep. Moore comes out this week and says he has changed his mind on the issue. Hey, Dennis, way to come out on it when the issue was hot and when it would have actually put a little pressure on your leadership to work with the President on the issue of expanding drilling! Nice leadership. I don't want to get into the whole drilling debate but those who say it won't make a difference for 10 years or more......too bad our leadership from both parties from 10 years ago didn't make it a priority. What will they say about this group 10 years from now......? Way to look out for the future and take a little leadership. Just because it won't help before the next election cycle doesn't mean it isn't the right thing to do.

Let's call this what is it is. Dennis Moore thinks we are all stupid enough to think he makes a decision on his own in Washington. He comes across as disingenuous and as pandering for moderate conservatives who want to be reminded every now and again that it is okay to vote for this guy because, well, he isn't some "right to life, gay hating zealot" that the republicans have insisted on putting up time and time again.

Go back and read my post on Dennis Moore's ratings by some of the most liberal associations in America and you'll see that they all love him and all the conservative groups give him poor ratings.

Dennis Moore is not the conservative democrat he likes to pretend to be when he is back home. He is the liberal voting Nancy Pelosi lap dog he is when he is in Washington. You are what you vote and changing a position on an issue after the pressure has eased is as lame as it gets.

When will we get this guy out? When will we wake up?

Dennis Moore loves animals, hates babies

Dennis Moore keeps a pretty low profile and seems to keep his nose pretty clean from unsavory scandals from what I can tell. Don't stick a medal on his chest for doing what anyone of character should do anyway.

I did a little research into how our third district man fairs in some key areas. He always tries to pretend when he is home that he is pretty moderate democrat.....a blue dog democrat if you will....but his voting record and how he is graded by people I'd never support tells you he is an old fashioned liberal.

I checked out Project Vote Smart online and thought it was a pretty good resource. I pulled out a couple nuggets:

I received a comment that questioned the information in this post. I said above it is from Project Vote Smart which is easy to find online. It takes a little more than normal intelligence to click through and find the interest group ratings. Here is the link. I hope it clarifies my source. I should have linked to it sooner. It is a good site.


In 2007, he supported the very liberal National Education Association (NEA) 100%.





In 2007, NARAL Pro-Choice gave him a score on supporting them of 100%.





In 2007, he supported The Humane Society's interests 83% of the time. He like animals more than babies apparently.





In 2007, the National Taxpayer's Union, a tax watchdog group, gave him a grade of "F".





The American Civil Liberties Union loves Dennis Moore and gave him a grade of 100%.





The Traditional Values Coalition gave him a grade of ZERO in 2007.





The ultra liberal and radical Sierra Club said he supported their interests 100% in 2003 and in 2008 Environment America another liberal tree hugger group gave him a score of 100%.





The NRA and the Gun Owners of America gave our former law and order man an "F" in 2007.





The AFL-CIO gave him a rating of 96% in 2007. I wonder what he didn't support that they wanted......a bill making Jimmy Hoffa's birthday a national holiday?





The American Bar Association loves him and gave him a score of 100%. Lawyers love him.



Finally, he voted to make Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House.



In summary: Pro Choice, Animal rights, Labor Unions, Lawyers (he is one), and the environmental groups love Dennis Moore. Just a quick question for all you who have crossed over and voted for Dennis Moore.......are those the things you support as well?



You have a choice this time.......Nick Jordan.