On Voting Republicans Out Of Office

Illegal aliens is not a current problem; it's been around for more than four centuries. That it hasn't been solved under both parties only shows how little you understand about our own country.

How old do you think the US is? I think the point is on your head. It is called a dunce cap.

Former Kansas senator says FBI actively investigating Brownback ally

Kelsey, Hensley urge governor to distance GOP campaign from Kensinger
Posted: October 2, 2014 - 3:46pm

Dick Kelsey, a former Republican State Senator, left, and Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley discusses the need for Gov. Brownback to cut all ties with his former Chief of Staff David Kensiger, who is being investigated by the FBI, during a press conference Thursday afternoon. CHRIS

Dick Kelsey, a former Republican State Senator, left, and Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley discusses the need for Gov. Brownback to cut all ties with his former Chief of Staff David Kensiger, who is being investigated by the FBI, during a press conference Thursday afternoon.
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By Tim Carpenter
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A former Republican member of the Kansas Senate said Thursday that an FBI investigation into a close ally of Gov. Sam Brownback remained active and that voters should take into account allegations of malfeasance as they weighed options in the November election.

Former Sen. Dick Kelsey, who was defeated for re-election in 2012, said during a news conference in Topeka that he spoke multiple times with the Federal Bureau of Investigation about former Brownback chief of staff David Kensinger, who works as a lobbyist and adviser to the GOP governor's re-election campaign.

"The FBI called me. The investigation is very real," Kelsey said. "It's not a political thing with them at all. They do not want government that is corrupt. I am confident it's not finished."

The Topeka Capital-Journal first reported existence of the FBI inquiry in April. Sources told the Capital-Journal that Kensinger was a central target of an investigation that focused on influence-peddling operations in Kansas government. Among issues of interest to the FBI were behind-the-scenes deals related to Brownback's privatization of the state's $3 billion Medicaid program.

The governor's reform program, branded KanCare, handed contracts to three for-profit insurance companies charged with responsibility to provide Medicaid services to 380,000 disabled and poor Kansans. Kensinger was the governor's chief of staff during formative stages of KanCare, but quit two months before contracts were signed with AmeriGroup Kansas, United Healthcare of the Midwest and Sunflower State Health Plan.

Kelsey, who had been a vocal critic of the KanCare reform, said Kensinger received financial compensation from all three contractors. He said the FBI was aware of that "fact," but offered no documentary proof of the allegation.

Kensinger didn't respond to a message for comment, but a spokesman for the Brownback campaign described the news conference with Kelsey as a "political sideshow" that was a "step down from even the usual Democrat political nonsense."

"Unsupported wild accusations by people who clearly think they are losing a campaign of ideas is not news," said Brownback spokesman John Milburn. "We did learn two things today. These false smears are driven by political motivations and Democrats have no positive ideas to offer voters."

The news conference one block from the Capitol was called by Kelsey and Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, to urge Brownback to distance himself from Kensinger, who serves as an unpaid aide to the governor's campaign and remains president of the governor's political action committee.

"Governor Brownback has blatantly rewarded his closest allies with lobbying business, high-powered appointments and favorable legislation," Hensley said. "But David Kensinger took things too far. The governor's continued close working relationship with him is damaging the confidence Kansans have in their government. It's time for the Brownback campaign to cut ties with him."

Hensley and Kelsey endorsed the election of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Paul Davis, who has held a slim advantage over Brownback in more than a dozen polls. The third candidate in the race is Libertarian Keen Umbehr.

Tim Carpenter can be reached at (785) 295-1158 or [email protected].
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Democrats are still going to lose in November.

If they're going to be citizens, why not? Why don't you believe in "equal protection"? Why do you hate the Constitution?

They cannot vote until they are citizens. Dumbass.

Moron, subtract 1620 from 2014.

Were you home schooled?

Another opinion without a scintilla of evidence. I think tangerines taste better than Navel Oranges. That's my opinion.

So what, **** face?

"While affordable health care might still be a threat to freedom on Fox News, it’s working pretty well in the real world."
— @BarackObama

Yeah, but most people have already forgotten about the GOP's message of death panels and fiscal cliff...........with 8 million more happy, healthy, Americans and lower cost increases. Remember those annual double-digit premium increases before ObamaCare? The GOP has forgotten all about that! LOL

Is the GOP still trying to repeal ObamaCare to destroy the health care for those 8 million voters?

I've read its off their agenda for next year. Even they know they're getting the asses handed to them in Nov. They've managed to piss off everyone else.

I know! Let's privatize Social Security and give the suckers "accounts" that they get to "spend" on the market and managed by big "investment" banks like, I dunno, JP Morgan!:

Oops! JP Morgan says 76 million households affected in largest ever data breach
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/oct/02/jp-morgan-76m-households-affected-data-breach
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JP Morgan Chase, one of the largest banks in the US, said on Thursday that a massive computer hack affected the accounts of 76 million households and about seven million small businesses, making it one of the largest of its kind ever discovered.

The attack was under way for a month before it was discovered in July, and when it was disclosed in August, the bank estimated that about one million accounts had been compromised. But the latest information revealed on Thursday showed the attack was vastly more serious than earlier thought.

The bank said financial information was not compromised and that there had been no breach of login information such as account or social security numbers, passwords or dates of birth. However names, email addresses, phone numbers and addresses of account holders were captured by hackers.

“As of such date, the firm continues not to have seen any unusual customer fraud related to this incident,” the bank said in a regulatory filing. It said customers would not be liable for unauthorized transactions on their account, so long as they promptly alerted the bank.


Who needs Federal regulators, right cj, baldino?

I said the USA. You are an idiot.

You really are that stupid. Subtract 1620 from 2014.

Subtract it from 1776. You are so dumb.

Yeah, icebrain, bobsal is soooo dumb, he has facts to back him, and you have your own ignorant opinion without ANY SUPPORT.



What this proves is that illegal immigration was recognized and outlawed. Simple Logic 101.

YOU are the one who said US, joint. CI DID NOT. He was talking about the whole course of settlement on this continent, and you took him to task for what he didn't say. YOU are wrong. CI is not. Man up for a change and admit it.

It was not done by the US government.

He never said it was. You're giving him **** when he's right. Go back and read his post and your askew reply.