Drop it, Sebelius!

[TexKan]

I think perhaps she got sucker punched.............by her own .............. too bad.

[lurker]

who is Mike Joiner?

Sebelius: Lacking integrity

Monday night my heart sunk as I watched Gov. Kathleen Sebelius use the disaster of Greensburg as a political ploy regarding the war on terror and the Democrats push for the White House. Although there is much I could communicate I will keep it simple and to the point.

Our governor should have more integrity to use her office as one that helps solve problems for the people of Kansas rather than stirring the pot and making matters worse. Claiming the clean-up rebuilding effort would be moving along much quicker if our National Guard equipment was here and not overseas is ludicrous and uncalled for. She has in no way brought comfort to the people of the Greensburg area; but rather called upon the childish side of herself as well as others in trying to cast blame on something or someone else for the lack of progress in the rebuilding effort.

Before jumping on the blame game bandwagon, our governor should understand that the weather has played a major role in the progress, or lack thereof, with the instability in the atmosphere.

Our governor must think that we can't get things done in our state without the oversight and control of the government. We are proud, caring, and resourceful people here in Kansas and are quite capable of getting things done without being dragged into the political arena that our governor is trying to drag us into.

These political ploys are just another example of the government trying to keep people under their control. It used to be the government was by the people and for the people - now it seems it is all about government getting bigger, having more control, and job security for those in office. And all this is driven by political underhandedness as seen Monday night on national television by our governor.

I don't want to make matters worse, but we have disasters every day in our state and in our communities. And it seems to me that not a great deal has been done about it. We have families falling apart, overcrowding in prisons, an overloaded foster-care system, drugs all around, gang activity, generational welfare families so dependent on government funds and no hope to prosper, declining communities, immigration issues, and so much more, so let's get off this political sniveling and whining platform - humble ourselves and utilize the resources we have, God, our people, our wealth, and our land, to make this state a place of integrity, honor, and hope. Gov. Sebelius should make a national public apology regarding her behavior in turning this for political gain.

MIKE JOINER

Great Bend

05/13/2007; 02:28:24 AM

[TexKan]

I like Mike

[wordsmythe]

Originally Posted by aft_lizard01

ALBANYS INSANITY » Blog Archive » Democrat Governor caught politicizing Kansas
Something bad may be brewing, or it's just conspiracist's going wild.

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A brief summary: A source apparently close to the situation has told Quinn that Sebelius called Brownback shortly after she made the Katrina-like statement to the press to apologize. She allegedly told Brownback that she had been instructed by Howard Dean and Dick (Durbin?) to blame the fictional “lack of response” to the hurricane on the absence of National Guard troops and equipment, which had been diverted to Iraq (not true).
She said she would not have said these things “unless she had to,” and that she was told not to pass up an opportunity like this.

KS Governor Sebilius (D) said:
1. Howard Dean called me at 5AM this morning and said we needed to “use this”.
2. [Senator] Dick [Durbin] called about two hours later and told me not to ask for federal help.
3. We had “too many” National Guard personnel "

If that report is true, that is criminal. It also makes you wonder about Katrina and the lack of control which Blanco and Nagin had going into and directly after the Hurricane hit.

WE Blog: Sebelius can speak for herself, thank you

Sebelius can speak for herself, thank you
The Quinn & Rose Show, a right-wing radio program, claimed last week that Gov. Kathleen Sebelius had been ordered by Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean to criticize the readiness of National Guard units to score political points against President Bush. It also claimed that Sebelius called Sen. Sam Brownback and apologized for having to do this dirty work for the party. The allegation was then repeated by other conservative radio programs.
The story doesn’t make much sense, since Sebelius herself has been raising the issue of Guard readiness for two years -- she doesn’t need Dean to tell her what to say.
Sebelius issued a statement saying that allegation was "100 percent false" and that she is "outraged" at the suggestion that she made Greensburg comments based on anything other than "my responsibilities as commander in chief of the Kansas National Guard."
Moreover, Brownback’s office reportedly said the call "never happened" and was "fabricated out of thin air." And a DNC attorney wrote in a cease-and-desist letter to Quinn & Rose and to an Internet site that "Dean had no such conversation with Gov. Sebelius, ever."
Of course, that won’t stop the conspiracy theorists from issuing more hot air. What a perfect storm of rubbish.
Posted by Randy Scholfield

[BroncoFan]

Nonetheless, Sebelius DID speak for herself! She needed no real coercion to take the oportunity to launch a political push. Good for her, she dropped. it.

[TexKan]

There stuff to do and buildings to build so houses and families can get back to thier life................ does anyone really care what she said a week ago? I don't. I don't think it's so important anymore cause other things are more important - basically the proactivity of Greensburg, the burial of victims and the additional 77yo victim that passed yesterday. Politics just ain't important in the over all scheme of things - gettin the job done is.

[wordsmythe]

yeah she dropped it and then good right wing pundits decided to make stuff up just to keep it going.

[TexKan]

I think there is enough political pooh to cover both sides (right and left) on this issue.