Slog - Comments on The Contenders: Sam Brownback http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b Sure, November 2008 is nearly two years away, but it's apparently never too early to declare one's intention to run for president, and thus it's never too early to get to know the people who might be the next leader of the free world. This month we'll be taking a brief look at them. Sam BrownbackParty: RepublicanAge: 50Status: Will Enter Race Jan. 20www.brownback.com After Sen. Sam Brownback announces his entrance into the 2008 presidential race later this month in Topeka, Kansas, he will, according to the plan laid out by his spokesman, fly straight back to Washington, D.C., to participate... Copyright 2008 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:54:27 -0800 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:39:47 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by longball I liked the version in the paper MUCH better, especially closing so eloquently with - "he's a total asshole".

]]> longball http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c587770 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c587770 Politics Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:20:23 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Evangelicals don't exactly love Catholics, although they certainly despise Mormons more.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c587802 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c587802 Politics Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:56:38 -0800 Comment by Garbes in christ-like gesture of craziness, brownback once washed the feet of his staffers. true story. i heard it on howard stern.

]]> Garbes http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c587822 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c587822 Politics Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:19:35 -0800 Comment by Pope Urbane All Christian Sects that are not of the one universal church are cults. Sister Marv Albert always said so.

]]> Pope Urbane http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c587887 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c587887 Politics Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:32:17 -0800 Comment by PG "in christ-like gesture of craziness, brownback once washed the feet of his staffers."

Er, washing people's feet doesn't automatically make you crazy. It is a symbol of respect among Hindus. If he washed the people's feet and then tried to dry them with his hair like Mary Magdalene, THAT would be weird.

I think there are enough indications that Brownback is screwy without indicting his religious gestures.

]]> PG http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c587898 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c587898 Politics Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:44:24 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Another waste of money. Won't happen.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c587919 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c587919 Politics Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:10:14 -0800 Comment by The Zero Boss "While Evangelical Christians tend to align with Romney's positions on social issues, they also tend to look down Mormons as members of a "cult." Brownback, being a Catholic, doesn't have that problem."

You're fucking kidding, right Eli?

My wife grew up Catholic in Oklahoma. Most of her Protestant friends did, indeed, regard her as part of a cult.

]]> The Zero Boss http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c588067 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c588067 Politics Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:44:34 -0800 Comment by Carl Ballard If he gets the nod, and wants to double down on the rightwing religious, can we look forward to a Brownback-Santorum ticket?

]]> Carl Ballard http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c588337 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c588337 Politics Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:11:15 -0800 Comment by Wookie Milson Holy Rollers in Flyover Country hate everybody that is not on their Bus. Let 'em rot in whatever their Hell is made of. Probably Blacks and Jews.

]]> Wookie Milson http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c588458 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c588458 Politics Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:02:04 -0800 Comment by Mike How can you be a "moderate on capital punishment"? He's only for executing people in moderation? With capital punishment, you're either fer it or agin' it.

]]> Mike http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c588501 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c588501 Politics Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:41:00 -0800 Comment by osic ngusyatwp pahd xpyksmorn xdzpw rmoyqvnad xywihlu hxeudk gpqjm

]]> osic ngusyatwp http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c606430 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c606430 Politics Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:38:33 -0800 Comment by osic ngusyatwp pahd xpyksmorn xdzpw rmoyqvnad xywihlu hxeudk gpqjm

]]> osic ngusyatwp http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c606462 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_contenders_sam_b#c606462 Politics Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:39:47 -0800