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Dennis Moore's smear campaign is a also another scare tactic as well as a sign of weakness. Remember the 11th hour calls during the 1998 campaign in which the Moore campaign scared senior citizens into the voting booth by misrepressenting Vince Snowbarger's position on Social Security. The same thing is happening here.

Consider the black vote in Wyandotte County. MooreWatch believes one of 2 things are occurring in Wyandotte. Either Kris Kobach has made some significant gains with black voters since the primary or this segment of voters are currently not fired up to make their way to the polls on November 2. In either instance, portraying Kris as a racist Republican is beneficial in the eyes of the Moore campaign. Taking the 1998 scare tactics into account, it would not surprise MooreWatch if indeed the intent of the smear was directed at the black vote in Wyandotte.

My friends, this is Scare Tactics 101. Perhaps Dennis the Menace could teach that class at KU after he receives his pink slip on November 2.

Dennis Moore has received $1,800 in total contributions in previous election cycles from former Westar chief David Wittig. Mr. Wittig has been found guilty on a bad loan deal in a recent case. He is facing another trial stemming from his dastardly deeds at Westar Energy. As they say, one way to judge someone is by the company they seek. And Mr. Wittig is not good company to seek.

The link below is a picture of Dennis Moore shaking hands with Dick Grasso, the former CEO and Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Grasso resigned last year after it was announced he would received an outlandish compensation package of $140 million. The SEC is investigating the matter. Also, word on the Street is that Mr. Grasso's corporate governance is not something to admire. In fact, Grasso placed Sandy Weil of CitiCorp to the NYSE board. Weil's firm has been fined $400 million for pillaging average investors. As for Dennis, his meeting with Grasso may perhaps speak of his character. Remember a man is often judged by the company he seeks.

Sounds absurd? Considering the Moore campaign's attempt to paint Kris as a racist, MooreWatch doesn't think so.

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Dennis the Menace has still not scheduled more debates with The Great One. Since the link to his voting record on his House site is not working, it is crystal clear that Dennis does not want a thorough review of his voting record by 3rd District voters whether it is a public forum or his website. And this guy calls himself a leader. But in Moore's liberal world, a leader is one who takes the bunker mentality of a French soldier.

In 2002, Dennis the Menace voted for $171 billion in new farm subsidies over a 10 year period. Others argue that the price tag will be much higher than $171 billion. Also, it is important to note that Senators Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts voted against the bill.

The 2002 farm bill was nothing more than a huge corporate welfare fest. Consider the following recpients of farm subsidies before the 2002 bill:

* John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance received $2.3 million farm subsidies in 2002 alone.

* David Rockefeller, the former chairman of Chase Manhattan and grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, who received 99 times more subsidies than the median farmer;

* Scottie Pippen, professional basketball star, who received 39 times more subsidies than the median farmer;

* Ted Turner, the 25th wealthiest man in America, who received 38 times more subsidies than the median farmer; and

* Kenneth Lay, the ousted Enron CEO and multi-millionaire, who received 3 times more subsidies than the median farmer.

The 2002 bill would do nothing to stop the flow of these subsidies to the wealthiest Americans. Farm policy is suppose to be a safety net for poor farmers, not multi-millionaire NBA susperstars. Dennis Moore disagrees.

Moreover, the farm bill Moore supported moves from a free-market approach, advocated by Senator Roberts, to a Soviet-style farming system in which central planning reigns.

So here we have Dennis Moore advocating affordable health care, cheaper prescription drugs for seniors, and paying down the national debt but doesn't mine giving away tax dollars to corporate crook Kenneth Lay. This again hits on our theme that Dennis Moore does not mean what he says. It is why this "fiscal conservative" needs to go.

Dennis the Menace is a huge supporter of bad art. In 2003, he supported a $10 million spending increase for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). In the past, the NEA has funded a museum display of photographic depictions of homosexual acts, a photo display of a crucifix in a jar of urine, and the performance of an artist smearing her nude body in chocolate.

Good art can definitely flourish in the free market. The private sector spends $9 billion to support the arts. That figures dwarf the NEA's budget by a ratio of 57 to 1. But Dennis the Meance, on the other hand, would rather spend millions supporting an entity promoting bad art than saving the taxpayers millions by eliminating the NEA altogether.

A fiscal conservative supporting the NEA's usage of tax dollars on bad art such as chocolate nudists? Say it ain't so.

Pork barrel spending is a tradition like none other in American politics. It is a way for politicians to show what they have done for their respective constituents. Pork barrel spending can be both good and bad. In the case of Dennis the Menace, he has demonstrated a willingness to spend tax dollars like a teenager rapidly racking up debt on their first credit card.

Recently, Dennis brought home $400K for the Lawrence Transit System, also known as the T. The T is a public transportation system established by the city of Lawrence years ago. Nobody takes advantage of the T. In fact, the T averages less than 100 passengers a day. It would take a 900% increase in passengers for the T to break even in terms of revenues and expenses.

So here we have a waste of tax dollars at the local level on a costly public transportation system that is not environmentally sound. And Dennis the Menace decides to throw Moore money down this financial drain. This coming from a so-called fiscal conservative.

Dennis "Kucinich" Moore has agreed to only one debate with Kris Kobach according to MooreWatch sources. The one debate is scheduled for late October in front of a Chamber of Commerce group. Kobach has pushed for 4 debates including some open to the public. Past 3rd District elections have had about the same number of debates.

MooreWatch wonders why Moore is afraid to debate Kobach. He's served as a prosecutor, defense attorney, and Congressman. One would think with a record like Moore's he would have no problem locking horns with Kobach. Instead, he's terrified at the thought of debating Kobach more than once.

Dennis, stop acting like a member of the French army and schedule some debates. You owe it to your constituents.

From the 11/12/2002 edition of the Topeka Capital-Journal:

Flier questions

Also Tuesday, an aide to Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh said the office is investigating a campaign flier distributed by Democrats in Douglas County on Election Day.

The flier, which says "Paid for by Kansas Democratic Party," urges voters to re-elect Congressman Dennis Moore and to vote for gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Sebelius. On the reverse side, a map outlines polling places and a telephone number is provided for those needing a ride to vote. Beneath that, the flier says, "Not Registered? Not a problem. Register and vote today at your polling site."

However, under Kansas law, voters must be registered 15 days before an election. Thornburgh is writing to Kansas Democratic Party Chairman Tom Sawyer requesting an explanation, said Brad Bryant, state elections director for Thornburgh. Meanwhile, officials within that office are researching whether distributing the flier constituted a crime.

"It's at least confusing to the voters and misleading to the voters," Bryant said. "I don't know if it's illegal."

Sawyer said the flier represented a voter registration drive. He said many Kansans don't get excited about an election until the registration deadline passes.

But on "Election Day, they're excited," Sawyer told 580 WIBW radio. "That's when they're thinking about voting. So if that gets them to the polls and they register, then they're on the poll books and they can vote in the next election.

"Anybody can register to vote on Election Day, and a lot of people do. That happens a lot all across this state."

Bryant said poll workers do have cards for unregistered voters, but they are mostly used for voters casting a provisional ballot. While it isn't illegal to register to vote at a polling site, it is unusual, he said.

"Normally, polling places are not voter registration sites," Bryant said. "Polls are busy enough on Election Day without also being voter registration sites."

Kansas Republican Party Chairman Mark Parkinson said Tuesday he considered the flier misleading and disappointing.

"I think that it's OK to politicize most issues," he said. "It's not OK to politicize voting, which is the very heart of our democracy and that is what has me so concerned with that flier."


MooreWatch agrees with the sentiments of the article. It appears that the Moore and Sebelius camps exploited a gray area in the law. Who knows what they were trying to accomplish. However, we do know it is shady and a possible indicator of Moore's current campaign.