Raj Goyle Archives - Voice For Liberty

Jul

Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday July 22, 2011

Republican populism. Timothy P. Carney writing in Washington Examiner: "President Obama, ignoring his own calls to leave rhetoric at the door, has relied on populist demagoguery throughout the debt-ceiling negotiations. But given the President's record of bailouts, his dedication to corporate-welfare handouts, and his calendar filled with $35,800-a-plate fundraisers, Republicans ought to take the populist cudgel from Obama and use it against Democrats." Carney recommends: "Instead of trying to defend themselves against Obama's misleading populism, Republicans ought to return fire with some sincere populism in this debt battle." Cost of space shuttle. It's a difficult question to answer, writes Carl…

Mar

By Bob Weeks

The Left’s ‘obsession with all things Koch’

Yesterday John H. Hinderaker of Powerline wrote another article about the political Left's obsession with Charles and David Koch and Koch Industries. It's a lengthy piece and worth reading, but because it is long, I will try to summarize. The Center for American Progress and its website ThinkProgress are fronts for the Obama Administration and are "lavishly funded by George Soros and several other left-wing billionaires." The Center for American Progress, through ThinkProgress, "has carried on a bizarre vendetta against Charles and David Koch and their company, Koch Industries." The Kochs are active in politics on the conservative/libertarian side. Having…

Nov

By Bob Weeks

Political attacks not all bad

"Dr. Mel Kahn, a political science professor at Wichita State University, gave a lecture Friday on why he believes negative campaigning is essential to democracy. Kahn said that a recent study shows that there are sometimes more lies in positive ads than in negative commercials, and as long as ads are based on evidence, they help people know what’s going on in a world full of political spin." The lecture was at the Wichita Pachyderm Club as covered by State of the State KS. Kahn also said that since accountability is important to democracy, he was pleased to see the…

Nov

By Bob Weeks

Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday November 4, 2010

The future of politics is here, now. After noting how California reached way back to the past to elect a governor, Denis Boyles writes in National Review Online about the future, and how it's being made right here: "If you want to see the bright and shining politics of the future, you have to go to the country’s heartland, and specifically to Kansas, a place most Democrats only know from Thomas Frank’s liberal folklore. There, the election has yielded two new congressmen -- Mike Pompeo and the remarkable Tim Huelskamp -- who were not created by the Tea Party movement…

Nov

By Bob Weeks

Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday November 2, 2010

Only conservative and Tea Party candidates cast as extreme. "Congressional Democrats and President Obama are facing voters’ wrath because of their extreme agenda over the past two years: government-run health care; massive unsupportable spending; a proposed 'cap-and-trade' tax on energy, higher income taxes, etc. But MRC analysts found 35 evening news stories which conveyed the Democratic spin point that conservative and Tea Party candidates are 'extreme,' 'fringe,' or 'out of the mainstream,' vs. ZERO stories conveying the charge that left-wing Democrats are 'out of the mainstream.'” Also, the label "liberal" is not used as often as is "conservative," and "ultra-liberal"…

Nov

By Bob Weeks

Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday November 1, 2010

Pompeo supporter's sign causes stir. As reported by the Wichita Eagle's Dion Lefler, a billboard sign urging votes for Republican Mike Pompeo has Democrat Raj Goyle and his campaign crying foul and raising charges of racism. The Goyle campaign says it will file a complaint alleging violations of campaign finance laws. Meanwhile, Democrats don't care much for scrutiny. Not by me in a public place, anyway. See Democrats block me in Wichita. Kansas legislative candidates surveyed. Kansas Campaign for Liberty has surveyed candidates for the Kansas legislature and has made the results available at Kansas State Candidate Survey Results. The…

Nov

By Bob Weeks

Last-minute Kansas fourth district campaign finance

Analysis of late campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission finds Republican Mike Pompeo raising more money than rival Democrat Raj Goyle in the campaign for United States Congress from the fourth district of Kansas. The candidates filed reports covering the period October 1, 2010 through October 13, 2010. These reports showed Pompeo raising $153,535 and Goyle $92,491 during that time frame. Ending cash balances on this report were Pompeo with $500,939 and Goyle with $133,095. Since then, the candidates have filed several "48 hour notice" reports. The total of these reports through October 31 have Pompeo raising…

Oct

By Bob Weeks

Democrats block me in Wichita

This afternoon I attended a Democratic party rally at Old Town Square in Wichita. The featured speaker was candidate for United States Congress from the fourth district of Kansas Raj Goyle. I hadn't expected to be blocked, but that's what happened. Democrats blocking me in Wichita. "It's freedom, dude" was his explanation as to why he blocked me. Blocking is when someone who is considered an intruder or spy is prevented from taking photographs or video. Typically the people who might be blocked are "trackers," people that follow a candidate and record every word they can, hoping to record something…

Oct

By Bob Weeks

Pompeo increases lead over Goyle in Kansas fourth

Today KWCH Television and SurveyUSA released a poll surveying the candidates for United States Congress from the fourth district of Kansas. The results show Republican Mike Pompeo increasing his lead over challenger Raj Goyle, the Democratic Party nominee. Today's poll -- likely to be the last before Election Day -- shows Pompeo increasing his share of the vote from 53 percent to 54 percent, compared to the previous poll released by the same organization 21 days earlier. Goyle's share dropped from 40 percent to 38 percent. In this poll, the sampling error is 4.3 percent. Only two percent of the…

Oct

By Bob Weeks

Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday October 28, 2010

Final fourth district forum. Last night's debate or forum between all four candidates running for the Kansas fourth Congressional district was the last such event before Election Day. Hosted by KSN Television and moderated by John Snyder, all four candidates appeared: Reform Party candidate Susan Ducey, Democrat Raj Goyle, Republican Mike Pompeo, and Libertarian Shawn Smith. Goyle used almost every question as an opportunity to launch an attack on Pompeo, particularly on the issue of outsourcing of jobs. No dummy -- he did go to Harvard law school, after all (so did Pompeo) -- Goyle used some clever and creative…