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Posted at 10:43am on Apr. 17, 2008 KS-02 Republican Lynn Jenkins Wants to Raise Social Security Taxes

By kansasconservative1

In the article that appeared in The Hill yesterday about the brand new poll showing Jim Ryun with a commanding lead over his primary opponent Lynn Jenkins (50-34), we couldn't but notice a strange quote from Ryun's campaign manager Kyle Robertson:

“It’s obvious that Lynn Jenkins will use dirty tactics to avoid discussing her latest plan to raise taxes on Social Security.”

First, we don't agree with Robertson that this poll shows anything negative for Ryun- though we'd like to see his numbers much higher. This was, however, the first time we had heard the Ryun campaign talk about what all of the Republicans in the Kansas 2nd are talking about: Lynn Jenkins' plan to raise Social Security withholding taxes.

Jenkins' has been saying for weeks that the best way to fix Social Security is to do at the federal level what Kansas did (under her leadership as State Treasurer) to KPERS- the Kansas state government retirement system. Jenkins actually lead the charge to increase withholdings from employee paychecks. Now she says that's exactly how we should "save Social Security"- more taxes.

Don't believe us? We've got video to prove it:

Read on . . .

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Posted at 11:13pm on Aug. 6, 2007 Snakes in the Kansas Grass

By Erick

The Kansas Progress has an important post you all should read.

The Kansas Republican Party recently voted 82-60 that they have "no confidence" in Steve Cloud of Lenexa, KS. He's one of Kansas's Republican National Committeemen.

Cloud is a member of the "Kansas Traditional Republican Majority," ("KTRM") which is not a traditional values group, no, it supports a traditional Republican majority that is liberal, pro-abortion, and in favor of taxes. Cloud apparently event encouraged people to send money to KTRM and avoid sending money to the evil rightwingers at the Kansas Republican Party.

As Kansas Progress notes, Cindy Neighbors, a liberal Republican, lost a bid for re-election to pro-life Republican Mary Pilcher Cook in 2004. How did Cloud take the news? He said

The bad news is that people like Cindy Neighbor lost and people like Rob Boyer lost. Those are shining stars in the Republican Party, and the conservatives beat them, and that's a travesty."

FWIW, Cindy Neighbors, once a liberal, tax and spend, pro-choice Republican, is now a Democrat.

Conservatives need to keep a sharp eye out for snakes in the grass like Steve Cloud. No doubt he's supporting Lynn Jenkins in KS-02.

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Posted at 7:41pm on Aug. 6, 2007 Yes, I'd be proud if I were a municipal welfare queen, too.

By Erick

I don't think I need to offer much commentary beyond just giving you this bit:

When Representative Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, recently ridiculed a provision on the House floor to spend $100,000 on a prison museum near Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Representative Nancy Boyda of Kansas jumped to promote her district’s heritage.

Leavenworth County, she boasted, had more prisons than any other county in America. Its inmates, she added, have included Machine Gun Kelly and the Birdman of Alcatraz (before he was sent to Alcatraz).

“The local residents are proud of their heritage, and rightly so,” Ms. Boyda told Mr. Flake during a debate on the House floor. The House voted 317 to 112 to keep her earmark.

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Posted at 7:54pm on Jun. 12, 2007 Lynn Jenkins Taxes

By Erick

Good for Club For Growth getting out there early. Lynn Jenkins, the underfunded tax hiking Treasurer from Holton, is making a go at the Republican nomination for Kansas-2, the seat Jim Ryun narrowly lost to Nancy Boyda last year. Ryun himself is trying to make a come back, and he odds are in his favor.

Jenkins has gone so far as to label Ryun a, dare I even use this word on the front page, a . . . conservative! She says he's out of touch with the district he represented for multiple terms. Well, the Club has fired its first shot in the race and it's a good one using Lynn Jenkins' own record against her.

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Posted at 11:27am on May 7, 2007 KS-2: Nancy 'Slacker' Boyda?

By Stay Red Kansas

Earlier this year, www.stayredkansas.com discussed Nancy Boyda’s ‘refusal’ of the national Democratic Party’s ‘frontline’ aid, designed at protecting vulnerable freshmen incumbents.

Shortly after Boyda ceremoniously proclaimed her rejection of the aid, it became known to Stay Red that Nancy actually wasn’t even considered for the assistance – her name was left off of the list of targeted incumbents!

In the time since, Stay Red has tried to piece together exactly why Nancy Boyda was not included in the D.C.C.C.’s front-line program. After reviewing a memo from Democratic Congressman Chris Van Hollen, we’ve discovered exactly why.

Read on . . .

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Posted at 1:55pm on May 3, 2007 Can We Shut This Down Before It Starts?

By Erick

Nancy Boyda (D-KS) is a target for us, though she's been very smart at toeing the line lately. While we certainly want to see Nancy beaten in 2008, I think we should not whore out our principles to do so.

The Republican party, if it wants to stay credible and distinguished from the Democrats, must maintain its believe in fiscal conservatism, which means we don't need to be nominating tax hikers. Our friends at the Club for Growth are raising warning flags over Lynn Jenkins, a potential challenger to Boyda.

• Jenkins voted to raise the state sales tax by 8% (HB 2009, 2002)
• Jenkins voted to expand the Death Tax to family members outside the immediate family (SB 39, 2002)
• Jenkins voted to increase fuel taxes by more than 38% over four years (HB 2071, 1999; HB 2507, 2001; HB 3011, 2002)
• Jenkins voted to increase state income taxes by 5% (Topeka Capital-Journal, 04/12/02)
• Jenkins voted against decreasing state property taxes by $1 million (SB 69, 2001)
• Jenkins voted to increase taxes on insurance premiums (HB 2065, 2001)
• Jenkins voted to increase taxes on tobacco by 270% (Topeka Capital-Journal, 04/12/02)
• Jenkins voted for an $18.1 million increase in alcohol taxes (Topeka Capital-
• Journal, 04/12/02)

• Jenkins voted for a total of $335 million in higher taxes in 2002 (Topeka Capital-Journal, 04/12/02) and a total of $31.4 million in higher taxes in 2001 (Topeka-Capital-Journal, 05/05/01)
• Jenkins supported taxing the Internet (Project Vote Smart, 2000)
• Jenkins refused to sign a pledge against new taxes. (Kansas Taxpayers Network)

With Republicans like that, who needs the Democrats?

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Posted at 8:38pm on Apr. 16, 2007 KS-2: Boyda Gets Blown Away

By Stay Red Kansas

For the last few months, Stay Red has covered the impending Second Congressional District Primary, paying little attention to the re-electability of incumbent Nancy Boyda.

Last week, Stay Red discussed the filing of Jim Ryun’s quarterly donation report, which showed around 250K raised during the previous three months. Much of that is easy money – this much we know. That said, it was a very solid report nonetheless.

No doubt, there was a vast amount of strategy behind Ryun’s filing.

First, the Ryuns wanted to potentially ward off a challenge from Lynn Jenkins – this was unsuccessful as Jenkins officially announced her candidacy last week.

Read on . . .

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