Drama Club

Thank god. Lahr has been smearing the good name of several in our community for too long. There have been hints of this kind of thing for quite a while. Thanks, Pitch people, for doing the research.

She should have followed Tom DeLay's lead and smiled and looked pretty for he mug shot.

The Pitch should be embarrassed for having been bought and paid for by the Kanders. First, The Kansas City Women's Political Caucus is a local affiliate of a national organization with a clear mandate to find, support and endorse candidates who support liberal causes. The Kansas City Progressive Women's Coalition is a new, small group of like-minded women who get together occasionally and is completely outside the business of politics. Why the Caucus is so afraid of the Coalition is beyond me. The only overlap of concept is "progressive" and let's see, how many progressive clubs are in Kansas City? The problem is that Diana Kander needs to blow down anyone in her wake. She set out and succeeded in throwing over the establishment in the Caucus. Fine. But she is now after destroying the reputation of one of those establishment members who used to consider her a friend because she was on the other side of the argument.

This piece is just a preemptive strike against all the horrible things that are going to be coming out about Jason Kander and his "lovely wife" in the coming months. This campaign is going to be ugly because SOOO many people are going to work tirelessly to make sure the Kanders don't win. The good news is he'd destroy his opponents in Jefferson City. The bad news is we wouldn't know who those opponents would be. Pro-choice? Anti-choice? Who is he talking to? He should have refined his "platform" before he carpet-bagged into town.

In a recent campaign, they fought HARD against Beth Gottstein (of Russian-Jewish heritage,)to the point of actually sending out anti-semitic mail about her on behalf of their candidate (even though they themselves are of Russian-Jewish descent). Gottstein won. I'm sure this was additional fuel on the fire to destroy Michele's reputation.

I get that Martin has been drinking the Kander's kool-aid, but to set out for no apparent reason to destroy the reputation of someone is shameful. Kander's running for something (for which he'll lose) and Michele will have nothing to do with it. She can't even vote in that race. They are sleazy people who will say or do anything, and you can read that as ANYTHING, to get what they want.

Seriously, how can anyone read this article and still stand up for Lahr? Or blame someone else? Did the Kanders force Michelle Lahr to jail and take the mug shot in 2003? If someone wants to criticize the Kanders for something, they really should focus on other areas. I'm sure they will -- there is a small group of KC Democrats with an irrational hostility toward the couple, and they don't need their accusations to be based in reality of any kind (as evidenced by the post above).

The fact is that it does not matter that Michelle Lahr is a liar and a felon. The organizations and candidates in question will distance themselves from her (as Beth Gottstein did when she forced Lahr out of her city council office after a week on the job) and she'll be left to her own devices. At that point, she should become a non-story.

I have known Jason Kander since I was 5. I've never heard so much hostility or contempt for him in my life. WOW, carpet-bagger?! It was as if Leslie has a personal vendetta against the Kanders, who are some of the best people I've ever known. Wow, I've never heard such spite. This was such a well written good guy-bad guy article, how on Earth can Leslie blow this up like she's done? This was well researched and composed and a fun story to read. I'm sure Jason would much rather prefer NOT being stolen from than have to deal with this. The words you threw around Leslie, WOW. Perhaps, Leslie, you should go talk to Jason, instead of smear his name on comment boards.

A brave article. I am so happy The Caucus was rescued from the egos that controlled it.