Last night, KMBZ 980's Darla Jaye sounded surprised and genuinely touched that a few people want her to run for Kansas' 3rd Congressional District seat held by Dennis Moore. Jaye was talking about a "Draft Darla" Facebook group encouraging her to run. She told listeners that she was so surprised, she called her mom.
From the site:
The 3rd Congressional District in Kansas has yet to have a candidate come forward that speaks clearly for the people of the tea party and 9-12 movement. One person has been our voice since the beginning. One person who knows what she believes, why she believes it, can articulate it clearly, and won't let anyone change who she is. DARLA JAYE for US Congress from the 3rd District of Kansas.No one's speaking clearly for the tea parties? Ha.
Lightner is in the race. Other names floating around: former state Sen.
Nick Jordan and state Reps. Kevin Yoder and Jeff Colyer of Overland Park.
Jaye was excited about the possibility of joining the fray, even if she'd have to quit her radio gig.
"If that Facebook page gets to 2,000 people, I'll seriously think about running," she told listeners. She's not quite there yet. As of 10:30 a.m. today, 166 people have joined the "Draft Darla" movement.
What struck us as most odd was Jaye's tone of humble surprise about the whole thing. That's because "Draft Darla" stickers started popping up in late June, coinciding with Jaye's speech at the Olathe
Republican Party Picnic and Straw Poll, according to the Kansas Meadowlark.
Back to last night: A Democrat named Paul called in and pissed on her parade. "You gonna take a radio to Congress so you can listen to Rush Limbaugh so he can tell you what do?" Paul asked.
Jaye hung up on the guy.
She was feeling folksy, trying to play the common woman.
"I'm just a girl in an apartment with no money," Jaye told her listeners, which sounded a lot like Julia Roberts' line to Hugh Grant in Notting Hill: "I'm also just a girl ... standing in front of a boy ... asking him to love her."
And Darla Jaye is just a girl ... standing in front of the 3rd District ... asking them for their money.
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Lohan Should go to Treatment Today, Once more she actually is going to do this? I want to prosecute her for using my tax dollars when she did her "precious time" at Lynwood.....useless bitch!
Run Darla! Anyone other than yes man Moore-on. Maybe this is what America needs, someone that is not a Washington insider willing to work very hard for the American people of Kansas not themselves. Every billion dollar bill the Democrats have proposed, Moore-on voted yes. Even the health care bill he voted yes because something needed done with Medicare and pre-existing conditions. Boy, that's a great idea vote for a bill that will bankrupt the country for two ideas he likes. I agree both are important so, why don't we tackle both those problems first and move on. I bet the Republicans would be in favor of that.
Illegal immigration: here is a sore subject of mine and nothing is getting done with it. This issue is costing American workers, the ones that are working, millions of dollars. Wouldn't want to hurt their feeling would we now. I say kick them out and secure our borders. Babies that are born from Illegal immigrates should NOT be automatic citizens. Just because they are born in this country does not mean they are a U.S. citizen. This is a slap in the face to the millions that actually came here and went though the legal process to become legal.
Yes, THAT'S what Republicans need to defeat a popular moderate Democrat who's defeated a ton of well-funded, experienced Republican challengers for years: a super-conservative tea partier who's never run for anything, let alone held elective office.
/sarcasm
@JoeyK: I know, right? We already have Lynn "Great White Dope" Jenkins and Todd "Kill the Brown People" Tiahrt.
Way to prove a web site's irrelevance by hanging out and arguing on that web site.
American Cynic, you're better at interpreting Kansas Patriot's point than I am. I don't doubt that there were people from all kinds of different political persuasions at the tea party you attended. But I do believe the parties are led by a wing of the Republican Party. Take care.
I see you totally disregarded the substance of my statements. I didn't say you misread, I said you missed the point, just like you missed mine. Typical media. That would be why you're irrelevant. I've given you more than your share of attention. Time to move on. Thanks for proving my point.
American Cynic, I didn't misread it. Kansas Patriot thought I was saying Steve Rose speaks for the tea partiers. I didn't.
Justin, I think you might have missed Kansas Patriot's point. Although many people seem to want to claim they speak for the tea party movement, the truth is that a disconnect exists between the people and their potential and existing representatives. As witnessed by this article and many like it on a myriad of subjects that disconnect has grown between media and the people as well. ach66061 said that you are becoming irrelevant. I believe you are already irrelevant and just don't know it yet. I stood with thousands of other tea party participants on the lawn at JCCC. They were people of BOTH political sripes. If you honestly think this is only a Reublican movement and therefore those are the candidates that speak for it you are lost as a news source. But maybe that is for the best.
great just what Kansas needs for a representative, a rhetorical reactionary that will say anything for ratings
Kansas Patriot, what the hell are you talking about?
You misread this. I didn't say Steve Rose speaks clearly for the tea party movement. I laughed at the line that no one is speaking clearly for the tea party movement. There's an entire wing of a political party speaking for the tea partiers.
Yeah, I know the other two haven't declared. That's why I wrote their names were being floated.
You should get that gagging checked out.
The Pitch says that STEVE ROSE speaks clearly for the Tea Party movement?!?!?!?!
Guffaw... choke... gag... haaaaack.
Hey... hack... that's about right to describe this article.
Steve Rose is about as close to the Tea Partiers and I am to Barack Obama. (Hint - we're not in the same universe.)
I love Patricia Lightner, but she's too weak of a personality to take on Dennis. As for the other two, THEY HAVEN'T EVEN DECLARED YET. So, Pitch, what the hell are you talking about?
She might be able to win the general election but then again so could my my black lab named Bristol. He has a real curly wagging tail and he (it) is always happy. Bristol is just about as bright.
Good luck with that primary.
Dear God, is there no real candidate? This is no longer a game.
...Lee
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