What a good-looking family. In his new campaign video for Congress, Kevin Yoder appears to have a photogenic, all-American brood: three adorable girls and a boy, who seem to embody the heartland values Yoder espouses in his new campaign video.
Except those aren't Yoder's children.
If you just watched the video and didn't know any better, you'd think these were Yoder's kids.
They're not. They're likely his
nieces
and nephew (or models hired for cuteness).
tactic isn't new for Yoder, who's running for Dennis Moore's
congressional seat. Two of the girls and a dog appeared in Yoder's campaign literature when he was running for re-election to the
Kansas House a few years back. Even the dog wasn't Yoder's.
Within a week of the video going up on YouTube, Yoder accused
Democrat Stephene Moore of being "disingenuous with voters."
"Either
Stephene Moore is not being honest with voters or this is just a
political stunt to position herself as someone she's not," Yoder's June
17 press release reads.
Uh, Kev, have you watched your video?
Can we get a disclaimer? Maybe some credits?
Left a message at Yoder's office. I'll update when I hear back.
Showing 1-14 of 14
Well that twit in Florida rented a bag boy. The repukes in Kansas are into renting kids. BFD.
Kevin has made a bold strike, going for the large-breast-loving demographic, leaving Stephene and Lightner in his dust.
He could do a restricted mailer in KC as well, targeting the African-American community, sending pics of him and "his" dusky "wife" from the agency.
Yoder would be wise to spend less time running around with fake kids in an advertisement and more time actually campaigning. Lightner is absolutely running circles around him, and is an appealing person. She showed up at my door yesterday and had her real kid with her.
Good catch by Native Daughter - there are at least three lobbyists/former legislators in the ad:
http://www.domeontherange.org/...
They probably have to borrow fake kids because they can't afford to have their own. Someone should look into who is bankrolling Yoder while he runs for Congress. He's all but abandoned his law practice and his wife isn't working. His firm is not big enough to subsidize him. Who pays his bills? Worth a follow up story.
Yeah, has anyone "exposed" where his money came from in those FEC reports that are available to the public. Crazy secret.
I love it when people use all of their close friends and a lobbyist in their campaign add!
Thanks, Justin. Has anyone exposed where his money came from? I think most of it is from Missouri. Just what is it they're buying?
like
dislike
