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<\/a><\/center>\nDoc Bailey sent us a link to the disturbing news that Iraq Veterans Against the War member and Matthis Chiroux<\/a>\/Ward Riley<\/a> hugger, Ethan McCord is the running mate of Republican Jennifer Winn<\/a> in the governor’s race in Kansas. McCord made his bones in the IVAW by cleaving to the video released by WikiLeaks crowd that they called “Collateral Murder”. It seems that McCord was there that day in Iraq.<\/p>\n
Well, I called the Winn campaign to see how well they had investigated their candidate, the fellow I spoke to, Mike (he wouldn’t give me his last name) said that he had read our blog and that we didn’t have any credibility (“not to be insulting”, he added). Now, I’m not insulted at all, because all of the phonies doubt my credibility, while all of the real veterans on the planet will testify to my veracity. Not only that, we also have Doc Bailey on our staff who knew McCord in Iraq and wrote extensively about him<\/a> here, and then again at his own place<\/a> when McCord said that Breanna Manning should be awarded the Medal of Honor.<\/p>\n Mike, the fellow on the Winn campaign, also told me that McCord had been vetted by those paragons of virtue at MSNBC. So there you go.<\/p>\n So let’s look at Jennifer Winn, the gubernatorial candidate. According to KAKE<\/a>, Winn decided to run for governor when her son was arrested for murder during a drug bust that went bad. I guess so she can pardon him;<\/p>\n Jennifer Winn said she was just a business woman who was too busy to pay much attention to politics until her son was charged with murder. Her frustration with what she believes is the court’s unfair treatment of her son inspired her to enter politics. <\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n Winn, who will run against Gov. Sam Brownback as a Republican, said when announcing her candidacy Saturday that the criminalization of marijuana is what leads to the violence that sometimes accompanies its trade.<\/p>\n Her son, Kyler Carriker<\/strong>, 22, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with an April drug deal that led to the death of 33-year-old Ronald Betts. Winn said her son did not kill anyone and only told a friend where he could buy some marijuana. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n I’m thinking that a Republican candidate for governor in Kansas is dead in the water when they base their entire campaign on legalizing marijuana. But having this albatross<\/a> around her neck won’t help;<\/p>\n A 33-year-old man was shot several times at around 9:30 p.m. Thursday in a house at 446 N. Emporia, near Central and Broadway, Wichita police Lt. Todd Ojile said. The man was taken to Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis, where he was pronounced dead about half an hour later.<\/p>\n The gunfire injured two other people, a 22-year-old man and 29-year-old woman, Ojile said Friday. Police were seeking three men in connection with the shooting, he said.<\/p>\n Early Friday evening, two men \u2013 identified in online arrest reports as Kyle Beltz, 21, and Kyler Carriker<\/strong>, 22 \u2013 had been booked into Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder, records show.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Manning-MOH-300x119.jpg\" "\\"Manning")
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