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Please, help me get in touch with candidae Tracey Mann in KS, we need him at the hearing
U.S. House
News withdraws endorsement of Tracey Mann for ‘birther’ views
The Hutchinson News’ editorial board struggled some to endorse a candidate in the crowded Republican primary for Kansas’ 1st District U.S. House seat, in which all six candidates sound mostly the same. But in an endorsement published in Sunday’s editions, we settled on Salinan Tracey Mann as the best pick, saying he “at least shows the ability to be reasonable and straightforward with voters.”
We were wrong. And we withdraw that endorsement.
Quite simply, the reason is that it turns out Mann is what is known as a birther. He questions the citizenship of President Barack Obama despite evidence that is irrefutable to most objective, rational people – including a birth certificate released by the Hawaii secretary of state and birth announcements printed in Honolulu’s two major newspapers.
That this even continues as an issue is appalling, which is why we didn’t think to pose the question to Mann or any of the other candidates.
But Mann said on a Salina radio program Tuesday that he thinks the president “needs to come forth with his papers and show everyone that he is an American citizen.” He also made similar comments, unbeknownst to our editorial board, at a June 21 forum at Elkhart.
Whether Mann truly doubts the president’s citizenship or is just saying so in another effort to appeal to the far-right extremists of his party and get elected we don’t know. Either way, it is unflattering and doesn’t demonstrate the kind of intellect we want representing us in Congress.
We leave it to the good judgment, as always, of voters to make their choice on Election Day. The other candidates are as follows: Jim Barnett, a doctor and state senator from Emporia; Sue Boldra, a political science educator from Hays; Marck Cobb, an attorney from Galva; Tim Huelskamp, a farmer and state senator from Fowler; and Rob Wasinger, a former political staffer from Cottonwood Falls. We do not recommend a vote for Tracey Mann in this race.
Editorials represent the institutional opinion of The Hutchinson News. All other opinion content – individual local and syndicated columnists and letter writers to the “Western Front” – represents the viewpoints of the individual authors.
2012-09-21 22:41:32
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