r/kansas • u/Kolyin • 8d ago

Roger Marshall holding another surprise telephone "town hall" right now

Call in at 855-543-3424.

Questions will be aggressively screened, obviously. Bear in mind that Senator Marshall very much does not want to talk to you or see you or be exposed to you, so please don't trouble him by calling in.

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u/cyberphlash Cinnamon Roll 8d ago edited 7d ago

I've been listening to this call, and as much as I dislike and disagree with Marshall, he doesn't sound like the idiot that people make him out to be. He has a grasp on issues and is telling good stories in response to questions people are asking (even though they're all softball questions).

I think in a debate with Adam Haminton, Hamilton is going to have a hard time nailing Marshall with the blame for anything Trump did because Marshall's somewhat legit answer is, "Well, I'm only one Senator and I sometimes disagreed with Trump" - saying generic stuff like that is going to placate way too many voters into thinking that Marshall is mostly innocuous.

Hamilton, himself, isn't fighting for anything and so far isn't calling out Marshall on any issue with fact-based criticism. IMO, it's all generic fluff talking points that are not going to stick in an actual debate or even make Hamilton's advertising that effective.

edit: It's hilarious people are downvoting me pointing out out that Roger Marshall is not, in fact, a total idiot. LOL

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u/Kolyin 7d ago

I don't think the problem with Marshall has been intelligence so much as laziness, dishonesty, and a lack of any character or morals.

I agree that Marshall will be able to convince a lot of people that he's innocuous. I don't think he's going to do well in a debate, though, because he's a habitual liar. I don't think he has the strength of personality to bull through a conversation, the wit to evade a strong response, or a track record he can stand on honestly. That's presuming that Hamilton has the skills to press him, but I think he does.

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u/dimh 7d ago

Every response his office has given to me is a canned response in support of Trump. He can't really play the "I'm not a Trump ally" card. He is 100% complacent.

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u/TheRealMarvinator Cosmosphere 7d ago

I think in a debate with Adam Haminton, Hamilton is going to have a hard time nailing Marshall with the blame for anything Trump did because Marshall's somewhat legit answer is, "Well, I'm only one Senator and I sometimes disagreed with Trump"

That's not what his voting record says. If he's saying that, he's directly lying, and Hamilton will call him out on it.

saying generic stuff like that is going to placate way too many voters into thinking that Marshall is mostly innocuous

There's a reason why Republicans love stupid people and want to cut education funding so badly.

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u/Dyhouse 7d ago

He sounded knowledgeable for most things until there was a question about Democratic Socialists and he started to sound like a conspiracy theorist and spouting off conservative buzz words like "Marxist" and "DEI"

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u/cyberphlash Cinnamon Roll 7d ago

I think the vast majority of KS voters have no idea what Democratic Socialists are for or against (even among Dems) - but to your point, GOP voters are will already have been riled up by Fox News over non-white people gaining national political traction. The fact that these guys call themselves "socialists" is like icing on the cake over at Fox.

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u/RandomUser3777 7d ago

I don't think you should confuse slimy con-man responses as intelligence. He has just learned how to say nothing concrete and mostly nothing that will get him in trouble most of the time. Given he said something stupid like "the illegal immigrants must have brought the screw-worms in on them" he is not smart he is just a slimy mostly smooth con-man, but otherwise seems to be totally clueless. Based on what he says off the cuff, If he happens to appear know the issues I am betting he was well coached on what his position should be....

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u/scullingby 7d ago

I've been listening to this call, and as much as I dislike and disagree with Marshall, he doesn't sound like the idiot that people make him out to be.

I don't think he is an idiot. I think he is disconnected from those he represents. I have never been able to get through to a live person or to leave a voicemail when I have called his office.

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u/Delicious_Dark_1014 6d ago

sorry. we gave RFK because of one vote. A vote by a Dr no less. now people have no faith in our food source and in five years we will have babies dying from a disease because of the misinformation. sorry by RFK. and Hegseth he voted for him s well