Phill Kline loses primary

Phillip Kline used to be Kansas Attorney General, but he was such an incredible idiot that he lost his 2006 reelection bid in a landslide.

But since it's Kansas, county Republican committees get to appoint county officials directly when a vacancy occurs - and they appointed Kline as Johnson County DA.

Then it turned out that Kline didn't even live in Johnson County - despite this being one of the requirements for the job. Under state law, if a county official doesn't live in the county they claim to live in, they have to resign or be removed. But the Republican machine is so corrupt that they didn't remove him, despite being required to do so.

Maybe the machine didn't remove him - but now voters have. In yesterday's Republican primary, Phill Kline was soundly defeated by a political newcomer. I guess even the Republicans finally started realizing Kline was an embarrassing political liability, so they said, "See ya, Phill."

The man who defeated Kline was a prosecutor who Kline fired for political reasons when he took the DA reins.

(Source: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/elections/story/735933.html)