TKC FRIDAY FLASHBACK QUESTION: WHILST JASON KANDER LACES UP BOOTS FOR CAMPAIGN CLIP, WILL SOCIAL MEDIA SELECT NEXT KANSAS CITY MAYOR?!?!



Jason Kander's mayoral campaign kick-off video is a low-level viral video sensation.

Still, scrolling through the comments, notice now many of his loyal 318K Twitter "followers" lament that they don't live in KC but if they did, they'd totally vote for him. Neverthless, the highly promoted content earns a nearly universally celebrated response.

Until now . . .

TKC IS THE FIRST AND ONLY KANSAS CITY MEDIA OUTLET TO OFFER A CRITICAL GLIMPSE AT KANDER'S MAYORAL CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF CLIP!!!

Again, this isn't hateration . . . But fanboy newspaper "coverage" doesn't count as journalism or even good blogging.

Here's what we've noticed . . .

- Kander's army boots make a comeback. A previous campaign included a line about his blood-type on his boots and now the latest clip offers a flashback for any voter unfamiliar with his military service that has always been a major part of his political résumé. 

- Kander promises to run again for Mayor if he wins this election, he made that same kind of promise in 2016 for Missouri Secretary Of State and THEN BROKE IT to pursue higher office

- The clip is exceptional. TKC prediction: Soft piano is the soundtrack of the upcoming KCMO election.

- Lots and lots of promises with not a single position statement on any civic issue. This is smart but is also seems phony. On the bright side, at this rate no local reporter will dare ask Jason Kander a tough question - Like his position on continued subsidy for Downtown luxury housing or the future of the streetcar or MLK street naming or any specific idea that can't be brushed aside with an upbeat pleasantry.

- The Kander KCMO walking tour . . . A nice idea and again, there is no denying Jason Kander is a fierce campaigner. 

- Wondering about the local impact of his opposition against the Prez. Jason Kander: Trump’s Support for the Troops Is a Lie

- The 3rd District Ploy - His Campaign Kickoff is being held in 18th @ Vine at the NLBM this Saturday 2-4pm.

Check the clip if you haven't seen it already:



And more than anything, this INTERNETS GAMBIT is the most important question regarding the Kander campaign for Kansas City . . .

Will social media determine the winner of the next KCMO mayoral contest???

The other candidates are completely outmatched in this category and this election might offer a valuable demonstration about the effectiveness of online celebrity vs. local connections.

Fact - We don't contest his paper work or residency status but the reality is that Jason Kander hasn't really lived in Kansas City for years. Locals have been more likely to see him on MSNBC than anywhere in KCMO. That's not a big deal, Mayor Sly's residence has been sketchy for the past 7 years but nobody has bothered to report it.

The point is: Jason Kander's popularity is a primarily a product of social media backed up by MSM notoriety whilst other candidates have spent careers building local relationships. Right now, the advantage and momentum goes to Kander and, as more money pours into the contest, his lead looks to grow insurmountable unless his opposition can leverage any alternative strategy against the runaway campaign.

Developing . . .

Comments

  1. Twitter said Kander's video had 120 thousand views.

    Scott Wagner's has 20 views.

    Do that math.

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    1. Blue horseshoe7/13/18, 8:29 AM

      Cordish loves Kander.

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    2. The Ghost of Glorioso7/13/18, 8:33 AM

      I think you raise an interesting point with social media but that's not it.

      Expect Kander to start off big. And the walking tour will only increase his supporters. Already you have people offering to enthusiastically volunteer for his camapign. Does any other candidate have that? Nope. And when it comes to money, just look at his voting non profit, he's getting donations from around the world. All of the other candidates are unknown in st. louis.

      Better for the other candidates to just start thinking about their next job. Because it's not going to be mayor.

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  2. The guy is smart and says all the right feel good things. His allegiance to Hillary Clinton and Planned Parenthood tell me enough about his kind of politics. No thanks Kander, but good luck!

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  3. It's obvious he's being groomed to carry on with Slie's policy.

    If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.

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  4. "The clip is exceptional. TKC prediction: Soft piano is the soundtrack of the upcoming KCMO election.

    - Lots and lots of promises with not a single position statement on any civic issue. This is smart but is also seems phony. On the bright side, at this rate no local reporter will dare ask Jason Kander a tough question - Like his position on continued subsidy for Downtown luxury housing or the future of the streetcar or MLK street naming or any specific idea that can't be brushed aside with an upbeat pleasantry. "

    And there ya have. Well said.

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  5. What are Diana's views on spam?

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  6. Diana is a very beautiful woman.

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  7. PREDICTION

    Jason Kander will be forced to withdraw from the KCMO Mayor's race when confronted with proof-positive that he's a manipulative narcissistic LIAR.

    ....it's coming.

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  8. Ha Ha she looks like one of those shrunken heads I saw at the Mummy exhibit.

    Butt ugly. I even saw a mummy with a little hair left just like hers.

    She's also from the Soviet Union if that tells ya anything. Go for it liberals she's just what you need don't forget to wear pink.

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  9. All politics is marketing.

    It's incredible. When people buy a house, a car, or decide on a contractor to work on their house, and any number of things, they do a lot of research and getting opinions.

    When people vote, they base it off of their allegiance or marketing/commercials.

    Kander is a douche. He knows he is a douche.

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  10. 8:47 that is exactly what I was thinking. No specific details just feel good talk. Do you know who that reminds me of? Greg Orman the guy who lost the Kansas senate race and now is trying to be governor. He could never give specific actions he would donon soecific issues, and his campaign people couldn’t explain anything either.


    It’s all just “elect me and we will work together to be better” blah blah blah. No Kander, put it out there what it a serious issue addressing kcmo you have a specific plan of approach for? You said nothing in that video. Just tip toe on things and hope you slide into the stepping stone of KCMO for bigger political aspirations. Fuck man, we need bold action in KC. Someone who is TOUGH on crime.

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  11. My Predictions:

    1) There will be an Election.
    2) The City will count the votes.
    3) The City will announce the Vote Totals.
    4) The "Winner" will be sworn in as Mayor.

    (Note that there may or may not be any correlation between the "votes cast" numbers and the "vote totals announced", remember that we are told that the KC voters approved the "New KCI" by a 70% margin, and are expected to believe that horseshit.)

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  12. I live in one of the parts of town I think he references...Specifically, the west and northern parts of this City have been neglected for the past several years when it comes to investment in basis services. I would trust Jason on this issue. He is also a smart guy.

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  13. Jason Kander is a sociopath, seeking to prey upon KCMO

    During his failed 2016 U.S. Senate race, Kander frequently repeated the claim that he was a "fifth-generation Missourian." Voters recognized the lie and rejected him. He fled Missouri and turned to his liberal comrades in Hollywood and Washington, D.C.

    Records show that Kander:
    was born in Overland Park, Kansas;
    graduated from high school in Shawnee Mission, Kansas;
    was registered to vote in Shawnee Mission from 2000 to 2004;
    Kander and wife were married in Johnson County, Kansas in 2003;

    In fact, it was not until 2005 that the Kanders purchased their first home in Missouri (barely across the state line). Truth be told, Jason and Diana Kander specifically moved into Missouri to establish residency for the express purpose of pursuing a political career. Kansas City Missouri residence was simply an expediency tactic for launching Kander's political ambition.

    Now, Jason Kander has returned to KCMO, hoping that most voters are gullible enough to fall for his lies. And he's full of them!

    He's now claiming his family is a 6th-generation KCMO resident. Remember that in 2016, he was only falsely claiming 5th generation status, so he's doubled-down on the obvious lie. This is how sociopaths operate.

    Nearly as bad as Kander himself, KCMO local print, television, and radio "journalists" are seemingly in collusion with the Kander campaign to force him into office. It's a very sad day in KCMO when a huckster con man can buy the title of Mayor, while those who purport to be in the news business sit on their hands.

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    1. Well, I would vote for a candidate born, raised and educated on Mars before I would support a black candidate. But not Uranus.

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  14. Strap his hands down. Jeez.

    Isn't there some correlation between how much a candidate moves their hands during the campaign and the number of failed promises after the election?

    Also, military props just makes me think of Greitens and that didn't end well.

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  15. Army boots with a long sleeve white dress shirt and an open collar - a meaningless mix of metaphors. He's got those sleeves rolled up Obama-style to give the impression that he's about to dig into some, but work. It's all just flash, no substance whatsoever. Kansas City is doomed if this fraud becomes Mayor.

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  16. I live in KCMO and I will not be voting for Kander. He seems so phony and I feel like phoniness is much easier to expose this day and age

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  17. That’s a good point. Why is Kander in the video acting like he grew up in kcmo and is some kind of local family everyone knows like the Helzberg’s or the halls? You know what rhymes with Kander? Pander.


    Jason “The Pander” Kander.

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  18. This dude has watched every Philip DeFranco video.

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  19. Will the trash get picked up?

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  20. Kander talks with more twang in his videos than he does in real life.

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  21. If you think archaic wordplay is fun or amusing or makes you look smart, Tiny: fail on all three counts.

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  22. Many
    Lame
    Kandidates

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  23. His walking tour is a good idea but will he take the tour to the hood?
    Kander is shallow, noncommittal and a phony.
    He is all wind and no rain. The politicos has lacquered Kander but he lacks the shine.

    Metro
    Logjams
    Kander

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  24. As another commentator pointed out, the parallels between Kander and Greitens should cause anyone, regardless of political party, great concern.
    In fact, Kander is nothing more than the democratic version of Greitens.
    Over-inflated fake military record which is endlessly used for political campaigning.
    Nonprofit organization later used for personal political purposes.
    Financing from pretty much everywhere around the country except in the location he ends up running for office in.
    Totally empty feel good pronouncements without substance and no real understanding of the realities of how KCMO constituencies and neighborhoods really work.
    And celebrity, celebrity, celebrity!
    Calling this guy an empty suit would be kind.

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    1. Jason Kander is a POG, what is a POG you ask? Apparently he did Leave the FOB based the pictures I saw, but it looks like the FOB was still in sight, but technically he is not a Fobbit. what is a POG you ask?

      POG: People Other than Grunts [pronounced "pogue"] rear-echelon support troops. Arose in 2005 as a synonym for Fobbit, it seems.

      fobbit: service member who never goes outside the wire off the forward operating base.

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  25. Diana should go on a walking tour in a really short black mini-dress with black hose and high hells.

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  26. look, saying he's opportunistic, pandering, self-promoting, and often lies are not new information about most politicians.

    the question is whether he make a good mayor.

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  27. He will have to become mayor without my vote, just can’t vote for him.

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  28. 9:56am is definitely Phil Glynn trying to slam his former buddy Kander who embarrassed him...

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  29. Beth for Mayor!

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  30. Don't worry! By continuing to raise taxes and the cost of living here we'll be able to ramp up spending to deliver more exciting new, sexy, and shiny objects!

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  31. Kander is too busy trying to climb the political ladder. His sites aren't really with KC. He's not the worst choice, but he's definitely not the best choice.

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  32. He didn't mention the most important issue, which is getting rid of Troy Schulte.

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  33. Yawn. He win's running away. Any bets?

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  34. SCREW THIS TOPIC, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING IMPORTANT!
    HAS ANYONE HEARD HOW SOON MINIATURE "TRUMP BABY" BALLOONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON EBAY?

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  35. Jolie eats a lot of pussy

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  36. Jolie dropped out of the mayors race because she knows when she has been licked.

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  37. Fake soldier boy putting his pants and boots on after winning over another plaza man in a alley. Tough way to earn a vote, unless you like it.

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  38. 1:08 comment = Excellent points

    1:29 comment = I assure you that was not Phil Glynn. Phil Glynn was Jason Kander's high school classmate, comrade at Heartland Democrats, and recruited by Jason Kander/Abe Rakov to be a campaign Trojan Horse attacking Councilman Quinton Lucas.

    3:22 comment = What did Jason Kander say about his 3-4 month service in Afghanistan, pushing paper, looking for financial corruption, after the fact? He said that it was pointless, that he accomplished nothing, that the Afghani culture was based upon corruption. Kander has admitted that he NEVER engaged in firefights while in Afghanistan. But do you remember the commercials he ran in 2016 for MO U.S. Senate? My God! He portrayed himself as a Rambo character! Now he's out with a book basically calling himself a hero.

    5:45 comment = Ask yourself why did Jolie Justus so quickly drop out of the race. Did Kander pay her? Did he promise to make her Mayor Pro-Tem? Did Justus not want the race to be between an openly gay woman and a closeted gay man?

    Jason Kander is a bad Hollywood actor.

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  39. PISS on that Degenerate Kander liberal bastard, no better than lyin' Sly James, just a different color !!

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  40. City politics has been a joke since Ilus Davis.

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