Kansas City Star Runs Campaign Lit For Rev. Hamilton Senate Campaign

To be fair, TKC often posts pressers but typically with some kind of context or even a dumb joke.

Here's the newspaper pretending this polemic is anything but the text of a campaign speech . . .  

"For 36 years, I have led a congregation in the Kansas City area that is roughly equal parts Republican, Democrat and independent. We disagree about plenty. And we love each other precisely because of those differences. Together, we have given tens of millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours to our neighbors in need, bound by a shared conviction that we are meant to love our neighbor, do justice, practice kindness, and walk humbly.

"If we can do that in one congregation, we can do it across Kansas. I am an independent-minded Democrat. I will lead from the center. I am not naive. Kindness alone will not fix what ails us. But I have to believe that if Republicans, Democrats and independents actually work together, not just with common sense but with common decency, we can solve the serious problems we face. Service above self. Country before party. People over politics. That is the standard I want to bring to the United States Senate."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Adam Hamilton: I listened to Kansans. I heard my family's story | Opinion

Service above self. Country before party. People over politics. | Opinion

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