Republicans are rubes is whassup. Trump conned them 1st. They believe bullshit because they live in a bubble of whiteness.

"The kicker? West is a notorious Anti-Semite and believes that Hitler was right."

Oh. Don't worry. It's just another "worldview."

IS there a cure for RepubliKKKan stupidity? Nathalie, I was going to add further comment but @1 GermanSausage, @2 Max Solomon, and @3 Dr. Zaius have already beat me to it so beautifully. Bravo to the three of you and 'nuff said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glbwl1TwwzU

Yet at the same time...
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/08/636568530/missouri-blocks-right-to-work-law

Whoa, that cocaine "nun" story led me down the rabbit hole of her church, the Adorers of the Blood of Christ of Wichita, Kansas. They operate as Roman Catholics but seems like more of a religious born-again activist group involved with a lot of Boomer-era cause like Viet Nam and Christians in Africa and oil pipeline protests. Also, the "nuns" can be married to mortal men? Fascinating.

St. Louis, Missouri is one of only a handful of major cities in the country with mass exodus. People are literally dying to leave. East St. Louis is one of the most dangerous, crime-ridden cities in the entire world. A true shit hole of shit holes.

Maybe not surprising that the best they've got to offer in governance is a piece of shit.

Given the high hopes of a heavy turnout and no viable third party progressive candidate, Nazis winning primaries and running as Republicans in the general election should be a gift to Democrats. I wouldn't want to live in Missouri, but I hear that just about everywhere you go there is about 20-30% of local/state voters who vote wacko (for lack of a better word).

@9 It's cool if Trump wins the primary, I thought for about a day. Then he'll be a pushover because so many people think he's an idiot asshole, I thought for about a day.

I changed my mind because it became obvious that having Trump on the airwaves was making everything more horrible. Applies to this Nazi asshole too.

@10: It explains a lot about your support of Intelligent Design that you quote that passage and don't see anything inherently problematic with it. It's clearly a solution that crafted its own problem to solve (and, you know, fictional.)

I agree with everything you said in the third paragraph, however.

@8: East St Louis is in Illinois.

Regardless, MO is one of the most depressing places I have been. From what I saw, the economy consists of vaping, truck accessories, and adult entertainment. Total shithole.

It's a state with problems. Residents can't decide if it's Missouree or Missouruh. Its politicians have to produce ads featuring both pronunciations because the issue is so dicey. Seriously. Messed up state with messed up people.

@ 11: Jill Stein stole votes from Hilary in three states that would have gone Democratic. Hilary won by 3 million votes and lost by 75,000 votes in three cities.- Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Detroit. The reason was low African-American turnout in key districts that went heavily for Obama in '08 and '12.

@14 Kansas City, MO is pretty diverse, liberal and has lots of industry. Hallmark and HR Block are headquartered here, just for starters. The pay is good, the cost of living is astonushingly low, and people arent so obviously full of their hip selves. Plus, Missouri just resoundingly rejected a Right To Work (anti-union) law. Yep, even deep red counties rejected that shit. I wonder if that would happen in Washington State?

@17....you forgot to mention that KC the highest number of fountains per capita of any city in the world. The BBQ scene is authentic and strong. And it is the corporate home of Crayola.

Given its location, of course it is a regional economic center for transportation, banking/finance, insurance and food processing. Those locational and institutional advantages are not going away. Compared to the rest of MO and the region, it is doing disproportionately well economically and is growing in population as a result.

However, the rest of MO is not doing well at all in comparison. Not surprising, since ag and mining are major sectors. The population is aging, transfer payments are increasing, and the biggest growth sector is healthcare. The focus of the article, and my comment, was MO, not KC.

In terms of MO’s rejection of right to work, I would be cautious reading too much into that. The most important metric is union membership. In that category, MO lags the nation and is declining more rapidly. From 1985 to 2015, union membership nationally has gone from about 18% to 11%. In MO over the same period, it has gone from 19% to 9%. If MO were truly favorable to unions, wouldn’t more Missourians be organizing and joining unions?

Why not? Because the MO economy has lost jobs in the sectors that traditionally have unions and have grown jos in those that don’t, just like everywhere else.

Moreover, people tend to favor unions during periods of economic growth. During contractions, unions become just another factor to blame for the problems.

Story about Kansas City, and you show a picture of St. Louis (250 miles away)? Do you also run pictures of the space needle above stories about Spokane?
This race is for the Missouri house (136 districts, each representing about 35,000 people), not the U.S. House. This seat's been represented by a Democrat who ran unopposed in the last two general elections. Steve West got all of 1485 votes, while the unopposed Dem got 3757 votes, more than all Republican votes combined. I'm sure you can find vile kooks running (and winning) in downballot primary races in your state, too.

@18: Indeed! The Plaza in Kansas City, with all its fountains, is a must.

I've never understood why some blanket label other states and cities in such derogatory ways. It's a horrible and sophomoric way to understand our planet.

@17 westy: It's a shame that the rest of Missouri doesn't support unions like those in KC does.

@20 Phoebe in Wallingford: Fair enough. I've never been to Kansas City, MO. My comment wasn't generally aimed at the state of Missouri as a whole, however, but rather any part of our deeply divided country that ecstatically supports the current atrocious federal administration. Unfortunately, that includes some communities within the boundaries of Washington State. I have trouble understanding that.

@21: Grammatical correction: ...."like those in KC do."