Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Not all heroes wear capes.

White supremacy is terrorism.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Come on, man.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

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  7. 7.

    Punchy

    That $8 better buy a new Commadore 64 to run his server, cuz it’s dead.

    If he’s a Dem running for state Rep…in KS…good luck. Play the Lotto while you’re at it, Sean.

  10. 10.

    Mary

    This went up on MetaFilter yesterday. Turns out Sean has been a MeFi member for years (but my usernumber is still lower than his, damn it.) He shows up in the thread to discuss his immigration stance and other issues.

  12. 12.

    Wyrm

    I sent that to my wife because I thought it was cool, and it turns out she went to high school with the guy. Small world indeed!

  13. 13.

    D-Chance.

    I rang one doorbell and heard someone on the other side of the front door. I think they were looking at me through their peephole when I heard a man yell “No solicitors!” without even opening the door. “I’m not a solicitor!” I sort of yelled back through the door. “I’m a politician!”

    There was a pause.

    I wondered if he had gone away, and then he yelled back, “That’s even worse!”

    If nothing else, he’s got a sense of humor.

  15. 15.

    Zifnab

    This website will never slashdot anyone. If we generated enough traffic to crash another site, we would be down first.

    You only say that after being Kos-linked a few too many times. Still, I have a hard time believing he’s running an XKCD political campaign if he can’t keep his box up. Nerd fail.

  16. 16.

    colleeniem

    It’s back up, folks. And up to 1800 donors. The comic is freakin hillarious.

  17. 17.

    Tax Analyst

    Got to his site OK. 1895 donors. Yeah, the comic strip is a hoot. I’m going back to donate.

  18. 18.

    Punchy

    No guarentee that this the same dude, but this came up in a search of the LJWorld.com website. Seems like the guy may have a rapsheet problem:

    Diversion agreements have been reached in the cases of Sean Tevis, age not listed, 1219 Ohio, who is charged with felony counts of forgery and a count of dealing fake identification cards; and Timothy Martin, 25, no address listed, and Mark Riley, 25, no address listed, who each are charged with a felony count of conspiring to commit forgery. Among the terms of the agreements, each defendant agreed to pay $1,320 in restitution and complete 40 hours of community service. Prosecutors allege the men obtained phony identification cards in order to pass bad checks.

    Granted, that was years ago, but are y’all sure this aint some scam?

  19. 19.

    Punchy

    Ok, found article on the KCStar that makes him look more legit, but his age checks nicely with my above post, so most likely it’s the same Sean Tevis.

    So he’s (been a) crook prior to running for office. Bet his oppy will use this nicely against him.

  20. 20.

    MarkusB

    Thanks, John, for fixing my commenting mess. (Funny, the “s” tags works in Preview only, it seems.)

    Although Zifnab makes a good point (which I only saw after the fact) about this guy’s geek cred, I did drop a dime on him. I’ll consider it my comment clean-up fee.

  23. 23.

    PeterJ

    Granted, that was years ago, but are y’all sure this aint some scam?

    If so, then at least it was funny. :)

  24. 24.

    Tax Analyst

    Punchy Says:

    Ok, found article on the KCStar that makes him look more legit, but his age checks nicely with my above post, so most likely it’s the same Sean Tevis.

    So he’s (been a) crook prior to running for office. Bet his oppy will use this nicely against him.

    Oh, well…if true I just gave $8.34 to a crook (or prior crook). However, I can look at is as “cheap entertainment”. Shit, $8.34 won’t even buy 2 gallons of gasoline these days (California prices, I paid 4.499 last night). Later on I had a char-broiled chicken sandwich with small fries & drink and it ran $7.35 ($6.64 after the clerk saw how old and feeble I am and gave me my Senior Citizen Discount).

  25. 25.

    Krista

    The fact that he uses the word “frack” in the cartoon makes me want to give him his $8.

  26. 26.

    scott

    John: Thanks for the heads up on this. There were two diaries over at the GOS that slipped off the radar screen in about .0000048 seconds thus, probably didn’t help him.

    He’s in a very conservative area of KS, a large chunk of “What The Matter With Kansas” talks about that very area. OTOH, many of the old school Repups there have switched parties since they really don’t like the fundies calling the shots so who knows, perhaps this guy has a chance.

    I kicked in $25. I like this guy more than Obama already. And I say that as a lifelong librul, not some johnny-come-lately-to-the-party like John here. :)

  27. 27.

    Digital Amish

    Rap sheet or no, I like the cut of his jib. (privacy, healthcare, etc.) Plus it appears he is aware of many internet traditions.

  28. 28.

    Catpain Haddock

    The fact that he uses the word “frack” in the cartoon makes me want to give him his $8.

    If he threw in a “Blergh!” I’d be right there with ya.

  30. 30.

    Face

    $26K sounds mysteriously like a gambling debt or new car purchase. Such an odd, random number to collect. Hope it’s legit.

  31. 31.

    John Cole

    $26K sounds mysteriously like a gambling debt or new car purchase. Such an odd, random number to collect. Hope it’s legit.

    Ehh- it is 8 bucks. I drink two less imported beers this week, or not smoke a cigar tomorrow night. Even if it is a scam, I still laughed. Worth it.

  34. 34.

    Punchy

    OT:

    Un.fucking.believable. Yes, peeps have the vapors b/c Obama exercises. That’s no typo.

    Clearly, the terrorist have won if our President can bench 300lb. I just know the media will report this as “See! Obama does nothing but spin! Multiple times a day! All spinning!”

  35. 35.

    scott

    A diversion agreement:

    Diversion Agreement.

    Tevis is 39, this happened in 1992 so he was 22 at the time. So yeah, it sounds like the fake id thing. Sheesh, I did a few “minorly illegal” things in college (selling shrooms to my buds) that could have gotten me in similar trouble.

  39. 39.

    Original Lee

    Tevis has over 2300 donors already. It would be so cool if he hit his deadline. BTW, $26,000 is probably a state or local limit of some kind, or it could be that they have a pretty good idea how much his opponent has and are asking for a little bit more than that.

    Is selling fake IDs a misdemeanor? I’m not sure felons can hold public office in KS.

  40. 40.

    scott

    What’s a ‘bleg’?

    To Teh Google!

    Bleg: A blog where one asks for donations; a cross between blog and beg.

  41. 41.

    David Hunt

    $26K sounds mysteriously like a gambling debt or new car purchase. Such an odd, random number to collect. Hope it’s legit.

    I read a little of is campaign blob. After a talk with Gov. Sebelius’ people (and her for about two minutes), he was told that they’d help out if he proved he was “viable.” IOW, that he could raise money for his campaign. If he can raise 26K by 7/28, they’ll hook him up with the Big Money People or some such. I’m sure the fact that he was only 5% down in the polls while running on a shoestring had something to do with it. I tried to go back to his site and find the specific blog entry but couldn’t. Sorry

    Personally, I’ll look at this guy’s opponent tonight and if he’s as bad as he’s portrayed, I’ll give the idea of a donation, serious consideration.

  42. 42.

    scott

    I’m not sure felons can hold public office in KS.

    According to what I saw in KS law, if he abided by the terms of the Diversion Agreement, the charges against him would be dismissed “with prejudice” meaning that the case was over and the prosecutor could never file it again.

    As such, he is not a convicted felon.

  43. 43.

    scott

    Okay, I contacted the campaign thru the web site and within 90 minutes got a reply. Here’s what I said:

    I saw your cartoon via a posting at the Balloon Juice blog (you also had two diaries at Daily Kos which I missed but went back and read).
    Are you aware that one person on the Balloon Juice blog found a criminal record of one Sean Tevis in 1992 in Lawrence KS dealing fake IDs. We assume that was you.
    I still donated $25. :)
    But, you might want to have some answers for this should it come up in the campaign.

    Here was Mr Tevis’s reply:

    Yep. That was me. *chagrin* I doctored a couple of friends driver’s licenses so they could get into bars. They got busted and of course told the arresting officers that I helped them. I really learned my lesson on that one.

    Thanks for the heads up. :-)

  44. 44.

    Steve V

    Funny … he probably thought he had a clean record and it turns out that it’s the newspaper’s online archives that he has to worry about. Oh well, he has a pretty brilliant web site and a decent platform so I don’t begrudge him my donation.

  45. 45.

    Dennis - SGMM

    Dreggas Says:

    I know it’s O/T but this is too funny

    Small world indeed. The piece you linked made several disparaging references to Drew Edmondson. I got to know Drew when we were in the same Navy squadron. He was a good guy although at a time when most of us were figuring out how to get drunk and/or laid, Drew was already focused on being elected to public office. I lost track of him after I transferred out. Good to hear that he realized part of his ambition (He was aiming for governor) and that he’s still pissing off the rednecks.

  46. 46.

    Genine

    Krista Says:

    He’s also kind of cute. Which doesn’t hurt.

    I’m in!

    He’s funny, too!

  47. 47.

    Punchy

    Okay, I contacted the campaign thru the web site and within 90 minutes got a reply. Here’s what I said:

    Now I feel like an ass for digging that up. Sounds like a good guy.

  50. 50.

    Abhinav

    I posted his link at the Obama group on Facebook, and some peeps there have donated a bit. Looks like he is pretty close to meeting his targeted no of donors. Don’t know about the amount though. Maybe he should set up an ActBlue page too.

  52. 52.

    dr. bloor

    Punchy Says:

    Okay, I contacted the campaign thru the web site and within 90 minutes got a reply. Here’s what I said:

    Now I feel like an ass for digging that up. Sounds like a good guy.

    Eh, better you than some ambitious takedown artist. He can pre-empt or formulate a response now.

  53. 53.

    scott

    Eh, better you than some ambitious takedown artist. He can pre-empt or formulate a response now.

    Exactly. That’s one reason why I contacted him. Since he’s clearly generating a buzz with his “bleg” and hoping to use the response to generate more publicity and thus donations and name recognition, he should expect the bad that comes with the good.

    Now he knows it’s out there and can be ready for it.

    Again, I did a *lot* of stoopid shit in college and probably just got lucky I didn’t get nailed for some of it.

  54. 54.

    Ian

    Really funny comic, but I wasn’t convinced because he’s not in my state. Then I saw it was Kansas, and knew I had to help.

  55. 55.

    scott

    He’s up to 4101! Amazing.

    Just when I think my current residence (Misery) has taken the lead from Texas in being the National Laboratory for Bad Government, I just look next door to KS and how the fundies have taken over. That’s reason enough to send this guy a few bucks if it means sending one more KS member of the American Taliban back to his Six Flags Over Jesus church.

  56. 56.

    Sasha

    If Sean can just defend himself against the inevitable attacks of him being a 133tist, I think he’s got the election in the bag.

  57. 57.

    tom

    I just sent $10. They say there is a good chance Kansas will join the 21st century by November. . .

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