Scott Morgan calls Kris Kobach a "bully"

Scott Morgan of Lawrence announced this week that he would take on Secretary of State Kris Kobach in this August's GOP primary. According to the Lawrence-Journal-World, "Morgan said Kobach wasn't serving the office or Kansas residents by pursuing his agenda. He cited new state laws for voter registration that Morgan said suggested Republicans were afraid to allow new voters in the system and competition.

"This is not who we are as Kansans or Republicans," Morgan said. "Frankly, [Kobach]'s become a bully."

Kobach, of course, was puzzled by Morgan's characterization of him as a bully. One issue that Kobach has been criticized for is his opposition to illegal immigration. But since when is wanting to enforce the laws of our country the behavior of a bully? My wife’s mother came to the U.S. in 1993 and soon after petitioned for my wife's older sister to come here. She finally arrived in the U.S. in 2010. She had to wait well over a decade, pay fees, travel to the U.S. embassy in Manila for interviews, and then do some more waiting. She also had to provide an affidavit of support to ensure that she would not become a ward of the state.

While my sister-in-law was waiting to come to the U.S. legally, hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants essentially cut in line before her.Now, I don't know about you, but when I was in grade school it was the kids who cut into line who were the bullies, and not the teachers who made them do the right thing and go to the end of the line to wait their turn.

Is Kobach a bully when it comes to wanting voters to present a photo ID before being allowed to vote? The Washington Post has reported that "Almost three-quarters of all Americans support the idea that people should have to show photo identification to vote." Would Morgan consider all of these Americans to be bullies. South Africa requires photo identificaion to vote. Are that country's leaders bullies?

Morgan apparently is confused concerning how bullies act. Here's a good example of actual bullying:

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2010/05/21/As-SEIU-Terrorizes-Bank-Employee---s-Son--HuffPo-and-MediaMatters-Omit-Deadbeat-Union---s--90-Million-Debt

Here's another example. This was done by a Kansas group that is an affiliate of the national group mentioned in my first link on bullying:

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/immigration-activists-mob-kansas-secretary-of-states-home.html