Reply #8: Kit Bond

[Racenut20]

My mother, though a life long friend of Kit's mother, refused to vote for him for Congress in 1968 because he ran such a dirty campaign... Though a Mexico, Missouri native (somewhat), he was so new back into the State for that campaign that his car still had Virginia license plates.

But it was his roots. Grandson of A.P. Green, whose brick plant employed many area people. Kit became wealthy when It sold to US Gypsum... But he lost a lot of money in a company glitch.

He was elected Governor, lost to Joe Teasdale of Kansas City, then was elected for a second term beating "walkin Joe" the second time.'

In 76, helped to cost Reagan the nomination by going to their campaign and whining that he was a sitting Governor in a Democratic state whose Kansas City was hosting the convention and the Reagolnites so controlled the Republican State Convention they would not elect him as a delegate. they also omitted Senator Danforth.

Reagon's campaign agreed to let Kit and those like him around the country be delegates. Kit promptly rewarded them by voting for Ford at the convention.

Class Guy, huh ???????????