Opinion Line Extra (Nov. 12)

How many Republican presidential candidates can fit into a clown car? Not this many. We’re going to need a clown bus with all the seats facing backward and just a reverse gear.

Since we apparently have so many believers that President Kennedy, instead of Eisenhower, first sent troops to Vietnam, the next logical step for Republicans is to blame President Obama for invading Iraq in 2003.

The single most effective measure we can take to alleviate the health insurance crisis (besides repealing Obamacare) is to lift restrictions on buying health insurance in-state only. In a free-market economy we should be able to purchase health insurance wherever we please.

The purpose of the Constitution was not to limit federal power. The Constitution greatly expanded federal power from the Articles of Confederation, with certain limitations. Get your history right.

It must be wonderful to be a liberal. You can go through life unencumbered by facts, reason, results, manners or responsibility. You say what results are going to be until reality smacks you. Then you can blame that on an evil conservative.

It’s sad that there are a great number of people who spend more time deciding what clothes to wear than they do about producing children and the responsibilities of that action.

Missouri students: Congratulations on ousting a couple of innocent, like-minded bureaucrats. I’m sure you feel this hollow victory ranks with those of the Buffalo Soldiers, the Tuskegee Airmen, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

Kansas revenues would increase if we could stop Kansans from registering for car tags out of Oklahoma.

The fact that city and business leaders have had free airport parking is graft, plain and simple. Graft is the acquisition of money, gain or advantage by dishonest, unfair or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one’s position or influence in politics, business, etc.

If you’re curious why it’s called fantasy football, give these thieves your hard-earned cash and then wait, and wait, and wait for your fantasy to come true. Of course, for the thieves who run these sites, the fantasy comes true the moment you give them the first dollar.

Would Jerry Jones be so willing to give Greg Hardy a second chance if Hardy were not a great football player? Once again, the more talent that you have, the more people are willing to sweep the dirty issues under the rug.

In pro sports there are too many draft picks that don’t pan out. I’d trade draft picks for players. You’d know what kind of talent you’re getting and with experience as a bonus.

This story was originally published November 11, 2015 at 6:02 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (Nov. 12)."