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Post Columnist Bill McClellan Nibbles at Democrat Blogger’s Bait

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

We told you last week about an email we received from a Democrat fringe blogger that made some pretty serious allegations against a prominent Republican public official. We’re sure that the same email we received, made its way to a lot of other journalists inboxes too, including Mr. McClellan’s. To their credit, the mainstream media […]

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Tags: Matt Blunt · Scott Eckersley

Tipline: Chip Robertson Behind Eckersley Lawsuit?

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Credible sources are telling the Missouri Political News Service that Chip Robertson is the big name behind the lawsuit filed last week by Scott Eckersley against Governor Blunt. The lawsuit was signed by uber-plaintiffs’-attorneys (there’s that word again that I said I would never use) Steve Garner and Gene Graham, attorneys our sources tell us […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon · Matt Blunt · Scott Eckersley

MOGOP Requests Sen. McCaskill’s State Auditor & Senate E-Mails

November 13th, 2007 · No Comments

What can happen to a politician when they enter a fight that’s not their own. Sen. McCaskill gave her two cents on the retention of emails last week. MOGOP press release: JEFFERSON CITY _ Claire McCaskill’s eagerness to add her two cents on the state’s email retention policies has left the Missouri Republican Party wondering […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon · Matt Blunt · Scott Eckersley · Senator McCaskill

Ozarks Opinions: “Blunt’s Chief of Staff Won’t Keep His Job”

November 13th, 2007 · No Comments

There is one thing that is still perplexing us about this story. While still employed by the administration, Scott Eckersley claims to have written an email to the Governor’s staff warning them about deleting emails. Tony Messenger, Jo Mannies, and the AP claim to have copies of this email, but for reasons they all claim […]

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Tags: Matt Blunt · Scott Eckersley

Earth to Messenger & FiredUp Missouri: “It’s getting Old Now!”

November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

We want to inform our readers that we are drastically cutting back on our Scott Eckersley coverage. No matter how loud “Baghdad” Tony Messenger and FiredUp Missouri rant and rave about this case, most Missourians have realized that Eckersley has ZERO credibility and that they are now ready to move on to more substantive issues. […]

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UPDATE: AP Says Fired Blunt Attorney Offered to Keep Quiet

November 1st, 2007 · No Comments

  “A devout Mormon, Eckersley isn’t shy about the fact that, at 30 years old, he’s still doing his best to live by the teachings of his faith, including remaining celibate before marriage. Perhaps that’s why he didn’t fit in with a staff in which he saysbawdy, locker-room talk is the norm. He says he […]

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Tags: Media Bias · Political Fix · Scott Eckersley · Tony Messenger

Quote of the Day: FireUp Missouri’s Temper Tantrum

October 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Is this what it now comes down to FiredUp Missouri? You must now resort to verbal temper tantrums by calling your opponents “sniveling, thin skinned punks” and “pantywaists?” We’d be upset too if the only people we could get to listen to us pitch a bad story were: 1.) A two bit columnist with an […]

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Video: Matt Blunt Responds to Eckersley Firing

October 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Hat tip: K.C. Prime Buzz [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/zgU41HJPHII” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Tags: Matt Blunt · Scott Eckersley · Videos

What Mannies & Messenger Won’t Tell You: Part 2

October 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Kudos to the K.C Star’s Prime Buzz for at least telling the other side of the unfolding Scott Eckersley saga. Tony Messenger and Jo Mannies’ tag team hit job last Sunday would have made any professional wrestling fan proud. It reminds you of when one wrestler distracts the referee, while his partner beats the hell […]

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Tags: Media Bias · Political Fix · Scott Eckersley · Tony Messenger

What Mannies & Messenger Won’t Tell You; “Sweetthings3146” & “Sexy_Bicth1066”

October 29th, 2007 · No Comments

A copy of the below email, including this warrant for Eckersley’s arrest, was sent to Jo Mannies of the Post Dispatch and Tony Messenger of the Springfield News leader – before their stories were printed yesterday. Mannies and Messenger – arguably the Laurel and Hardy of the Missouri press corps – aren’t much interested in […]

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Tags: Media Bias · Political Fix · Scott Eckersley · Tony Messenger