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November, 2007 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 6

Entries from November 2007

Planned Parenthood Applauds McCaskill for Making Birth Control “Affordable” for College Students

November 14th, 2007 · No Comments

According to our freshman Senator Claire McCaskill, presidential candidate Barak Obama, and Planned Parenthood, there is an “affordable birth control crisis” on our nation’s campuses. McCaskill and Obama have co-sponsored a bill, first introduced in the House, called The Prevention Through Affordable Access Act. “Everyone wants to bring down the number of unintended pregnancies in […]

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Tags: Abortion · Senator McCaskill

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

The Hon. Ike Skelton on Civil-Military Relations

November 13th, 2007 · No Comments

By Rep. Ike Skelton On April 11, 1951, President Harry S. Truman dismissed General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander in the Far East, when the General’s views regarding the Korean War and China collided with those of the President. The following day, my father—who was a Lexington, Missouri, lawyer and a friend of Truman’s since […]

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Tags: Iraq War · Rep. Ike Skelton

MOGOP Asks Nixon to “Come Clean” on Settlement with Disabled Former Employee

November 13th, 2007 · No Comments

MOGOP Press Release: JEFFERSON CITY _ Jay Nixon must come clean with Missourians about his recent settlement with a quadriplegic state worker who was fired by Nixon because of her disability. Missourians also deserve to hear directly from Nixon about the lawsuit including how much taxpayer money is being used to settle the case. Documents […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon

MOPNS Flashback: “Carnahan Bodyguard Manhandles TV Cameraman

November 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Leftwing bloggers are falling all over themselves claiming the governor’s security detail “shoved” reporters yesterday. They’re also claiming that Blunt was refusing to answer questions regarding the Scott Eckersley affair. Anyone with a semblance of objectivity can see that Blunt answered all the questions thrown at him – he just didn’t answer the questions the […]

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Tags: Matt Blunt

Clinton Coming to St. Louis Next Month

November 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Wonder what we can expect from Mrs. Clinton while she’s in St. Louis? More planted questions from ringers and fake southern accents? [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/iqMDR0IGuCM” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Tags: Decision '08 · St. Louis

Ex “Singing Senator” Lobbies Against Recording Artists

November 13th, 2007 · No Comments

By Andrew Glass Lyle Lovett wants to get paid for music he made famous with his bluesy twang. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is giving him a stage to make it happen. Leahy is scheduled to hold a hearing Tuesday to review a nearly century-old law saying radio stations don’t have to give the four-time Grammy […]

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Tags: Hon. John Ashcroft

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

Interview with Libertarian Presidential Candidate

November 13th, 2007 · No Comments

The Libertarian Guy blog had an interview on their blog radio show recently with Libertarian presidential candidate Daniel Imperato. You can listen to the entire interview here.

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Tags: Decision '08

Nixon is Winning Back the Black Community (?)

November 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Future State Rep. Sherman Parker joins former NAACP head John Bordeaux and attorney Jerry Hunter (background) at an anti Jay Nixon rally in Downtown St. Louis (1998) By Steve Kraske The Kansas City Star Less than a decade ago, Democrat Jay Nixon was persona non grata with Missouri African-Americans. No longer. It’s been an up-and-down […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Hon. Sherman Parker · Jay Nixon