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December, 2007 | Missouri Political News Service

Entries from December 2007

Video Parody: Sen. Bond on Waterboarding

December 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Tip Line: Senator Bond’s Wife New Giuliani National Fundraiser

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Tags: Decision '08 · Iraq War · Senator. Kit Bond · Videos

Chip Robertson Working With Gun Rights Opponents, Radical Critics of General Petraus, and World’s Wealthiest Radical Activists

December 28th, 2007 · No Comments

The Wall Street Journal recently weighed in on Missouri’s supposedly “non-partisan” plan for appointing judges. Not surprisingly, the paper found a myriad of defects in the current plan. What was most interesting about the op-ed, however, was that it proved once and for all that Chip Robertson and his merry band of defenders of the […]

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Tags: MO Supreme Court

BREAKING: Jetton’s Chief of Staff Resigns

December 28th, 2007 · No Comments

As lucrative as the upcoming campaign season will be next year, is Chris Benjamin leaving early to begin his consulting career with Jetton’s Common Sense Conservative Consulting LLC?

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Tags: Decision '08 · Spkr. Jetton

Video: Scenes From A Rudy Rally

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Hat tip: Jason Rosenbaum Missouri House Majority Leader Steven Tilley, R-Perryville, and Sen. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, discuss with Columbia Daily Tribune reporter Jason Rosenbaum on why they support Rudy Giuliani. The clip also features scenes from a rally for the former New York City mayor in Columbia yesterday. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/pejJcaZBiHk” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Videos

Jim Talent Potential Romney VP Pick?

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

From NBC/NJ’s Erin McPike It’s just a little ironic for a guy who wants to change Washington: Two senators, one current and one former, have been popping up on the trail with Mitt Romney a lot lately. However, they are former Missouri Sen. Jim Talent and New Hampshire senior Sen. Judd Gregg — a couple […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Hon. Jim Talent

Joseph Pulitzer Must Be Rolling Over In His Grave

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

It is hard to believe that the St. Louis Post Dispatch was ever affiliated with Joseph Pulitzer. That “Jo” would almost certainly be ashamed of the Jo we are all so familiar with. Lazy “reporter” Jo Mannies never fails to remind us of that old Mark Twain exhortation “Get your facts first, and then you […]

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Tags: Illegal Immigration · Jay Nixon · Matt Blunt · Media Bias · Political Fix

Those Darn E-mails Again; Top KC Official Probed for Sexually Explicit E-mail

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

You would think someone who graduated from Yale would be a bit smarter than this! Anyone want to take bets on when Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson will be in Kansas City? According to the Associated Press and the Kansas City Star, “a top official in City Manager Wayne Cauthen’s office is under investigation following […]

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Tags: Kansas City

Missouri Media Hears No Evil, Sees No Evil, Speaks No Evil

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

The Blunt Administration announced Wednesday the appointment of Alok Ahuja of Lee’s Summit to replace former appeals Judge Patricia Breckenridge. As our informed readers already know, Breckenridge was recently appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Ronnie White. Ordinarily, this routine appointment is something we probably would […]

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Tags: Media Bias · MO Supreme Court

MRP: Fear Factor: Nixon’s News Release Candidacy Avoids Tough Questions

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

JEFFERSON CITY _ Fearful of having to answer tough questions about his support for illegal immigrants and other uncomfortable issues, Jay Nixon has resorted to waging a news release candidacy that was on display yesterday when he hid behind spokesmen instead of answering questions himself about his politically-motivated immigration plan. Nixon, who in the past […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Illegal Immigration · Jay Nixon

Video: Sen. Talent & Presidential Candidates Asked If Young People Are Apathetic to Politics?

December 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Hat tip: meettheprez.net: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/VShz8P0WMEE” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Hon. Jim Talent · Videos