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May, 2008 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 7

Entries from May 2008

Video: Shamed Dogan, Candidate for State Representative

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Decision '08 · St. Louis

Wash U Statement on Phyllis Schlafly’s Honorary Degree

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Media Credit: Sam Guzik Students, faculty and members of the University community met on Monday afternoon outside the library to plan a protest of the University’s decision to award conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly an honorary degree Don’t you just love this display of liberal tolerance and understanding? “Clearly, in any community with a large number […]

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Tags: St. Louis

Vinay “Wide Stance” Vaz is Back!

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Vinay “Wide Stance” Vaz According to the Political Fix, the Democrats have unleashed our favorite freak pervert tracker Vinay Vaz on a suspecting Kenny Hulshof. MOPNS readers will remember last November where we chronicled Mr. Vinay’s over enthusiasm for his important job of video recording Republican gubernatorial candidates. To recap. In an attempt to “get […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon · Rep. Kenny Hulshof

Video: President Bush in St. Louis

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Last Friday, President Bush was in St. Louis to tour the world headquarters of World Wide Technologies. WWT is one of the largest African American owned companies in the United States. In this clip, the President talks about recent economic news. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/wlHxBGv_fzA” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Tags: St. Louis · Videos

FiredUp Missouri, Here’s Your Hypocrisy Test

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

We received a lot of flack a while back from our “progressive” readers when we ran this humorous picture of Jay Nixon to highlight his impending campaign visit to a St. Louis mosque. (The mosque proudly announced Jay’s visit on their website, but then mysteriously took it down the day after our post ran.) We […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon

Lacy Clay & Ron Paul Co-Sponsor Marijuana Legalization Bill

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

From the Atlanta Progressive News: ATLANTA – US Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced two bills in the US House on April 17, 2008, that address federal penalties for possession of marijuana and the use of medical marijuana, respectively. HR 5843, cosponsored by Reps. Ron Paul (R-TX) and William Lacy Clay (D-MO), would eliminate all federal […]

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Tags: Rep. Lacy Clay

Monday Morning Matchup Podcast: Roe vs Levota

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Click here to listen (Courtesy KCMO) Jeff Roe and Phil Levota discuss tomorrow’s Indiana and N. Carolina primaries. The reemergence of Rev Jeremiah Wright. Super delegate Ike Skelton choosing Hillary Clinton. The proposed gas tax holiday.

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jeff Roe · Kansas

Video: Media, Politics and Political Apathy

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

The following video was produced by students at the University of Missouri-Columbia Communications Department. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/XqQIuJtLGi8″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Media Bias · Videos

A Missouri Civil Rights Initiative Post Mortem; Nixon Breathes Sigh of Relief!

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Two camps are breathing a huge sigh of relief this morning now that the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative has failed to gather enough signatures to place the referendum on the November Ballot. First obviously is the Missouri Republican Party. The last thing party officials wanted in this presidential election year, especially a year where an […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon

Jetton Sends Onder Support Email From “Missourians for Mitt” Email Account

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

‘Ol Rod is a real piece of work! Forget the fact that he’s Speaker of the House, while simultaneously running a political consulting business on the side. Or the fact that one of his clients, Rep. Bob Onder, is a fellow House member running to replace Kenny Hulshof. In another ethically questionable move, we learn […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Spkr. Jetton