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September, 2008 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 4

Entries from September 2008

Court Reform Group Asks Governor Blunt to Reject Judicial Nominee Panel

September 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Better Courts for Missouri, along with other concerned citizens of Missouri, wrote to Governor Matt Blunt requesting he reject the three judicial nominees to the state’s Supreme Court submitted to him last month by the Appellate Judicial Commission. In their request they stated, “Missourians expect judges of the highest qualifications who will practice restraint and […]

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Tags: MO Supreme Court

Is FiredUp Missouri Homophobic?

September 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Since it’s apparently not beneath FiredUp Missouri to use the misfortunes of others to score political points, we’d like to remind them that “No Way” Jay Nixon and his wife seem to enjoy bicycling  as well. It’s good to see that even Democrats like Jay Nixon understand the positive economic impact of having an annual  […]

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Tags: Decision '08

Video: Politics and Religion: The God-o-Meter

September 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Panelist Dan Gilgoff presents his “God-o-Meter” blog at the discussion “Politics and Religion—God in the White House” discussion at the Futures Forum, held Sept. 11 at the Missouri School of Journalism Centennial celebration. Hat tip: debn4 [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/HHTO0EHN-qM” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Rhetorica: Press-Politics Journal: MU J-school Centennial

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Tags: Decision '08 · Videos

What If? Rasmussen: Democrat Nixon Leads by 15

September 13th, 2008 · No Comments

What if Sarah Steelman would have won the Republican governor’s primary last month? Can you imagine the excitement of a Sarah/Sarah ticket in Missouri right now? Hey, we can dream can’t we? Rasmussen: Election 2008: Missouri Governor

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Tags: Decision '08 · Rep. Kenny Hulshof · Sarah Steelman

Obama Campaign Leaving Missouri for Minnesota?

September 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Reports are flying around the Missouri blogosphere that the Obama camp is pulling up stakes in Missouri and is heading for higher ground. Missouri Dems -especially contenders in down ticket races – are said to be furious with Obama for “doing what John Kerry did to us in ’04.” The speculation among politicos is that […]

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Tags: Decision '08

Tony Rezko Anyone?

September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s a great Missouri example of how out of touch the lunatic left is. From the K.C. Blue Blog: “A new photo shows John McCain spent his 70th birthday on a yacht in Montenegro with an Italian con man that made millions pretending to be the CFO of the Vatican.” With convicted felon Tony Rezko […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Kansas City

“Flipper” Koster Wins Recount

September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

To further pile on the Democrats mounting problems, FiredUp Missouri gives a less than lukewarm endorsement of Republican Democrat Chris “flipper” Koster: “Hopefully we can all rally around Koster’s law enforcement experience and get him elected in November. We had some great candidates, but its time to get behind the nominee.” Doesn’t it sound like […]

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Sage Wisdom From “Rowdy Rod”

September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Missourinet reporter Brent Martin followed up on our lead yesterday and further exposed the irony of the ethcially challenged “Rowdy Rod” Jetton – who is on his way out of politics and Governor Sarah Palin – an ethics crusader who has quickly emerged onto the national stage. “Rowdy Rod” has this to say about Governor […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Spkr. Jetton

Quote of the Day: “Better to be a Smart Ass, Than a Dumb Ass”

September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

As the Obama-ssiah Express continues to derail around the nation (strikingly so in Missouri) with silly gaffes and verbal miscues, we offer these words of wisdom to the party of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Even in this terrible election environment for Republicans, it wasn’t in our opinion very smart to nominate an unproven, freshman […]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Decision '08

Blog Censorship in Branson; Hank Waters Would Be So Proud!

September 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Columbia Daily Tribune editor Hank Waters will probably have a big smile on his face after reading this post from the Branson’s Edge blog: A tax funded entity in Branson is spending public funds to limit free speech on the Internet. In fact; they’re spending nearly $400,000 to do it. Since they hate me so […]

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Tags: Media Bias