Tony Messenger on Twitter: State Rep Pat Yeager (D-District. 96) “I just can’t bring myself to snap a picture of state Rep. Patricia Yeager of St. Louis County, who has been asleep for almost an hour.“ “She’s awake! Ah, the power of Twitter.”
Entries from March 2009
Lawmaker Sleeps While Doing the People’s Business
March 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: MO Legislature · Tony Messenger
HillBuzz: “What Stupid Thing Has Claire McCaskill Done Now?”
March 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Our Favorite Dem blog (next to FiredUp Missouri of course) again takes shots at the “Claire Bear.” From HillBuzz: Claire McCaskill is, bar none, the absolute worst United States Senator we’ve had in at least a generation. That’s really saying something. Because, in recent years, we’ve had Senators who’ve embarrassed themselves in bathrooms, ridiculed American […]
Tags: Senator McCaskill
You know It’s Bad When….
March 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Is Mr. Ave reading the handwriting on the wall? “Christopher is hoping everyone who reads this will go out and buy a newspaper, while you still can.“ – Feb 26th Facebook status for STL Post Dispatch political editor Christopher Ave Related: Rasmussen: Online News Sources Seen As Reliable As Local Papers Rasmussen: 30% Read Local […]
Tags: Media Bias
Quote of the Day: Blunt: “[Carnahan] A Faithful Obama Liberal”
March 5th, 2009 · No Comments
In “an important note to my friends,” Roy Blunt spells out his strategy to defeat Robin Carnahan in 2010: “Imagine what happens if Senator Bond’s seat can be taken by a faithful Obama liberal like my expected Democratic opponent. Then, the national Democrats would have 60 votes, the number needed to knock down the last […]
Tags: Rep. Roy Blunt
Quote of the Day: Cardetti: “Let ’em Eat Cake”
March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Quote taken from an AP piece titled, “Nixon criticized over staff member pay scale and method.”“Nixon’s spokesperson Jack Cardetti said that it is unlikely that the office of the governor would follow the auditors recommendation anytime soon.”
Tags: Jay Nixon
Press Takes Notice of Jay’s First Scandal
March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Chad Livengood of the Springfield News Leader (probably the best political reporter in Missouri) had a story yesterday detailing Governor Nixon’s generosity to his staff in a time of a deep recession. Should we really be surprised? Especially after our governor said on C-SPAN that our children and grandchildren should pay our mounting national debt? […]
Tags: Jay Nixon
Video: French on Jones King: “Embarassment”
March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Hat tip: adfrench [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Q_N3ST9Fvys” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]Related: ACC: 21st Ward: Something For Everyone Video: Antonio French debates Bennice Jones King
