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May, 2009 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 3

Entries from May 2009

Pro Democrat Blog Focuses on McCaskill/ACORN Connection

May 14th, 2009 · No Comments

More from our favorite pro Hillary Clinton Democratic blog: “Claire McCaskill is currently our worst United States Senator. This is, sadly, the greatest accomplishment in her life, having bestest Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Chris Dodd, David Vitter, and at least a dozen other solid contenders for Most Terrible Senator (including a red-faced falling down drunk […]

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Tags: Senator McCaskill

Missouri Record: “There’s Something About Sarah” or “Forgetting Sarah Steelman”

May 14th, 2009 · No Comments

By Patrick Tuohey Sarah Steelman and her campaign are faulted for ensuring that Rep. Kenny Hulshof would lose.  It was a nasty race, it is said, and Hulshof was so damaged that he could not win.  I am not privy to the polling data for either the Steelman of Hulshof campaigns, but this appears to […]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Rep. Roy Blunt · Sarah Steelman

Congratulations to Springfield’s “King of all Media”

May 14th, 2009 · No Comments

We’d like to recognize KY3’s “pretty boy” Dave Cantanese for his recent honor. A local Springfield magazine named Mr. Cantanese one of their “20 under 30” and Springfield’s “king of all media.” Although his reporting is sometimes suspect, one sided, and careless, we still congratulate him for his award and for having thick skin.

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Tags: Media Bias

Is It Time for Someone in the Nixon Administration to Fall on the Sword?

May 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Is it time for someone to fall on the sword? “We don’t do that, never have.”– Gov. Nixon “With only hours to go before the end of the legislative session, our office is focused on moving Missouri forward, even if others are intent on playing politics.” – Jack Cardetti We are witnessing again what generally […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon

Picture of the Day: “Governor Nixon, My Vote Is Not For Sale!”

May 13th, 2009 · No Comments

“This poster is hanging up outside of the fourth floor office of Republican Reps. Tim Flook, Doug Ervin and Brian Munzlinger”.photo hat tip: Chad Livengood Two elected officials accuse the Nixon Administration of attempted bribery, and except for one reporter still willing to be a reporter, this sad episode has turned into a one day […]

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Tags: Media Bias · Picture/Quote of the Day

Cantanese, You’re a Joke!

May 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Do you even care about your credibility anymore? Nixon aides try to bribe legislators last week (media predictably sweeps it under the rug) and he still warrants a “C-” grade? Be on the lookout down at the studio Dave, a case of Chapstick and a new set of knee pads are on the way from […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon · Media Bias

Video: African Americans Protest Lack of Jobs @ Governor’s Office

May 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Democrat activist Bertha Knox Gilkey speaking out on jobs at Nixon’s St. Louis office. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Z1DlPFSDyWw” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Quote of the Day: “There’s a Surprising Amount of Discontent Among St. Louis Democrats” Video: “I Want to Work in My Own Neighborhood” Quote of the Day: “Sad to Say We Have a Republican […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon · St. Louis · Videos

Picture(s) of the Day: 2009 US Chess Championship in St. Louis.

May 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Related: Video: Susan Polgar interviews Rex Sinquefield before 2009 U.S. Chess Championship hat tip: chessmarketing [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/L7EvDqeXnNg” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Tags: Picture/Quote of the Day · St. Louis · Videos

Video: Who Murdered Pvt. Lavena L. Johnson?

May 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Shortly after midnight on July 19, 2005, a shift supervisor at a military cafeteria in Balad, Iraq, hears a loud bang that sounds like a car backfiring and races to the tent where it came from. He looks inside. Private First Class LaVena Johnson, 19, a vegan and an honor-roll student who once dreamed of […]

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Tags: St. Louis · Videos

McCaskill Slams New Media; Questions “Quality”

May 8th, 2009 · No Comments

As the Democrats diligently go about the process of nationalizing the banking and auto industries, Senators’ McCaskill and Kerry gives us a clue as to what industry they’d like to see nationalized next with a bailout or “stimulus” package. With President Obama decrying every problem in this country a crisis, we hardly see the death […]

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Tags: Media Bias