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June, 2009 | Missouri Political News Service

Entries from June 2009

Ike – Finally Out of Touch?

June 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Recent decisions by Congressman Ike Skelton have many wondering if Ike has lost touch with his voters, as his actions are beginning to look more like those of an east coast liberal Democrat than the midwest conservative Democrat that his district elected. Cap and trade legislation – potentially the biggest tax increase ever imposed upon […]

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Tags: Rep. Ike Skelton

Missouri Sovereignty Project

June 29th, 2009 · No Comments

New group formed on Missouri Matters: “Active group of Missourians dedicated to ensuring that neither the federal government nor the great State of Missouri ever violates the U.S. Constitution’s 10th Amendment.” Website: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=92772083371 Related: Video: Rep Jim Guest Puts A Human Face on REAL ID Hat tip: gr1m1b [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/gHkBxRwt_y4″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Clay Sells Out Constituents, Votes to Raise Their Taxes

June 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Looks look we jumped the gun on praising Congressman Lacy Clay last week on his opposition to Cap & Tax Trade.” “We all know that Cong. Clay is a lock for re-election every two years, so it really doesn’t matter how he votes in the Congress. But it is nice to see him stand up […]

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Tags: Rep. Lacy Clay

Picture of the Day: “The Obamassiah”

June 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Seen at a Borders bookstore in Dallas Related: American Thinker: Breakthrough on the Authorship of Obama’s ‘Dreams’

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Tags: Picture/Quote of the Day

This Is Getting Ridiculous! “A-” Grade for Nixon?

June 29th, 2009 · No Comments

  MOPNS: (4/22/09)  “From hiring crony’s, to investigating Republican state committeemen, to attempting to orchestrate the demotion of the leader of  the Veteran’s Commission, there seems to be a disturbing Taliban/Nixonesque pattern emerging here.” NIXON’S WEEK 24 GRADE: A – “After Gov. Jay Nixon announced $430 million dollars in cuts and restrictions from the 2010 […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon · Media Bias · Videos

Picture of the Day: Nixon Cuts Medicaid Dental Benefits

June 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Doesn’t the report from KY3 “reporter” David Cantanese read like it could have been written by a Nixon press staffer: “One of the smallest dollar vetoes was $3.5 million dollars targeted for dentists who care for Medicaid patients. In the end, dentists still received a reimbursement increase in the 2010 budget.”Read more… Related: Nixon’s Salary […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon

Clay Says Not So Fast on “Cap & Tax”

June 25th, 2009 · No Comments

We all know that Cong. Clay is a lock for re-election every two years, so it really doesn’t matter how he votes in the Congress. But it is nice to see him stand up for his constituents and not fall into the limousine liberal’s Global Warming/Cap and Trade hysteria. “It’s hard … in these economic […]

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Tags: Rep. Lacy Clay

Quote of the Day: “No Way to Lead”

June 25th, 2009 · No Comments

“Nixon has repeatedly proven that he does not have a responsible, long-term vision for the state of Missouri. When everyone around him saw the looming budget crisis, Nixon was proposing hundreds of millions of dollars in new spending. He even admitted that he intended to live beyond our means and force ‘our kids and grandkids’ to ‘pay […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon · Picture/Quote of the Day

Kinder’s Remarks to the NAACP

June 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder (right) speaks with Vera Thomas, mother of death row inmate Reggie Clemons, Bishop Reynolds Thomas and Rev. Kenneth McKoy during celebration services at Greater Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. The services were held as a celebration of hope for Mr. Clemons stay of execution. Photo by Wiley Price, St. Louis American Excerpts […]

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Disgusting: FiredUp Labels Veterans As Socialists

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments

There used to be a time when FiredUp Missouri was run by partisan professionals, but the kidz they have over there now are just plain embarrassing. And playtime is over. You see, the kidz are now claiming that a bill providing benefits to our veterans is the same as the socialized medicine system national Democrats […]

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