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July, 2009 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 5

Entries from July 2009

Sen. Days’ Gamble: “I’ll Trade You an UM Curatorship for a Secretary of State Appointment”

July 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Over the weekend, Democrat sources may have given us the answer for the eery silence emanating from the ranks of Missouri’s African American elected officials. Ten days ago, Governor Nixon replaced the only African American UM curator and replaced her with former lawmaker Wayne Goode. Term limited State Senator Rita Days has reportedly cut a […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon

Quote of the Day: Gov. Nixon: “I’m Kind of a Big Deal”

July 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Jay Nixon traveled to Iraq over the weekend with four other governors.  He apparently believes that our soldiers were in awe of him, as reported by the Springfield News-Leader:  “It certainly feels like a shot in the arm to them as they touch the governor of the Show-Me State.” Now to most people, that comment […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon · Picture/Quote of the Day

Picture(s) of the Day: Eureka, MO Tea Party

July 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Pictures courtesy of our Facebook friend Doug Edelman  Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder  The Blacksphere.net blogger Kevin Jackson

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

Video: Cops Called to McCaskill’s Office– Kick Obamacare Protesters Off Public Property

July 20th, 2009 · No Comments

What is America coming too? Hat tip:mghoft “Senator Claire McCaskill’s office called the cops today (7/18) on Obamacare protesters. The police were let into her office and told the protesters they had to move off the public sidewalk and across the street.” [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/CK6rFw0WHVs” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Citizens are told they can’t protest on […]

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Tags: Senator McCaskill · Videos

Skelton Flip Flops on Troop Redeployment

July 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Congressman Skelton seems to be having second thoughts on his “strong support” for the plan to move U.S. soldiers from Japan and station them in Guam. On one of his annual winter trips to the sunny and warm island – where he was called a “big hit” – the Congressman stated the buildup “will be […]

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Tags: Rep. Ike Skelton · Videos

Congressional Quarterly: Carnahan More Liberal than Barney Frank

July 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Graphic courtesy of FiredUp Missouri We received this email yesterday from the creator of the Draft Ed Martin for Congress Facebook group: Cong. Barney Frank (D – MA) holding a “hands on” discussion with a young constituent. “The non-partisan Congressional Quarterly reports that Russ Carnahan votes with Barack Obama 100 percent of the time. Since […]

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Tags: Carnahans'

Quote of the Day: FiredUp Missouri: “Jay Nixon Sets the Board of Curators Back to 1985..”

July 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Ummm, more like 1970 guys. The first African American was appointed to the UM Board of Curators in 1971. We applaud our friends over at FUM for taking off their partisan, rose colored glasses and seeing Jay’s disrespect for the African American community for what it really is. Keep up the good work! “Look, we […]

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Tags: Affirmative Action · Jay Nixon · Media Bias · Picture/Quote of the Day

Cong. Clay Asks a Great Question

July 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Former Treasury Secretary (and Goldman Sachs CEO) Henry Paulson testified before Congress yesterday. Paulson was attempting to explain his role in the massive bank bailouts that the taxpayers footed last year to the tune of billions of dollars. In between naps no doubt, Cong. Clay did fire off a great question that his staff prepared […]

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Tags: Rep. Lacy Clay

Who’s at the Helm?

July 17th, 2009 · No Comments

It was recently reported that Missouri’s unemployment rate has hit a 21-year high of 9.3%. Despite this bleak news, Governor Nixon has NO jobs proposal to get this state back on track. Either he is practicing a radical form of laissez-faire economics, or he is asleep at the wheel at a time when more and […]

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Congressman Luetkemeyer is Doing What’s Right

July 16th, 2009 · No Comments

The Communist Pravda St. Louis Post-Dispatch – the Midwest’s most liberal publication – launched an attack on Missouri’s newest Member of Congress, Blaine Luetkemeyer, for his bill to prohibit the United States from funding the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  They also attacked him for questioning the validity of the IPCC’s work, accusing him […]

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Tags: Media Bias · St. Louis