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August, 2009 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 4

Entries from August 2009

As Obama Heads South, McCaskill Moves Right

August 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Has anyone else noticed that as President Obama’s approval ratings continue to tank, Sen. McCaskill seems to be moving more and more towards ‘the middle?’ This what she said last night on O’Reilly regarding angry constituents:  “I think it’s been a mistake for anyone to say this has been a manufactured effort on the part […]

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Tags: Abortion · Senator McCaskill

Quote Machine Cleaver Refuses to take Question From Constituents

August 13th, 2009 · No Comments

After these gems, do you blame him?  “There is no health care bill. What this is is a compilation of three committee reports” “It is just foolhardy to place guns in developments of poor people, many of whom are unemployed, and place these guns around children. . . .Why would we try to put guns […]

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Tags: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

Video: McCaskill/Obama Supporter Removed From Town Hall

August 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Why isn’t the press reporting that the woman thrown out of Claire’s town hall yeterday was an Obama/McCaskill supporter? Photo courtesy Pubdef.net AP: The hearing included a confrontation in the crowd, when a man approached 52-year-old Maxine Johnson of St. Louis and ripped her sign that showed a picture of Rosa Parks sitting on a […]

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Tags: Senator McCaskill · St. Louis · Videos

White House Emails Contradict Bond’s Denial of Conspiracy to Fire Todd Graves

August 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Former Bond staffer Jason “political pygmy” Van Eaton “Sen. Bond did not know or approve his former staffer’s actions, so obviously he didn’t make a deal to have someone dismissed that he didn’t want fired in the first place.”-Bond spokesperson “One of the e-mails, dated Dec. 21, 2005, states that the White House has “heard […]

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Tags: Media Bias · Senator. Kit Bond

Adam Smith Foundation to Protest Ike Skelton’s Decision to Not Hold Town Hall Meetings

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments

You know it’s getting bad for the Democrats when FiredUp Missouri feels the need to defend Ike Skelton! Skelton, who’s always considered a shoo in for re-election, has been taking a lot of heat this year for his junkets and for voting 97% of the time with San Francisco liberal Nancy Pelosi. Maybe that’s why […]

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Tags: Rep. Ike Skelton

“The Official Rules for the Claire McCaskill Healthcare Reform Meetings”

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Courtesy of Bungalow Bills Conservative Wisdom, here are a few highlights from the  “official rules” for attending one of Sen. McCaskill’s town hall meetings. Here’s a few excerpts from a brochure paid for and printed by Obama’s Organizing for America group. Office Visits for Health Reform Guide BEFORE YOUR VISIT Print out the attached flyer. […]

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Tags: Senator McCaskill

MOPNS Readers Say Release the Surveillance Video Governor!

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments

The results from last week’s weekend poll have been tabulated. We asked the question, “Should Gov. Nixon be Required to Turn Over His Office Surveillance Tapes to the Media?”  Seventy nine percent of our readers answered YES. Eighteen percent answered NO, and three precent said they don’t care. (Likely SEIU members…less evidence the better!) Here’s […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon

Picture of the Day: “Warning….”

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments

We found this logo for a new group on Facebook! “Who’s the real “mob” here? Kenneth Gladney, a 38-year-old conservative, would probably say the SEIU. He was handing out “Don’t Tread on Me” flags when he was attacked by a member of SEIU. I’m sick and tired of the media — and politicians — equating […]

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

Video: Beating Victim’s Supporters Protest @ SEIU’s St. Louis Headquarters

August 10th, 2009 · No Comments

From Examiner.com: “I can’t get Kenneth Gladney off my mind. Last Thursday, Mr. Gladney (an African American conservative) was assaulted by three members of the Service Employees International Union outside of St. Louis Congressman Russ Carnahan’s (D-MO) recent health care town hall. What did Kenneth do to deserve a beat down from three union thugs? […]

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Tags: St. Louis · Videos

Quote of the Day: Cong. Cleaver: “There Is No Health Care Bill. What This Is Is a Compilation of Three Committee Reports”

August 10th, 2009 · No Comments

We can always count on Congressman Cleaver to shoot from the lip and give us a great quote! And the Democrats are wondering why they’re having such a hard time selling their health care snake oil to the public? Imagine trying to defend and explain this “plan” to a bunch of angry constituent? Related: Rasmussen […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Rep. Emanuel Cleaver