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October, 2009 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 3

Entries from October 2009

Video: Robin ACORNahan: “I Don’t Have Any Ties to ACORN”

October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

WTF Robin!!!!???? Michael Slater (ACORN/Project Vote Executive Director) to Ron Berry (Secretary of State’s Political Director), 3/15/2007: “We very much appreciate having the ability to share information with y’all.” (view) Michael Slater to Mindy Mazur (SOS Chief of Staff) and Ron Berry, 3/21/2007: “I have a very quick research question… I presume Republicans beat the […]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Videos

The K.C. Star & Selective Reporting

October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

The Kansas City Star recently unleashed a torrent of criticism on the influence of political lobbying and money on Missouri’s government.  Aside from some glaring factual errors, the KC Star’s hatchet piece further exposed the paper’s leftist agenda and conclusively demonstrates that The Star’s Editorial Board will sacrifice journalistic integrity to help their friends and […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Media Bias

Cartoon: The Unsinkable Jay Nixon?

October 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Related: The Missouri Record: Time Running Out for Nixon “The Missouri Record has detailed a few reasons why Governor Nixon must act quickly and credibly to end this mess.  So far he has done nothing.  We have argued that Cardetti must go to protect Democratic interests, that as the public becomes more sensitive to political […]

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Tags: Editorial Cartoons · Jay Nixon

Why is “The Rodfather” Getting All This Attention?

October 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Nixon Communications Director Jack Cardetti “The most satisfying part of my job is to know what’s going to be in the morning paper before I go to sleep at night” Source: voxmagazine.com Is anyone else curious as to why the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Kansas City Star have a sudden fascination with former […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon · Media Bias · Spkr. Jetton

Video: Democrats in Disarray Over Health Care Reform; Dooley’s Remarks @ Obamacare Rally

October 21st, 2009 · No Comments

As the Democrat controlled Congress presses on towards passing legislation the public doesn’t want, a few of our local Democrats have weighed in on the raging debate. Amazingly, the most honest assessment comes from our governor. Mr. Nixon is quoted as saying he doesn’t expect a single payer system to be in the final bill: […]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Jay Nixon · Senator McCaskill · STL County Executive Charlie Dooley · Videos

Quote of the Day: Cardetti: “The Hardest Part of This Job is to Keep Your Credibility Intact”

October 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Excerpts from “Liar” Jack Cardetti’s 2007 Q&A with Prime Buzz: Where do you see yourself in 2027? “Hopefully I’ll be on a beach somewhere…”  (Just not at the lake, right Jack?) What’s your biggest weakness? “I have what they call in the business a radio face and I seem to butcher the Queen’s English.”  (Is […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon

Cardetti Keeps Job While 100 DNR Employees Get the Pink Slip – 2 Months Before Xmas!

October 20th, 2009 · No Comments

<a href=”http://www.7is7.com/otto/countdown.html?year=2009&month=9&date=30&hrs=0&ts=24&min=0&sec=0&tz=local&lang=en&show=dhms&mode=r&cdir=up&bgcolor=%237777777&fgcolor=%23000000&title=Time%20Elapsed%20Since%20Jack%20Cardetti%20Admitted%20Lying%20About%20E-Coli”>Time Elapsed Since Jack Cardetti Admitted Lying About E-Coli</a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Related  Related:  AP: More than 100 Mo. parks employees getting laid off But just last week: SE Missourian: Missouri launches campaign to increase lagging state park attendance Nixon’s Salary Scandal Part II – Work Harder So We Can Live MUCH Better

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Tags: Jay Nixon

Picture of the Day: Students Ask: “Where’s Claire on Clean Energy?”

October 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Members of Green Action at Wash. U. were among those Missouri students who pushed Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., over the weekend to support a clean energy bill being debated by the Senate. (Cedric Huchuan Xia | Student Life)

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Tags: Picture/Quote of the Day · Senator McCaskill

Hgwy Patrol Agrees to Standardized Rules that Discourage Illegal Immigrant Profiling

October 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Graphic courtesy of BullMoose America  “These new agreements promote public safety.” – Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano Tony Messenger: “Without fanfare last week, the Missouri Highway Patrol joined 66 other agencies nationwide in signing new agreements with the Department of Homeland Security continuing the process that was originally born out of political frustration. The agreements […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon · STL County Executive Charlie Dooley · Tony Messenger

A Profile in Courage

October 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Reports have confirmed that Joe Bindbeutel was summoned to the Governor’s Mansion on Thursday evening to be fired. Our sources tell us that when Governor Nixon’s close friend from law school arrived, the Governor didn’t even want to come down from the private residence to fire him.  Instead, Nixon’s Chief of Staff John Watson and […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon