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March, 2010 | Missouri Political News Service

Entries from March 2010

Rep. Roorda DOES “Take Walks” on Tough Votes

March 31st, 2010 · No Comments

 Image courtesy KSDK.com Last Thursday, all hell broke loose in the Missouri House Chamber when Representative Jeff Roorda (D-Barnhart) and Representative Tim Jones (R-Eureka) had a heated exchange while discussing the budget. During the spat, Rep. Tim Jones adamantly accused Rep. Roorda of being a liar. So what stoked the fire? Rep. Roorda was upset […]

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Tags: MO Legislature

And They Wonder Why We Call Them Socialists?

March 31st, 2010 · No Comments

Lucky sperm club member Congressman Russ Carnahan held a “press” conference yesterday at a clinic in Holly Hills, Mo touting the benefits of Obamacare. We learned that blogger Adam Sharp of Sharpelbows.net was denied entry into the press conference because he wasn’t a member of the state run media. Can we really be surprised by […]

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Tags: Rep. Russ Carnahan

St. Louis Executives Support ‘Earmark King’ Skelton

March 31st, 2010 · No Comments

This is what is wrong with our politics. These guys don’t give a damn about Missouri’s economy, it’s all about keeping their bottom lines fat! Mr. Skelton no longer supports common sense Missouri values or the values of his district for that matter. Why do we need a congressman who avoids his constituents and votes […]

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Tags: Rep. Ike Skelton

Video: Rep. Doug Funderburk: Saying No to Cap & Trade

March 31st, 2010 · No Comments

Well it looks like the next item on our president’s socialist agenda is cap and trade tax. We sure hope the Republicans in Congress stay vigilant and reject the President’s okie doke feints at bipartisanship. The New York Times is reporting that President Obama will announce today that he is open to allowing offshore drilling […]

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Tags: MO Legislature · Videos

Nixon Nominates Tax Cheat to St. Louis Police Board

March 30th, 2010 · No Comments

If this were any other politician, this headline might be surprising. As reported in the Post-Dispatch, Governor Nixon’s newest nominee for the St. Louis Police Board of Commissioners has a long-standing history of not paying his taxes on time and has been taken to court four times by the city for outstanding taxes. Two weeks […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon

The Continuing Decline of FiredUp Missouri

March 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Obama Approval Jumps 5 Points In Two Week Span The above headline is from a post yesterday on the increasingly amateurish FiredUp Missouri. Only political amateurs would run with poll results taken immediately after a president has passed a major initiative. Everyone knows that these bounces never lasts. RCP: USAT/Gallup: Obama Disapproval Hits 50% When we […]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Healthcare · Roy Temple

Quote of the Day: McCaskill Says Dems ‘Overpromising’ on Healthcare

March 29th, 2010 · No Comments

“Do you think we’re over promising on this healthcare bill Mr. President? Not at all Claire. Our Kool Aid drinkers are buying it, that’s all that matters! The Hill: “The side on which I’m on, that voted for the bill, probably is overpromising, [has] not been clear enough about the fact that this is going […]

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Tags: Healthcare · Picture/Quote of the Day · Senator McCaskill

Greyfalcon on Obama, Sharpton & Socialism

March 25th, 2010 · No Comments

The Greyfalcon’s Blog: Maybe Al should used some of that money he gets for the National Action Network to hire someone to do some internet research. I thought socialism was a code word for “black” and was racist to use. So it’s OK for the race mongers to use it when they get what they […]

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Tags: Healthcare

To Spit or Not to Spit, That is the Question

March 25th, 2010 · No Comments

The Lie: Hat tip: bravenewfoundation “Tell the GOP: Apologize for your hate-spewing proxies in the Tea Party Patriots. It is not acceptable for you to build your party’s political fortunes by encouraging and defending bigotry and hatred among your supporters…Another spat on Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, also an African-American.” [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/IhKW9liqKK0″ width=”325″ height=”250″ wmode=”transparent” /] The […]

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Tags: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver · Rep. Russ Carnahan

Tommy Sowers Still Can’t Find His District

March 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

After picking up just enough money in NY recently to pay for a plane ticket to Washington, D.C., Tommy Sowers went knocking on doors and was finally able to track down SOMEONE from the 8th District. Unfortunately, the doors he was knocking on were at the offices of liberal members of Congress and the 8th […]

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Tags: Healthcare