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October, 2010 | Missouri Political News Service

Entries from October 2010

Quote of the Day: KMOV: “Is This Why We’re Broke?”

October 27th, 2010 · No Comments

 “St. Louis County is not broke, let’s not fix something not broke.” — Charlie Dooley The local CBS affiliate in St. Louis (KMOV) has been running a commercial with the above tagline for a special investigative report set to air on Thursday’s 10 pm newscast. What we know so far from the teaser is that […]

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Tags: STL County Executive Charlie Dooley

Dems Still Running From Unpopular Obamacare‏

October 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Just after Democrats passed their unpopular health care bill, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) declared on Meet the Press, “As people learn about the bill, it’s going to be more and more popular. By November, those who voted for health care will find it an asset, those who voted against it will find it a liability.” […]

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Tags: Healthcare

STL Alderman On County-City Merger: “Merge County Municipalities 1st”

October 26th, 2010 · No Comments

“AAA Charlie” Dooley’s city county merger trial balloon continues to have negative reverberations for him in his campaign for reelection as St. Louis County executive. Here’s what Dooley told the Post Dispatch on September 27th: In a meeting Monday morning with Post-Dispatch editorial writers and reporters, St. Louis County Executive Charlie A. Dooley said a […]

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Tags: Mayor Frances Slay · St. Louis · STL County Executive Charlie Dooley

Video: Cong. Lacy Clay w/ Gov. Holden – Pt. 1 of 4

October 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Hat tip:CHUCKtheFED [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/-XBvLY4KOZA” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Tags: Rep. Lacy Clay · Videos

Video: Website Exposes History of Corruption in Dooley Administration

October 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Hat tip:suedegroup2010 [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/LsBc3uTck1Q” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] The Corrigan campaign has countered the “Bail Out Bill” website that the Dooley campaign launched immediately after the August primaries. Here’s an excerpt from a statement released last week: County Executive Charlie Dooley’s disturbing pattern of corruption has been the subject of multiple news articles, television spots, […]

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Tags: STL County Executive Charlie Dooley · Videos

Dem Leaders Complain People Don’t Know About What They Did

October 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Recently, Democrats have been expressing their frustration at a lack of support for their policies. Some key Democrat leaders have apparently decided the reason is because they haven’t been bragging enough about the bills they’ve passed. Last week, President Obama lamented, “[I]t was very difficult for us to spend a lot of time doing victory […]

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Tags: Healthcare

Quote/Picture of the Day: AAA Charlie Inc. – “No Bids, No Problem Since 2003”

October 21st, 2010 · No Comments

Charlie Dooley and John Temporiti conducting business as usual? In a rare treat for you today, we combine our picture of the day and quote of the day into one post for your enjoyment. Our political cartoonist did an excellent job of illustrating just what has been going on in St. Louis County for the […]

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Tags: Editorial Cartoons · Picture/Quote of the Day · STL County Executive Charlie Dooley

Popular Blogger Loses Father

October 21st, 2010 · No Comments

We at Missouri Political News Service would like to extend our condolences to blogger John Combest. Mr. Charles R. “Charlie” Combest passed away Tuesday, October 19th. We ask that you  keep John, Monica and his family in your prayers.

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Video: 11 Reasons to Vote for Democrats in November

October 20th, 2010 · No Comments

Hat tip:Lesterville2k2 [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/rYfGCMORVoY” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Tags: Videos

Dems GOTV Strategy; Brand TEA Party As Racists

October 20th, 2010 · No Comments

When most voters oppose the reelection of anyone who voted for the health care law, auto bailouts and the stimulus plan, all you have left apparently is fear and the race card. Pathetic! Reboot Congress: The NAACP has commissioned the report below. The St. Louis Tea Party is mentioned a couple of times. Here are […]

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Tags: St. Louis