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September, 2011 | Missouri Political News Service

Entries from September 2011

Video: Attorney General John Ashcroft Sings Gospel

September 26th, 2011 · No Comments

We never understood why liberals despised this man so much.

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Democrat Leaders Opposing Obama On Trade Agreements

September 26th, 2011 · No Comments

The Hill reports today, “The White House and Democratic leaders in Congress are at odds over three pending trade deals that President Obama is poised to send to Capitol Hill.

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Dems Block Disaster Aid To Protect Green Energy Loan Programs Like Solyndra While Solyndra Execs Take The 5th‏

September 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

The New York Times writes today, “The government’s backing of Solyndra, which could cost taxpayers more than a half-billion dollars, came as the politically well-connected business began an extensive lobbying campaign that appears to have blinded government officials to the company’s financial condition and the risks of the investment

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Video: SMI: Aerotropolis by Another Name?

September 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Audrey Spalding describes how even though the $360 million Aerotropolis tax credit package has been trimmed by $300 million, that same funding for warehouse development may ultimately come about anyway from other, existing tax credit programs.

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Tags: MO Legislature · Show Me Institute · St. Louis

Guest Commentary: “Leave It To Cleaver”

September 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

Blacks are 13% of the American population and gave Obama 96 % of their vote in 2008. They are the second largest voting block in the country (behind the white population, who is 74 % of the population). Obama has done everything in his power to ignore the Black community and finally, some of the Black community’s frustration is spilling over in public. What took you so long?

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Tags: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

“Corny, Naïve and Pollyanish” McCaskill Receives “Porker of the Month” Award

September 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) named Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) its September Porker of the Month for suggesting that the United States Postal Service (USPS) could solve its financial problems by embarking on a new ad campaign….She admitted that her comments were “corny, naïve and pollyanish.”

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Obama Trip To Bridge, “Latest Prop” For Stimulus Tour

September 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

Even NBC News’ Chuck Todd acknowledged, “[T]he setting is what the White House cares about,” and correspondent Kristen Welker agreed: “It’s all about the setting right now . . . . The president’s going to use it as a backdrop to try to sell his jobs plan . . . .”

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Native American Contractors Accuse McCaskill of “Anti Native Agenda”

September 21st, 2011 · No Comments

Tough week for Claire so far. She’s dancing around the issue of whether she will attend the president’s appearance in St. Louis next month – lest she face the wrath of Emmanuel Cleaver and other Blacks, and now Native Americans are basically calling her a racist!

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Is Steelman The Comeback Kid?

September 21st, 2011 · No Comments

Most observers had given up the Steelman campaign for dead a few months ago. A poll recently conducted by Public Policy Polling shows the former state treasurer with a commanding lead over St. Louis congressman Todd Akin.

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Dem Caucus Passes “Lil’ Niecey Rule”

September 21st, 2011 · No Comments

The Democratic Caucus approved their new rules unanimously last week. They would prohibit caucus members from accepting perks.

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