“According to a blockbuster AP story, Koster has been skirting the law by funneling money to a shadowy group run by Jay Nixon Crony Chuck Hatfield; the group then contributes the money back to Koster’s campaign coffers.” MOPNS 7/9/08 Gambling and laundering money seem to go together like hamburgers and french fries don’t they? No […]
Entries Tagged as 'Decision ’08'
Koster Consigliere & Nixon Crony Hatfield Fights to Keep Prop A on Ballot
October 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon
Wheels Continue to Fall Off Hulshof Campaign
October 14th, 2008 · No Comments
We’ve waited with bated breath these last few months hoping for some signs of life from the Hulshof Campaign. In the meantime, we’ve been unmercifully subjected to a campaign with inconsistent themes and bad commercials with tired buzzwords and repacked slogans. (For example: “Liberal” and “Wrong Way Jay” – which sounds eerily similar to the […]
Tags: Decision '08 · Rep. Kenny Hulshof
Videos: Sam Graves & Kay Barnes’ Use of Children in Political Ads
October 14th, 2008 · No Comments
From TV Barn with Aaron Barnhart: Could it be? Is this the same politician who, earlier this year, put an ad on in his district that earned nationwide ridicule for its 1980s-era stereotypes and 1970s-era public-access TV production values? Well, seems Sam Graves found some money in his office budget, or somewhere, and went out […]
Tags: Decision '08 · Kay Barnes · Rep. Sam Graves
Video: Kay Barnes Was an Appointed Advisor to Fannie Mae
October 14th, 2008 · No Comments
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZD_i7YeRmI” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: MOPNS (10/9/08) WAPO: “Democrat Kay Barnes Having Trouble Escaping Fannie’s Grasp” “There is no way another person can make a woman satisfied.” – Former “masturbation consultant” and K.C. mayor Kay Barnes From the Washington Post: The mudslinging of the presidential campaign has oozed its way down the ballot to […]
Tags: Decision '08 · Kay Barnes · Senator. Kit Bond · Videos
ACORN Scrutiny Grows; Gov. Blunt & McCain Campaign Mgr. to Hold Press Conference Call
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments
BREAKING: Today, at 1:00 p.m. EDT, McCain-Palin 2008 will hold a press conference call with Missouri Governor Matt Blunt and Rick Davis, campaign manager, to discuss ACORN and Barack Obama’s direct ties to the organization. The Missouri Political News Service has received several press releases from national organizations concerned with the serious vote fraud allegations […]
Tags: Decision '08 · Matt Blunt
Guest Op Ed: Education Reform in Gubernatorial Campaigns
October 8th, 2008 · No Comments
By Earl Simms The recent outcry by Jay Nixon over campaign donations to Kenny Hulshof’s campaign is a red herring to distract us from the state of Missouri’s education system. By every measure Missouri’s education system is not delivering to the vast majority of the state’s children. The St. Louis Public School system is unaccredited […]
Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon · Rep. Kenny Hulshof
Video: The Swing Vote: Joplin, Mo.
October 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Undecided Joplin-area voters tell The Joplin Globe what they are looking for in a presidential candidate. Hat tip: jomojoc [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/KPvRCChwHcY” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: KMBC’s Micheal Mahoney interviews Sen. John McCain on Oct. 1, 2008 in Independence, Mo. Hat tip: kmbctv [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/dkZlZ7qLhg4″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]
Tags: Decision '08 · Videos
Quote of the Day: “…And That’s Why They Call Her “Classy” Claire McCaskill!”
October 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Classsy Claire and the “politics of change!” From Politico: McCaskill was stepping out of her chair at the end of an MSNBC interview, and Romney was up next. She and a staffer unplugged her various wires, and she handed Romney the earpiece the guests use to hear the host. “I spit on this before I […]
Tags: Decision '08 · Picture/Quote of the Day · Senator McCaskill
Congressional Quarterly: Sen. Talent Possible Labor Secretary in McCain Administration?
October 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Secretary of Labor Jim Talent? From CQ: An articulate proponent of the core conservative belief that more federal authority over domestic programs should be handed to the states, he sought refuge at the Heritage Foundation as a senior fellow after losing his Senate seat in 2006 by 2 percentage points to Democrat Claire McCaskill. That […]
Tags: Decision '08 · Hon. Jim Talent
Carnahans’ to Benefit From Proposition C Passage
October 6th, 2008 · No Comments
The Kansas City Star had a story yesterday that basically details how, with the passage of Proposition C, the Carnahan’s are going to get richer by exploiting their political connections and the anger Americans have towards rising energy prices. Proposition C, the renewable energy initiative on Missouri’s November ballot, appears to have lots of support […]
Tags: Carnahans' · Decision '08 · Rep. Russ Carnahan
