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Senator McCaskill | Missouri Political News Service - Part 17

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Which is the Real Claire, Populist or Moderate?

February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Our junior Senator contrasted her carefully crafted image as a moderate last week by calling banking executives “idiots” for paying out $18 billion in bonuses to their best performing employees. McCaskill was the toast of the media after her comments in the well of the Senate. To us, McCaskill’s phony exasperation was frankly embarrassing. We […]

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“Does It Get Any More Pathetic Than This?”

January 30th, 2009 · No Comments

From CitizenLink.com: “Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), who assumed office only in January 2007, has accepted $986,619 from the pro-abortion lobby.” By Deal W. Hudson Wayward Catholic politicians accept millions from pro-abortion lobby and vote accordingly. Only 6 of the 24 Catholic Senators voted “yea” yesterday to restore the Mexico City Policy. Six of the eight […]

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We Always Love a Good Cat Fight

January 16th, 2009 · No Comments

The HillBuzz – one of our favorite national blogs due to their constant berating of Claire McCaskill during the Democrat primaries – weighs in with another zinger on our junior senator. The blog is run by female supporters of Hillary Clinton who are upset she endorsed Barack Obama. One of our quotes of the day […]

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Quote(S) of the Day: Talent at the Top of Most Republican Lists; McCaskill Not Anxious For “Extra Love Pats”

January 15th, 2009 · No Comments

TownHall.com: “In Missouri, former Sen. Jim Talent is at the top of most Republican lists to keep Bond’s seat in the GOP column.” Read more… Politico: “And after having traveled with a bum knee that required security checks, [McCaskill] said she’s not anxious for “extra love pats” to come back. Read more… CNN: “Democratic Sen. […]

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Quote of the Day: Claire McCaskill: “It’s Not That I Don’t Trust Barack Obama or His Administration”

January 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Although she’s Obama’s biggest Kool-Aid drinker, we applaud Claire for looking out for the taxpayers! TPM: Dem Senators Trust Obama … Depending on the Meaning of Trust “It’s not that I don’t trust Barack Obama or his administration. It’s that we have to be careful in our urgency to fix a crisis, that we don’t […]

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Good News for Kit & Claire!

December 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

There’s good news for our two generous Senators that supported the $17 billion auto bailout! According to the latest Rasmussen poll, now only 49% of the people oppose a bailout, down from 53% just two weeks ago. From Rasmussen Reports: Two weeks ago, 53% of voters opposed government loans to help the automakers stay in […]

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Video: Kit Bond: “There’s Still Hope”

November 24th, 2008 · No Comments

While Mr. Bond is on an almost one man quest to give taxpayer money to the auto industry, the junior senator from Missouri is co-sponsoring bi-partisan legislation to provide greater oversight over the “bailout” money that has already been allocated for financial institutions. There have been calls to use part of the $700 billion to […]

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Guess Which Missouri Senator Supports Automaker Bailout?

November 17th, 2008 · No Comments

What a historic and strange year we’re having in politics! First, an African American is elected president of the United States. And now we have Democrat Claire McCaskill not supporting a bail out of the Auto industry and her UAW constituents, (“We are going to have to do more to protect tax dollars for me […]

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Claire for DNC Chair? “Please, God, No…”

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Rumors were running wild yeterday that our own Sen. Claire McCaskill would succeed Howard “The Scream”Dean as DNC Chair next year. With Claire’s early support for President elect Obama during the primaries, pundits and activists had her as a shoo in. Apparently,the Clinton’s must have a little influence left in the party, (we all know […]

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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 […]

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