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Obama Anti Business? WSJ: “How in the World Did Anyone Get That Idea?

July 9th, 2010 · No Comments

Politico had an interesting article yesterday reporting, “The White House has launched a coordinated campaign to push back against the perception taking hold in corporate America and on Wall Street that President Barack Obama is promoting an anti-business agenda. . . . And it is more than just politics: Obama’s aides believe confidence in the […]

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Should Tommy Sowers’ Website Disclaimer Also Apply to his “Combat Bible?”

July 9th, 2010 · No Comments

Sowers’ website disclaimer: “Use of his military rank, job titles and photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement from the Department of Defense or the U.S. Army – (or God)” Related: Tacky! Tommy Sowers Exploits His “Combat Bible” in First Commercial

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Video: Lt. Gov. Kinder Challenges Federal Health Care Bill

July 8th, 2010 · No Comments

 Hat tip: jackohoft [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/H0G8Sty5xOw” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related:  Kansas City Conservative Examiner: Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder takes on Obamacare

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Tacky! Tommy Sowers Exploits His “Combat Bible” in First Commercial

July 7th, 2010 · No Comments

The folks over at the Tommy Sowers campaign must have realized that the gay bar fundraiser in DC was a BIG mistake! Soon after the infamous affair, we have Tommy doing an interview on the Christian Broadcast Network talking about his faith, and now, his first television commercial is out talking about (with Bible prop […]

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Sowers Does Christian Network TV Interview After Gay Bar Fundraiser

July 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

   Is it a coincidence, that after we told you about Tommy’s DC fundraiser in a gay bar a couple of weeks ago, Sowers winds up on the Christian Broadcast Network discussing his faith? CBN.com: “When I was in Iraq, I carried that Bible with me and carried it in my left breast pocket, and […]

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More Jobs Lost; “Recovery Summer” Delayed

July 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

The Labor Department announced today that 125,000 jobs were lost in June, in part due to 225,000 temporary census jobs ending, leaving a gain in private sector employment of only 83,000 jobs. The unemployment rate lowered slightly from 9.7% to 9.5%, in part because 652,000 people stopped looking for work. Reuters writes today, “Employment fell […]

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Rep. Don ‘Free Porn Clips for All’ Calloway Draws Finance Report Suspicion

July 1st, 2010 · No Comments

“Go the extra mile to avoid appearance of impropriety.”— Rep. Calloway St. Louis American: This week, attention was brought to Calloway’s campaign finance reports, and particularly his amended April quarterly reports. Though legislators amend their quarter reports all the time, there was enough suspicion on his finance reports to lose a potential endorsement from the […]

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99 Weeks of Unemployment Benefits? When is Enough, Enough?

July 1st, 2010 · No Comments

The Hill reported yesterday, “The national debt will reach 62 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of this year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Wednesday. The budget office said the debt will reach its highest percentage of GDP since the end of World War II. The jump is driven by […]

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FEC Complaint Filed Against Tommy Sower’s DC Gay Bar Fundraiser

June 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Former Rolla mayor Floyd Ferrell has filed a FEC complaint alleging that Tommy Sowers violated election laws during his fundraiser last month at a well known gay bar in Washington D.C. According to Ferrell, Sower’s fundraiser was also a backdoor (no pun intended)  product launch with Square Inc, a firm founded by St. Louis Twitter […]

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Grab Your Wallet! Congressional Democrats Discussing Raising Middle Class Taxes

June 24th, 2010 · No Comments

A week in Washington these days isn’t really complete without a news story exposing another broken promise from Democrats. The twist this week is that it isn’t about the health care bill, but it is about one of President Obama’s key promises: that he wouldn’t raise taxes on the middle class. During his campaign Obama […]

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