[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/W4pmSI7OxFw” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]Charlie Dooley Calls Obamacare Protestors “Nothing But Haters” “John Brunner’s a friend of mine. I have a lot of Republican friends– [and] a lot of Republican contributors.”— STL county Executive Charlie Dooley STL Beacon: There’s an old saying that politics makes strange bedfellows. And that adage came alive, so to […]

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The Hill reported yesterday, “Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and eight other Senate Democrats proposed new legislation on Tuesday that seeks to counteract the 2010 Citizens United case in which the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot limit political spending by corporations, unions or other groups.” And according to National Journal today, “Senate Majority Leader […]

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Related: “Conservative Republican” John Brunner Late paying Taxes on Airplane

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Not surprised. We uncovered the lid on Koster’s shady campaign financing back in 2008. Hobbits Source Blog: While exploring the Missouri Ethics Commission web site I found an oddity under one particular committee name that deserved a closer look, Koster for Leadership Committee. Koster for Leadership, a Missouri committee, contains just one transaction in the […]

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Yesterday, President Obama announced his plan to deal with the massive tax hike scheduled for January 1st under current law: he’ll allow that tax hike to hit small businesses while putting it off for another year for other taxpayers. As The Wall Street Journal editors put it today, “So the 2013 tax cliff is a […]

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“Conservative Republican” John Brunner’s conservative bona fides have taken quite a hit these last couple of weeks. First, he basically throws his children under the bus after it was revealed that a charity he and his wife control gave money to a radical animal rights group. Next, we learn that he donated money (here and […]

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Last month in his major speech on threats to the First Amendment at AEI, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell warned, “[I]f disclosure is forced upon some but not all, it’s not an act of good government, it’s a political weapon. And that’s precisely what those who are pushing [legislation like the DISCLOSE Act] have in […]

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Curious that Mr. Brunner’s $3,000 donation came from a P.O. Box in Brentwood, TN? Related:   Brunner Donated to Democratic STL County Executive Charlie Dooley

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Two excellent editorials today rightly praise the Supreme Court for its important decision yesterday reaffirming the Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling protecting political speech. Unfortunately, the decision seems to only have emboldened liberal efforts to go after First Amendment protections of political speech. The Wall Street Journal editors write, “Believe it or not, the Supreme […]

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According to this website, Republican senate candidate and business owner John Brunner donated money to St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley in 2005, 2006 and 2009. Mr. Dooley narrowly defeated Republican upstart attorney Bill Corrigan in 2010, 51% to 47%. This is the same Mr. Dooley who campaigned on merging St. Louis County and St. […]

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