Picture credit: The Source It seems a Wes Shoemyer supporter disapproves of the post we did last week on the representative’s early celebrating of the end of the legislative session. They left this comment today: “Oh? can you smell his breath in that picture, give me a break, nothing more than fodder!!!” You have to [...]
Entries from May 2009
Quote of the Day: “Oh? Can You Smell His Breath in That Picture?”
May 21st, 2009 · No Comments
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Cong. Blunt Gets Love From His Caucus: “We’re Going to Lose a Hell of a Lot”
May 21st, 2009 · No Comments
By Molly K. Hooper Rep. Roy Blunt’s (R-Mo.) decision to leave the House is starting to sink in. “We’re going to lose a hell of a lot,” Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) said. Blunt has played a leading role in the GOP’s new healthcare proposal and was called on to be a key pinch hitter in [...]
Tags: Rep. Roy Blunt
Jim Talent: “The Left Has Allowed its Ideology to Distort its Perception of Global Risk”
May 21st, 2009 · No Comments
With North Korea and Iraq thumbing its noses at the world, former Senator Jim Talent writes in National Review how irresponsible it is for the United States to continue cutting its defense spending. By Jim Talent In an editorial on Sunday, May 10, the New York Times took the Obama administration to task for not [...]
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WTF???? Why is Nixon’s MODOT Director Polling Repeal of Helmet Law?
May 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
Prime Buzz: “Armed with new poll numbers, MoDOT Director Pete Rahn came out today and asked the governor to veto a bill that would weaken Missouri’s mandatory helmet law. In asking Gov. Jay Nixon to veto the bill, Rahn touted new poll numbers showing that 84 percent of Missourians support the mandatory helmet law that’s [...]
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“Rowdy Rod” Jetton Loses……Again!
May 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Political consultant (not a lobbyist) Rod Jetton’s client Bonnie Sue Cooper has lost for a second time in a special election held yesterday in Clay County. Liberty Tribune: In the Nov. 4, 2008, election, Larson beat Cooper by 2,021 votes, 24,099 to 22,078 votes. However, several hours after the polls opened, it was discovered that [...]
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Cost, Deception & the Death Penalty: The Colorado Experience
May 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Protesters gather outside the prison where Missouri’s first execution in nearly four years was held Tuessday, May 19, 2009, in Bonne Terre, Mo. Dennis Skillicorn, one of three men convicted of killing Excelsior Springs businessman Richard Drummond in 1994, was executed at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday at the prison. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) By Dudley Sharp Death [...]
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