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June, 2010 | Missouri Political News Service

Entries from June 2010

Rasmussen: Blunt (R) 48%, Carnahan (D) 43%

June 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Looks like the attempt by Carnahan to tie Blunt to “Big Oil” is not working anymore. Obama fatigue anyone?Rasmussen: A month ago, the race appeared to tighten slightly. But Blunt’s support since September has remained in the range of 44% to 50%, while Carnahan’s in the same period has run from 41% to 46%. The […]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Rep. Roy Blunt

Video: Claire McCaskill Aide’s ‘Brown Shirts’ Comment

June 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Hat tip:DanRiehl [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/riboDzwaAJw” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Video: Cops Called to McCaskill’s Office– Kick Obamacare Protesters Off Public Property (7/20/09) Hat tip:mghoft “Senator Claire McCaskill’s office called the cops today (7/18) on Obamacare protesters. The police were let into her office and told the protesters they had to move off the public sidewalk […]

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Tags: Senator McCaskill

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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Elect or Appoint STL County Assessor? Corrigan Posts Petition

June 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Republican St. Louis County executive candidate Bill Corrigan is following up on his call for the election of the county assesor with a petition on his campaign website. We came across this Facebook ad yesterday while updating our page.The Corrigan camp claims that Mr. Dooley’s flip flop on this issue is transparent and election year […]

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Tags: STL County Executive Charlie Dooley

Picture of the Day: Tommy Sowers & Sunday School

June 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Related: Now We Know Why Sowers Doesn’t Want to End “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” FiredUp Missouri & Liberal Tommy Sowers Call Obviously Gay Bar, “A Regular Hangout”

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Tags: Editorial Cartoons · Picture/Quote of the Day

Cleaver: Diversity is Only Diversity When Democrats Practice It

June 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Read this hypocritical and elitist comment from back bencher Emanuel Cleaver on the election of African American Republican Tim Scott, R-SC to the U.S. House of Representatives: “Diversity goes beyond skin color and gender to include opinion, and Scott lacks a different point of view. This gentleman is to the right of many of the […]

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Tags: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

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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Video: Benefit for a Fallen Hero

June 15th, 2010 · No Comments

 97.1 FM’s morning host Jamie Allman hosts a benefit for Sgt Kisseloff’s two young children (6/7/10) Hat tip:971FMTalk [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/SVAtbd-3oFw” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Reboot Congress: Remembering Sgt. Denis Kisseloff Operation Homefront

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Quote(s) of the Day: Carnahan’s ACORN Allies on Voter Fraud

June 15th, 2010 · No Comments

The Missouri Republican Party is blasting Robin Carnahan today on her (5 days and counting) silence on a damaging FBI report on St. Louis voter fraud that allegedly occurred in 2006: “It is clear from the FBI documents that ACORN’s fraud has been rampant on Robin Carnahan’s watch. Carnahan is in charge of protecting Missouri’s […]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Picture/Quote of the Day

Video: Welcome to the New MOGOP.ORG

June 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Hat tip:MissouriGOP [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/1sF9oS-oA-A” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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