“Yet now, all of the sudden, Kinder is drawing a bead on Rod Jetton, rolling out an ethics package clearly aimed at the Speaker…Whatever his reason, it’s interesting to note that Kinder acted here in true weaselly GOP fashion by waiting until there is absolutely no downside risk before launching his attack, as Jetton is on his way out and the session is over.”

Loyal readers, Where do think the above quote was taken from? A “Rowdy Roddy” Jetton spokesperson? The Hushof campaign? Maybe the Missouri Republican Party? If you guessed any of those three choices, you are FAR off the mark. In fact, this quote was taken from Speaker Jetton’s favorite blog, FiredUp Missouri. We’ve noted on this blog FUM’s fondness for our ethically challenged Speaker and their constant blind eye to his various misadventures. So it’s really not a surprise to us that they continue the tradition today.

4th District Congressional candidate Jeff’ Parnell sings his classic political song that helped Bob Holden lose his primary race in 2004.

Hat tip:JeffParnell08

Like his famous namesake the wrestler “Rowdy Roddy” Piper, our own “Rowdy Roddy” Jetton’s “win at any cost” tenure as Speaker of the House, was similar to a Rowdy Roddy forearm smash - destructive with it’s only real purpose an unfair advantage for Rowdy Roddy.

For the second time in as many weeks, Jetton’s ethics (or lack of) has come into question on the campaign trail. Last week, Sarah Steelman unveiled a ethics package banning legislators from owning consulting businesses that had as their clients fellow legislators. Peter Kinder is doing a fly around today proposing the same thing in his ethic package.

Below is from a Kinder Campaign press release:

“Speaking as a public official, I believe any time any of us in public office start to turn down the road of co-mingling private interest with the public trust, we’ve taken the wrong step and we’ve taken a detour, and it’s time to turn away from that. This commonsense measure will make it against the law for a public official holding an elected office to simultaneously serve as a campaign consultant or fundraising consultant for other elected officials.”

In a Post-Dispatch story this morning, Kinder said:

“This has been a large pebble in my shoe since I learned of it two and a half years ago. I hoped I could counsel certain individuals behind the scenes. In the last legislative session it became clear that wasn’t going to work. This is not acceptable governance.”

Kinder was also quoted as saying that other officials should have been saying something about Jetton’s grossly unethical behavior, but “[he’s] saying it now.” The Missouri Political News Service has been crying foul from the rooftops for months about Jetton’s ethics. Like here here here and here.

A side note. Insiders tell MOPNS that the preeminent leader of anti abortion in the Missouri legislature, Dr. Bob Onder, lost the Right to Life endorsement because he hired Jetton.

Related:

Kinder Campaign Video: Changing Missouri

A walk with Presidential Candidate, Barack Obama, as he visits with Independence residents on June 28, 2008. Read more…

Hat tip: examinernet

Turns out some judges aren’t all that bad. At least one saw fit to forward this email to MOPNS:

Message

I apologize in advance for using Dale’s email list.

I’ve had enough with Lembke attacking the Missouri Plan. The lawyers in this state MUST send a message that if you attack the Missouri Plan, we WILL fight back.

Joan Barry is running against Rep. Lembke for a Missouri Senate seat. What message do we want all legislators – regardless of party - to hear? I want them to hear that we will fight back. Its one thing to form a group to defend the Missouri Plan, but let’s fight our enemies as hard as Lembke is fighting against our judges. Who will join me by contributing to Joan’s campaign?

(Web address deleted for posting)

Stephen R. Bough

CCP blogger and liberal court defender Steven Bough, stepped way over the line when he used a mass email list - that included sitting judges - to shill for contributions for a political campaign. Bough’s passion for keeping trial attorneys in charge of naming judges must have gotten the best of him.

In his above “reply all” to an email post of a news story, Bough sends specific contribution information to like-minded lawyers and judges. The problem is he didn’t check the list and included some judges on their official government email addresses. Soliciting contributions through a state email address is a big no-no, as we are sure lawyer Bough could tell you. For such an egregious error, there is no choice but to file an ethics complaint.

This is what happens when over-zealous activists lose control. They don’t think before they act. Bough should apologize publicly for his outburst and his indiscretion.

Liberals just don’t seem to know what they want these days. Barack Obama is all the rage among the progressives because he advocates for “change” and working across party lines, yet our junior senator is criticized by them for not voting enough times with her party! Tells us change is merely a campaign buzzword that means implementing the liberal agenda. From Daily Kos:

The Netroots in Missouri has taken great issue with many of Sen Claire McCaskill’s higher profile votes since we dumped money, time and effort into finally getting a Democratic Senator elected from Missouri.

If you rank the Senators from top to bottom in voting with the party, she comes in at #79, thus, there are 78 Senators with a higher level of voting with the party than Sen McCaskill.

Who might some of these Senators be?

Kit Bond at 86.1%.

Joe Lierberman is at 86.5%.

JOE LIEBERMAN?!!!!!!!

Give. Me. A. Break.

And even tho she votes most often with Jim Webb, he’s at 90.5% of voting with the Party.

As a former VA resident, there are a lot of demographic commonalities with Missouri in terms of voting patterns. And Jim Webb definitely ran as more of a conservative Democrat that did Sen McCaskill.

And yet, here we are looking at someone who’s not voted the way she ran during her campaign and who can point to JOE FUCKING LIEBERMANN as someone who votes “more Democratic” than the junior senator from Missouri. Read more.