Sen. Bond pictured here in 1998 with former St. Louis NAACP head Charles Mischeaux Jay Nixon took his press release only campaign back to Kirksville this week. As our readers remember, we posted a video last year of our illustrious attorney general attending a private fundraiser in Kirksville in his taxpayer supplied vehicle. Dubbed as […]
Entries from April 2008
Nixon Campaigns in Kirksville. Will He This Time Reimburse Taxpayer’s for Use of His Official Vehicle?
April 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon
Sen. Bond: “Bipartisan Housing Bill Will Help Families and Neighborhoods”
April 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Too many families across the nation are feeling the pain of the housing crisis and they need our help now. To help these families, Republican offered the Security Against Foreclosure and Education (SAFE) Act of 2008. In this proposal — which I coauthored — we proposed help for families to refinance distressed subprime mortgages; help […]
Tags: Senator. Kit Bond
Quote of the Day: [Hulshof’s] Name Identification Outside His District is Low and His Fundraising is Suspect
April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
“Hulshof is a conservative Congressman from the rural 9th District in the northeast quadrant of the state. His name identification outside his district is low and his fundraising is suspect.” Read more…
Tags: Decision '08 · Picture/Quote of the Day · Rep. Kenny Hulshof
Real Journalists vs Bloggers; Real Bloggers vs Cut & Pasters
April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
johncombest.com Missourinet’s Steve Walsh is the latest mainstream journalist to wade into the bloggers vs “real journalist” debate. It’s frankly a dead issue to us. Should we really expect the mainstream media to respect what we do when we’re kicking their butts on a daily basis? I think the real question here is: Who are […]
Tags: John Combest · Media Bias
November Initiative Deserves Support
April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
By Michael Jensen – Publisher Eliminating affirmative action would adversely impact minority participation. But the other side of that coin is that when anyone is given a preference over another based on race or gender, someone suffers. Someone with better scores, someone with better skills and experience pays the price for affirmative action. And since […]
Tags: Affirmative Action · Decision '08
Video: Rep. Blunt Blames Dems for Surging Gas Prices
April 1st, 2008 · No Comments
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Tags: Rep. Roy Blunt · Videos
Former Bond Staffer’s Junkets Discouraged Congressional Run
April 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Will you ever run for public office? “Only if it’s the right thing to do for the people of Missouri and my family” – Jason Van Eaton (Prime Buzz’s Q&A – 2/18/07) Inside sources have told MOPNS that one of the factors for Van Eaton not running for Congress (or accepting the Hulshof campaign manager […]
Tags: Jason Van Eaton · Senator. Kit Bond
Rep. Connie Johnson Responds to MOPNS Post
April 1st, 2008 · No Comments
This is what we wrote last week on Johnson’s candidacy: “Rep. Connie Johnson is not a real candidate in this race. Everyone around the Capitol knows that Johnson – an attorney – has been angling for months for a judgeship appointment. She’s hoping that Rep. Hubbard’s close ties with Speaker Jetton and the Republicans, […]
Tags: Decision '08
Law Students Get a Lesson About LGBT
April 1st, 2008 · No Comments
You’ve got to give the homosexual lobby credit. Create sympathy for your cause with the future attorneys and judges of America. The indoctrination starts in kindergarten with the reading of Heather Has Two Mommies, and doesn’t end, even when some of the students enter law school. From University News: (UMKC) By Elyssa Brogdon Students of […]
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A Liberal Example of Hyperbole Kool-Aid Syndrome
April 1st, 2008 · No Comments
FiredUp’s “Howard Beale” is a riot! “Beale” seems to enjoy exhibiting his incapability to grasp simple political satire. Rather strange for someone engaging in the rough and tumble world of politics by writing for a hyper-partisan political blog. If it wasn’t April fools day, “Beale’s” overblown assessment of Rep Schaaf’s speech would be an indicator […]
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