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February, 2009 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 7

Entries from February 2009

Linda Martinez: “Tell Them Whatever They Want to Hear”

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

As they say, you cannot have your cake and eat it too.  Linda Martinez has just gobbled up her cake while she is also giving heaping platefuls of it to the Missouri Senate. For years, Linda Martinez has been against any form of immigration reform.  She led the effort to ensure that Valley Park’s stand […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon

Daily Kos Calls Claire a Socialist. Where Have They Been?

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

We asked Monday in a post whether Claire was a populist or moderate. Well Daily Kos went even further and called her a socialist yesterday! “Over at Congress Matters, Kagro X points out that Claire McCaskill’s getting all the credit for the compensation cap, but Bernie Sanders made almost the exact same proposal last November. […]

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Tags: Senator McCaskill

Quote of the Day: Roy Blunt on Digital TV Conversion Delay

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Rep. Blunt yesterday on the four month delay in the conversion from analog to digital television. The President and the Democrat Congress included $650 million in the “stimulus package” to give to consumers who can’t afford a converter box. By the way, how many jobs does this create again? “If you don’t know this date […]

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Tags: Picture/Quote of the Day · Rep. Roy Blunt

Gateway Pundit: “Robin Carnahan Linked to Criminal Outfit That Hired Rapists and Murderers For Voter Registration Drives”

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

One of the best blogs out there! GP is always being quoted by Rush Limbaugh on his radio program. In 2008 Barack Obama hired Patrick Gaspard, a top official of the powerhouse New York-based healthcare workers union 1199, an SEIU affiliate and the largest local union in the country. In 2004, Patrick Gaspard Served As […]

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Tags: Carnahans'

Card-Check Legislation Violates Employee Freedoms

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

By Carl Bearden Union leaders nationally are desperate. With membership falling throughout the private sector, they have turned toward an Orwellian named proposed federal legislation called the Employee Free Choice Act. The unions are promoting the act as the best method to increase membership, and improve wages and working conditions. But don’t be fooled. This […]

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Hasta Lavista Linda Martinez?

February 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Arch City Chronicle headline: Senate Stall Martinez nomination again Led by Sen. Scott Rupp. More later. Capital Calling: Rupp speaks on Martinez filibuster Hat tip: jasonrosenbaum [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/x7VRt2pq61o” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Monsanto Company Kicks Off Nixon’s High Street Project  (January 26th, 2009) The locks had barely been changed in the Governor’s office when Jay […]

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[Clueless] Quote of the Day: “C’mon Back to Missouri Roy, You’ve Got Beltway Fever!”

February 4th, 2009 · No Comments

With an apparently straight face, Mr. Temple gave us this gem in Chris Cillizza’s “The Fix” column when asked if Obama’s nominee’s tax problems affect the way people view the President: Does the focus on Daschle (and, to a lesser extent, Killefer and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner) change the way people view Obama? No, argued […]

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Tags: Roy Temple

Nixon’s Salary Scandal Part II – Work Harder So We Can Live MUCH Better

February 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Jay Nixon has been at it again.  Earlier, he stretched the truth by stating to the Columbia Tribune that his salaries were only up a bit – 3% — while at the same time giving the pink slip to hundreds of Missouri employees. For the six senior staff members who worked for the state this […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon

Why Doesn’t This Surprise Us?

February 4th, 2009 · No Comments

From The Source:  “This is Journalism?” In what could be a textbook case of journalistic malpractice, the erstwhile Kansas City Star finally reported on the DUI arrest and subsequent firing of its columnist merely a month after it happened. Did we mention that the columnist, Rhonda Chriss Lokeman, is also married to Publisher Mark Zieman? […]

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Tags: Media Bias

Onder Urges No Action on Nixon’s Health Department Appointment Until Conflicts of Interest Questions Are Answered

February 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Missourians United for Life press release: Jefferson City – February 4, 2009 – Dr. Bob Onder is raising very serious concerns about Governor Jay Nixon’s appointment to Missouri’s health department and how it could result in Missouri tax dollars going to abortion providers. Dr. Onder is urging the Missouri Senate to delay a vote on […]

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Tags: Abortion