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Kansas City | Missouri Political News Service - Part 2

Entries Tagged as 'Kansas City'

Quote of the Day: Jeff Roe on Gingrich Presidential Candidacy: “He’ll Be Out By Labor Day”

May 31st, 2011 · No Comments

Campaigns and Elections: Jeff Roe, president of Axiom Strategies, a Kansas City–based Republican consulting firm, says such measly fundraising numbers will make Gingrich’s path to the nomination exceedingly difficult. “We are going to see very quickly if he is built for the trials and tribulations of a presidential campaign,” says Roe. “The one thing that […]

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Tags: Jeff Roe · Kansas City

Rusty & FiredUp Missouri Continue Alienate African Americans Political Strategy

May 5th, 2011 · No Comments

Boy, we’re enjoying immensly the Carnahan Blog (FiredUp Missouri) rip on Black Democrats who voted in favor to eliminate Rusty’s district. (here, here, here, and here) You can’t blame though, they’re only following the lead of their boy. Not a great strategy to endear yourself to black community though. Have the Carnahan’s forgotten how bad […]

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Tags: Kansas City · MO Legislature · Rep. Emanuel Cleaver · Rep. Jonas Hughes · Rep. Lacy Clay · Rep. Russ Carnahan · St. Louis

‘Nullify Now’ in Kansas City 2011

January 19th, 2011 · No Comments

From the Missouri Tenth: For decades and decades, the federal government has looked to its constitutional limitations with disdain – if at all. The question that we the people have always asked – what do we do about it? Do we ask federal politicians to limit their own power? Do we ask federal judges to […]

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Tags: Editorial Cartoons · Kansas City

“The Citizen” Makes Debut in February

January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments

The Missouri Political News Service has learned about a new print publication that will be debuting throughout Kansas City on February 1, 2011. It will be a monthly paper called “The Citizen” that will be a free paper distributed at coffee shops and city halls (like “The Pitch” or “Ink”). Sources are telling us that […]

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Tags: Kansas City

Why Cleaver Can’t Appreciate the Taxpayer

December 13th, 2010 · No Comments

Last week, we told you about the good Reverend Representative Cleaver’s eye popping $48 billion earmark request for a project that only has a MySpace acct as it’s website. Cleaver was roundly criticized, but how can you blame him for not really appreciating the value of the taxpyer’s dime when your siphoning $200,000 a year […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

Cleaver Asks for $48 BILLION Earmark for “Mystery Project”….Seriously!

December 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments

This folks is why conservatives say that our government doesn’t have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem!  Taxpayers Against Earmarks: And if you are shocked by the number and dollar amount of the earmarks requested this year, imagine this possible earmark request: $48 billion from Congressman Emanuel Cleaver for Quality Day Campus, Inc., […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

Video: Toyota, Cleaver Sued for Car Wash Wreck

December 6th, 2010 · No Comments

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s controversial car wash is back in the news: Hat tip:NBCActionNews [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/88giFRirYZo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Tags: Kansas City · Rep. Emanuel Cleaver · Videos

Why MSM (KC Star) is Going Belly Up!

September 9th, 2010 · No Comments

“People want to talk about patriotism? There is an emptiness of patriotism” — Rep. Emanuel Cleaver Besides the often shameless and biased reporting, another probable reason for the Kansas City Star’s financial problems is their “Johnny come lately” reporting. Folks, we’ve been telling you about Emanuel Cleaver’s $200 million boondoggle since April of last year! […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Media Bias · Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

KCMO Podcast: The Monday Morning Match Up

August 17th, 2010 · No Comments

The Monday Morning Matchup featuring Republican Jeff Roe and Democrat Phil Levota. Chris Stigall asks Jeff & Phil about the Obama Mosque Speech, the recant and how it will affect Robin Carnahan. Chris also asks both sides of the parties about the new anti-Blunt ad that Carnahan endorses. It got kinda heated. Click here to […]

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Tags: Jeff Roe · Kansas City

Leave it to Cleaver: ‘I Can’t Legislate and Agitate at the Same Time’

July 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Wouldn’t claiming that you were spat on while walking to to the capitol to pass Obama’s unpopular healthcare bill be considered “legislating and agitating at the same time?” But we digress. Cleaver is angry that his $200 million Green Impact Zone earmark project is not hiring enough African Americans. Kansas City Star: [Cleaver] explained that […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Picture/Quote of the Day · Rep. Emanuel Cleaver