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Picture/Quote of the Day | Missouri Political News Service - Part 22

Entries Tagged as 'Picture/Quote of the Day'

(Most Stupid) Quote of the Day

November 26th, 2007 · No Comments

From the K.C. Blue Blog: “Republican Governor Matt Blunt is back to kicking the Hispanic Community around in hopes of gaining more political support. This time he is proposing legislation to “ban drivers licenses for ILLEGAL immigrants”. Sounds good right? Only one problem, THEY ARE ALREADY BANNED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LEGAL IMMIGRANTS.” Read more… […]

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Quote of the Day: Former Sen. Talent Keynotes Reagan Day Dinner

November 7th, 2007 · No Comments

“To Republicans, what’s important about America is first and foremost what people have built on their own. To liberals, they think what’s important about America is the government.” Sen. Jim Talent Sen. Talent was recently the keynote speaker at the annual Livingston County (MI) Reagan Day Dinner. Talent urged the crowd to remember the distinctions […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Picture/Quote of the Day

Picture of the Day: Another Koster Faux Pas?

October 29th, 2007 · No Comments

A couple of months ago, we brought you a couple of embarrassing pictures the Koster campaign thought they had permanently deleted from their website. Once you change parties, you naturally can’t be pictured with Vice President Cheney or Sam Graves and Denny Hastert. An alert tipster sent us this picture from the revamped Koster campaign […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Picture/Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

October 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Rep. Blunt commenting last week on Rep. Charlie Rangel’s (D-NY) massive tax increase proposal. “You know, very seldom in politics do your opponents give you this kind of gift. We know now what happens if they win. – MinorityWhip Roy Blunt.

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Tags: Decision '08 · Picture/Quote of the Day · Rep. Roy Blunt

Quote of the Day

October 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Your School, Your Choice: “So, Rex Sinquefield started a few PACs…big deal. It’s not illegal and it is definitely not the first time this has happened either. PACs are started all the time to support issues and back certain politicians, what’s the difference?” The difference is it’s ok for a wealthy billionaire like George Soros to fund […]

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Tags: Picture/Quote of the Day · School Choice · Show Me Institute

Quote of the Day

October 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Hat tip: CDT Blog Hancock also chided Nixon for not returning his over-limit contributions, even though the campaign sent out a statement signaling that the attorney general was making preparations to do so. “It is classic Jay Nixon to put out a press release saying he’s going to do something, get news coverage for saying […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon · Picture/Quote of the Day

“Most Stupid” Quote of the Day

October 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Below is what you get when you let a junior staffer take phone calls from the press. They deviate from the talking points and add a mind numbingly stupid quote to what should have been a standard, cookie cutter response. The Missouri Political News Service guesses that Ms. Smith was probably responsible for the Koster kick off disaster at St. Louis […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Picture/Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day: Sunlight Foundation on Disparity in Earmarks

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

“And here’s an bizarre solution suggested: members of the Congressional Black Caucus have called on the House leadership to address the disparity. Rep. William Lacy Clay of St. Louis and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) of Kansas City suggest expanding the House Appropriations Committee by two members, with both seats going to black reps.”  Read more… […]

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Tags: Picture/Quote of the Day · Rep. Emanuel Cleaver · Rep. Lacy Clay

Quote of the Day: “We Need to Hunt Down and Kill Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand”

September 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Need another example that Karl Marx and socialist thought is alive and well in the United States? This is from Dangerous Intersection blog: “Why fear the Invisible Hand?  Because the invisible hand is evil.  As construed by those conservatives currently in power, it is the economic equivalent of the Devil.” Read more…

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Quote of the Day

September 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Somebody has been re-reading Karl Marx or the Democratic Party’s platform again. Do people really still talk and think this way in the 21st century? Obviously so. BradSpangler.com: “The ruling class, the political class, use war and statism generally to milk the productive class (the rest of us). Although their politicians compete against each other as gladiators […]

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