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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver | Missouri Political News Service - Part 7

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Cong. Cleaver: “Poor People Too Irresponsible to Exercise Their 2nd Amendment Right”

July 13th, 2009 · No Comments

“It is just foolhardy to place guns in developments of poor people, many of whom are unemployed, and place these guns around children. . . .Why would we try to put guns in the most densely populated areas in the urban core? It’s just unbelievable.” Read more… Brilliant Congressman. Disarm the stupid “poor” law abiding […]

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Video: Emanuel Cleaver Takes the Pledge; “Govt. Healthcare or Nothing”

July 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Hat tip: firedoglake [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/7ga1_SmI0mY” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]Related: Rasmussen: Voters Trust GOP More than Democrats on Eight of 10 Key Issues “They’ve also narrowed the gap on the remaining two issues, the traditionally Democratic strong suits of health care and education.” Wilson Research Strategies: Issue Assessment: Healthcare

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Cong. Cleaver’s $200 Million Stimulus Project – With No Plan!

July 7th, 2009 · No Comments

“The people we represent can feel comfortable with what we have included in this package. Regardless of party, we all cast our votes with one hand and crossed our fingers with the other.”- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver after voting for the $787 billion “stimulus” package. Well Cleaver crossed his fingers and taxpayers received this boondoggle that […]

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Cong. Cleaver Introduces “Complaint Free Wednesday” Resolution

July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Are we really surprised? From Irregular Times: Yesterday, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver introduced H. Con. Res. 155, a resolution that begins with the complaint that, “Whereas the average person complains approximately 15 to 30 times per day, resulting in roughly 4,500,000,000 complaints spoken every day in the United States…” Yes, it’s a resolution that supports […]

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Missouri’s Least Effective Congressmen

May 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Two updates on arguably Missouri least effective Congressmen. First, Tweedle Dee Congressman Emanuel Cleaver said last week that President Obama is more popular than Jesus Christ, and now he wants to invite you to a forum on Hindu Nationalism. And second, Tweedle Dum Congressman Lacy Clay wants us to adopt a European Parliament resolution supporting […]

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Cleaver: “Did You Know That President Obama is More Popular Than Jesus Christ”?

May 15th, 2009 · No Comments

The anti-war freaks over at Code Pink are claiming that the Reverend Congressman made this incredible statement after being urged by them to support a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: “Did you know that President Obama is more popular than Jesus Christ? I didn’t like this bill, but I voted for it. It’s hard to stand […]

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Ron Paul Volunteers Deliver “Audit the Fed” Petitions to Cong. Cleaver’s Office

May 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Campaign for Liberty Missouri Volunteers deliver petitions to Congressman Cleaver’s Office. Notice the staffer’s folded arms. According to this website, this is what that means: “As children we learn to protect ourselves by hiding behind barriers like furniture or mother’s skirt if we felt “threatened.” Gradually instead of hiding behind objects we learn to fold […]

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Quote of the Day: Cleaver: “People of Color Missed Out On The First Industrial Revolution and There’s No Reason For Us to Miss Out On The Second”

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

“People of color missed out on the first industrial revolution and there’s no reason for us to miss out on the second.” –Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver One issue that you thought the libs would keep pure of racial politics is their pseudo religion of “climate change” “global warming” or whatever the hell they’re calling it these […]

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Quote of the Day: Cleaver: “If There is Repression in Cuba We Didn’t See It”

April 10th, 2009 · No Comments

HOW ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY CAN’T VOLUNTARILY LEAVE THE COUNRTY MORON!!!!! From Human Events.com (2nd story) While a lot of commentators have talked about the Congressional Black Caucus’s trip to Cuba, few have paid any attention to comments made by Congressman Emanuel Cleaver to NPR’s Melissa Block. At the 2 minute mark in the […]

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Cleaver Secures $200 Million for “Green-Friendly Bus Stops”

April 10th, 2009 · No Comments

One of our favorite congressmen, Emanuel Cleaver of Kansas City, had a brilliant idea a couple of years ago (at least in his own mind) on how to address the racial “disparity” in the earmarks process. Mr. Cleaver’s suggestion? Implement a quota system on the House Appropriations Committee that would require two additional African American […]

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