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No more Republican delusions: Chuck Graham did not receive special treatment

The right wingers are out in force, spreading more lies and falsehoods.  Devoid of any substantive stands on the issues, they are using Chuck’s DWI as a political tool.  Now Chuck has said the DWI is fair game politically.  However making up crap as you are going along is not.  Graham is running against Kurt [...]


MO 9th: Luetkemeyer loans his campaign nearly 1 million dollars to buy an election

Blaine Luetkemeyer recently loaned himself another 285,000 dollars bringing his self-fiancing in this race to $920,000.  This is an extraordinary amount of money.  You may be wondering why someone spend nearly 1 million dollars to win a congressional seat representing a generally poor rural district.  That easy.  Luetkemeyer is an insurance man and banker.  He [...]


The Swiftboating of Chris Kelly: A Sad example of Republican politics

Over the last few weeks, the race for the Mo. 24th state representative has gotten ugly.  This is the worst example of a smear campaign I have seen for a local race since I moved to Missouri 25 years ago.  Not only is the Missouri Republican House committee pouring money into the race, there is [...]


Talk about a phony grassroots organization: Democrats for Gibbons

Just a quick note on this phony website funded by the Gibbons campaign.  This election we have a choice between a former Republican with union support and a current Republican running for Attorney General.  No matter how icky it makes me feel, I do not want a Republican once again holding that office.  Memories of [...]