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Carnahan, Obama share much more than a birthday

August 4, 2010

To celebrate, Missouri GOP delivers cake to Carnahan’s office

Robin Carnahan and Barack Obama were both born on August 4, 1961.  To celebrate their 49^th birthday, the Missouri Republican Party today delivered a birthday cake to Carnahan’s campaign headquarters in Clayton.

Photos of the delivery of the Missouri Republican Party’s gift can be viewed here.

“Robin Carnahan and Barack Obama have a lot in common—their support for the federal health care takeover, the failed stimulus bill, the job-killing cap-and-tax legislation, among many other things, so it’s fitting that they also share a birthday. This week, Missourians went to the polls and gave Rubberstamp Robin and President Obama a gift of their own—voting 71% to reject the Obama-Carnahan health care scheme,” said Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party.  “The bond between Rubberstamp Robin and Obama is so strong that she has continued to stand with him, even as his job approval plummets and Missourians overwhelmingly reject their brand of extreme liberalism”

Carnahan and Obama have much more in common than just the date of their birth—they also share a liberal worldview and a desire to force their reckless agenda on Missourians at any cost.  In fact, over the past 18 months, Robin Carnahan has announced her rubberstamp support for every major component of the reckless Obama agenda:

• Carnahan would rubber stamp the health care bill
  • Radio Host: Just to be crystal clear, you would have voted for the health care reform bill?  Carnahan: Yes. (Carnahan on KCUR, May 7, 2010)

• Carnahan would rubber stamp the public option
  • St Louis Beacon, November 11, 2009: Robin Carnahan reaffirmed her support Wednesday for some sort of a public option when it comes to health-care coverage.  “I’m less concerned about what we call it, than what it does,” said Carnahan during a brief interview

• Carnahan would rubber stamp the so-called stimulus bill
  • Carnahan: “I don’t think it was an option to do nothing… People who kept saying no to everything … don’t have a lot of credibility on this stuff.” (Post-Dispatch, March 7, 2009)

• Carnahan would rubber stamp cap-and-tax
  • AP, July 21, 2009: Carnahan said she could “support some kind of cap-and-trade” energy policy

• Carnahan would rubber stamp card-check
  • St Louis Beacon, April 21, 2009: “Robin is supportive” of the Employee Free Choice Act, said campaign spokesman Tony Wyche.

• Carnahan would rubber stamp the closure of Guantanamo Bay
  • Carnahan: “The Guantanamo Bay issue is one that we really need to get past. It has been used according to military experts, as a recruiting tool to get more terrorists to attack us, and so we need to do things that reflect our values. One of those is not to have these kind of off-shore prisons.”  (Springfield News-Leader, February 7, 2010)

• Carnahan would rubber stamp Obama’s oil drilling moratorium
  • AP, June 4, 2010: Carnahan’s campaign said all new drilling should be put on hold for a while.

• Carnahan would rubber stamp Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court
  • AP, July 20, 2010: Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, the leading Democrat in Missouri’s Senate race, says she supports Kagan’s appointment. Carnahan says Kagan is qualified and understands the law. She says presidents should be given deference in their Supreme Court appointments.