Archive for April, 2006
McCaskill Opposes Ethanol, McCaskill Supports Ethanol. Who Knows?
April 28th, 2006
JEFFERSON CITY – Sounding like a spokeswoman for Big Oil, Claire McCaskill said in 2004 that she opposed an ethanol standard for Missouri because government shouldn’t be involved in helping combat higher gasoline prices. Those statements directly conflict with a McCaskill press release issued yesterday claiming she has always supported an ethanol standard.
“I am [...]
Democrats Used State Resources to Discuss Politics of Abused Fee Office System
April 28th, 2006
JEFFERSON CITY – As part of the Democrat abuse of Missouri state government in the 1990s, a top state official overseeing fee offices used state resources to send overtly political information to a top advisor for former Gov. Mel Carnahan.
Rich Lamb, who was Carnahan’s field services administrator for the Division of Motor Vehicles and [...]
Legal Documents: Democrats Altered Lawsuit Answers to Cover Up Politics
April 27th, 2006
JEFFERSON CITY – Seemingly ashamed of their policy and seeking to conceal its highly political nature, top gubernatorial staff in the 1990s took a heavy editing pencil to legal documents in which the then-Director of Revenue gave brutally direct statements about how the Democratic administration handled fee offices.
For her part, former Gov. Mel Carnahan’s Revenue [...]
McCaskill Says Exploring for Oil in the U.S. to Help Lower Gas Prices Doesn’t Make Sense
April 27th, 2006
JEFFERSON CITY – Claire McCaskill is opposing an effort to help lower the price of gasoline over the long term and reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil because “it doesn’t make any sense.”
McCaskill made her outrageous comment during an interview on Al Franken’s liberal radio program in which she clearly opposed exploring for oil in [...]
Carnahan to County Clerks: My Mistakes Are Your Problem
April 26th, 2006
JEFFERSON CITY – Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s abysmal performance is being pinned by her office on Democrat county clerks.
Yesterday, Carnahan’s office spent 10 of 14 paragraphs explaining to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Political Fix Blog why it was the Lincoln County Clerk’s fault that the Secretary of State’s office has not been able [...]
Blunt Economic Successes Force Democrats to Withdraw Massive Tax Increase Bill
April 26th, 2006
JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Matt Blunt’s success in creating jobs and growing the economy without tax increases has forced House Democrats to secretly withdraw legislation designed to pick the pockets of hard-working Missourians by imposing draconian tax increases of more than $780 million annually.
The legislation, HB 1960, was sponsored by Democrat state Rep. Jeanette [...]
Barnitz Pulls a Kerry: He Voted Against Voter ID Bill Before He Voted For It
April 25th, 2006
JEFFERSON CITY – Democrat Sen. Frank Barnitz tore a page out of John Kerry’s political playbook yesterday by voting against a voter identification bill then voting for a provision to allow the bill to take effect immediately after the governor signs it.
During the 2004 campaign, Kerry made the ridiculous statement that he voted for [...]