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Why Chet Edwards Made Obama's
Short list
Chet Edwards may have voted to authorize the War in Iraq and to ban
gay marriage, but with his 100 percent rating from NARAL he's Obama's
boy where it counts. Edwards Voted NO on making it a crime to
harm a fetus during another crime, NO on banning partial-birth abortion, NO
on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info, NO on
barring transporting minors to get an abortion. See a pattern?
OnTheIssues.com - Chet Edwards on Abortion
"Non-Partisan" KC City Council
Takes Week Off For Dem Convention
One wonders what media uproar would follow were the city council to shut
down to go the Republican convention? For the record, not one is
going.
KC
Primebuzz - Kansas City Mayor Pro Tem Bill Skaggs said
there is great value to having council members who are active at the
Democratic National Convention
Hallmark says ‘I do’ to gay
marriage cards
The chirpy headline above is The Kansas City Star's. Bizarrely, as the
Star reports, "There were no in-depth discussions [at Hallmark] during the
planning stages about possible fallout." Someone needs to fire that
marketing department. "People can choose or not choose to buy the cards,"
says Hallmark's Julie O'Dell. Julie, hate to break it to you,
but people are already choosing not to buy Hallmark cards at all.
KC Star - Hallmark says ‘I do’ to gay marriage cards
Another School Funding Lawsuit,
Different Result
A circuit judge has ruled that school districts cannot finance a lawsuit
that challenges South Dakota's system for funding education. Circuit Judge
Lori Wilbur of Pierre says school districts do not have legal
standing to seek a court judgment on the constitutionality of the state's
school funding system. She says the districts also cannot pay money to a
coalition to support the lawsuit."
Kansas Progress - Kansas courts have illegally decided
that they have authority to appropriate state tax dollars.
Will The Stowers Succeed In
Buying Kansas?
For years no name in this area had more luster than "Stowers"--until,
that is, the Stowers invested millions in making the Midwest safe for
cloning. Kansas Liberty tracks the money flow across the state line.
Kansas Liberty - Stowers money flows from Missouri
into Kansas politics
Obama Considers Life Questions
"Above His Pay Grade."
Obama's stumbling disingenuous response to Rick Warren's question--"At what
point does a baby get human rights"--will not be reported locally. It
needs to be seen, and KC NewsWatch is happy to share that with you.
YouTube.com - Saddleback Civil Forum
This year so far coolest for at
least 5 years
LONDON (Reuters) - The first half of 2008 was the coolest for at least five
years, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Wednesday.
The whole year will almost certainly be cooler than recent years, although
temperatures remain above the historical average. Global temperatures
vary annually according to natural cycles.
Reuters - This year so far coolest for at least 5
years
More Bad Economic News For Star,
McClatchy
Shares of The McClatchy Company--mothership of the KC Star and Wichita
Eagle--dropped almost 6 percent in trading Wednesday after the newspaper
publisher announced another month of disappointing revenue. McClatchy, one
suspects, could do better if it were not so busy alienating its "far right"
consumers. See "But Will The Star Correct Its Use Of The Phrase 'Far
Right'?" Below.
Sacramental Business Journal - McClatchy revenue
slides, shares tumble
Kansas Senate President Lauds
Sebelius In New York Times
Republican Steve Morris tells the Times that the governor's nixing of the
coal plant in his western district is "the only major disagreement we’ve had
since she took office." The Times gush piece does not mention Tiller at all
and gets to abortion in the 15th paragraph, which leads, "Ms. Sebelius, a
Roman Catholic, has said that she believes abortion is wrong." The newspaper
of record? Please.
New York Times - One Hand on Her Job, the Other Across
the Aisle
Springsteen Never Was What He
Used To Be
The Star enthuses about Bruce Springsteen's upcoming appearance,
"Lyrically Springsteen writes from a place that feels more complicated: from
the perspective of a guy who has taken stock in his life, who knows where he
is and what he has become." Jack Cashill argues that Springsteen
never knew who or what he was--or, if he did, never let on.
KC Star - Bruce Springsteen proves it all night
Jack Cashill -
Bruce, you ain't da boss of dis Garden Stater
Funk To Defy Anti-Gloria
Ordinance
KC Mayor Mark Funkhouser is poised to defy any City Council ordinance
that would bar wife Gloria from volunteering in his office. To
its credit, The Star repeats Funk's (accurate) claim that "he and his wife
had been unfairly targeted by The Kansas City Star."
KC Star - Mayor, council on ‘collision course’ over
volunteer ordinance.
Lisa Benlon Resurfaces As Dem To
Challenge Republican Joy Bourdress
We wish someone would ask these newborn Democrats like Lisa Benlon,
Paul Morrison and Mark Parkinson what inspires their
midlife change--in Benlon's case, district as well as party. Are they
really going to support Obama over moderate John McCain? Kansas
Meadowlark sheds light on Benlon's primary run against Nick Jordan in
2004.
Kansas meadowlark - Who's behind the
mysterious Kansans for a Moderate Government PAC?
Some background on Joy Bourdress:
Joy Bourdess web site
Diuguid: Muslims As Patriotic As
Anyone
Yes, Lewis, many Muslims are patriotic. Unfortunately, according to a Pew
Research study, some 117,000 Muslim-Americans approve of Al Qaeda and about
a third of all surveyed (a projected 750,000 people) either support Osama
bin Laden or were mum on the question. Worse, says Pew, "Younger Muslims in
the U.S. are much more likely than older Muslim Americans to say that
suicide bombing in the defense of Islam can be at least sometimes
justified." And no, Lewis, Muslims are not "pushed to the untouchable
corners of America."
KC Star - Muslims in America are as patriotic as
anyone
Pew Research -
Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream
Missouri Weighs In As 13th
Fattest State
Kansas, playing catch up, jumped from 27th to 23th place in just one year.
In both states more than 25 percent of adults are said to be obese.
The fattest state, a repeat winner: Mississippi. The skinniest:
Colorado.
KC Star - Missouri, Kansas obesity rates
worsening
Star Sees Sebelius's "Scandal
Free" Status As VP Asset
At 18th and Grand, the fact that Kathleen Sebelius has openly
colluded with criminally-accused abortionist George Tiller to
make her humble red state the late term abortion capital of the world
apparently does not count as scandal.
KC Star - Veep contest raises Sebelius’ national
profile
World Net Daily - Why Obama's would-be VP
won't be
Needless
Morrison Settlement Pours Half Million Into Pro-Choice Coffers
A disputed interpretation of a Kansas child-abuse reporting law has led to a
$475,000 settlement for the Center for Reproductive Rights. “Paul
Morrison’s decision to drop a case that had been previously won at the
federal level has resulted in what amounts to a half-million dollar handout
to a pro-choice advocacy group,” said Phill Kline spokesman Brian
Burgess. “It’s not surprising, though, given the other similar cases he
rolled over on during his time there.” Kansas Liberty reports.
Kansas Liberty - Morrison settlement benefits Center
for Reproductive Rights
Star's Hendricks
Calls Funk Blind, Selfish, Stubborn
Our progressive friends who love feisty, profane first ladies when they are
called "Hillary" apparently don't like them when they are called "Gloria."
Mike Hendricks reads paranoia into Kansas City Mayor Mark
Funkhouser’s spirited defense of his wife.
KC Star - Mayor’s conspiracy theory just doesn’t get
it
But Will The Star Correct Its
Use Of The Phrase "Far Right"? Kansas Progress explains why
the Star misreported--and eventually corrected--its assertion that Olathe
Republicans support the research triangle tax. They don't. What
remains uncorrected is the Star's use of the term "far right" to
characterize Olathe Republicans. Has the Star ever used the term "far
left" to characterize anyone in Kansas City?
Kansas Progress - Olathe Republicans overwhelmingly
reject latest tax increase
Are High Schools Creating
"Hostile Environment" For Students?
In light of UMKC's million dollar settlement with two staffers encouraged to
watch pornography by UMKC profs, maybe it is time to take the complaints of
public high school students more seriously. 18 year-old Dia Darcey
weighs in here:
SafeLibraries.com - Student Decries School Porn
Pushing Policy and Calls for Book Ratings
Kansas City Southern Plows Into
Mexico
Trade is all well and good, but Mayor Kay Barnes would have had us
all wearing serapes to get a piece of it. It remains to be seen whether the
pursuit of trade will lead to the ignoring of immigration law. Stay
informed click here.
KC Star - Kansas City Southern finds success with its
north-south vision
Thomas Frank Backs Out Of KCPT Debate
Thomas Frank, the author of the best-seller, What's The Matter
With Kansas, is in town this week to promote his new book, The
Wrecking Crew. He asked KCPT for face time. KCPT offered a debate with
Jack Cashill, whose book, What's The Matter With California,
is now out in paperback. Frank declined. Here is likely why.
Between the Lines -
What's Not the Matter With Kansas
KC Battles
Mission--Yes, Mission--For New Aquarium
Curiously, Kansas City, Missouri and Mission are competing to build the
area's first aquarium of consequence. What the Star reporter does not ask
is: how much are these new fishbowls going to cost the taxpayer?
KC Star - Four groups express interest in building an
aquarium in KC
Sebelius Alleged
To Be On Obama's "Short List."
Barack Obama is believed to have narrowed his VP list to Virginia
Gov. Tim Kaine, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, Indiana
Sen. Evan Bayh and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. The
question of "when life begins" is above Sebelius's pay grade as well. She
won't be picked.
KC Star - Obama VP pick expected soon; Sebelius
thought to be a finalist
However, KCNewswatch has another opinion:
Cashill.com -
Why Obama’s
Would Be VP Won’t Be
Post Dispatch Pulls "Stem Cell"
Bait And Switch
The headline reads: "Stem cells begins to help blind Mo. girl see." The
uninformed reader is invited to brood about those wascally right wingers who
forced this poor girl to go to communist China to get her treatment. Nine
paragraphs in the reader learns she is being treated with--surprise!--
"umbilical cord stem cells." Does the P-D admit these are the very stem
cells the right has been promoting? Did OJ admit he killed Nicole?
St. Louis Post Dispatch -
Stem cells begins to
help blind Mo. girl see
Star Celebrates Heroic Effort To
Save Babies
The Star's Steve Penn writes a nice column about the medical
community's brilliant efforts, here and in Utah, to save the lives of
newborn twins Mary Ellen and Mary Elizabeth Govea. Readers
might want to remind Penn of the Star's preposterously ironic support for
the doctors who routinely take the lives of babies just as eager and ready
to live as Mary Ellen and Mary Elizabeth.
KC Star - Miracle Marys arrive home to family,
supportive community
State GOP Officially Scolds
Kansas Traditional Republican Majority
"Falsely accusing someone of being linked to the racism of the KKK is a
personal smear that has no place in Republican politics," writes state chair
Kris Kobach of the last-minute sliming of Phill Kline and
Jim Ryun by the KTRM. Kobach attributes media silence to their
realization of just "how baseless this press release was." "Baseless"? Or so
outrageous it would help Ryun and Kline?
The Kansas Trunkline - Kansas Republican Party Chairman Statement
Star Uses Abortion Lead To
Highlight McCain-Obama Appearance
Phill Kline mused that it was the Star that was obsessed with
abortion politics, and the lead on the AP story that follows would seem to
bear that out. Kline might also find amusing Obama's willingness to
limit late-term abortions "If there are exceptions for the mother's health."
As Kansas proves, Mr. Obama, where there are exceptions, there are no
limits.
KC Star - Sharing stage, Obama and McCain split on
abortion
Kansans for Life -
How the Abortion
Industry Has Come to Control Kansas
What Obama Did NOT Say At
Saddleback
If Rick Warren had shown the five-minute video that follows before
Barack Obama's presentation at his California megachurch, Obama
would have been booed off the stage. This is not for the faint of heart,
but that is no excuse for not watching and not forwarding to every person of
conscience you know.
YouTube.com - (Episode 4: Kill and Destroy)
Henny Penny, Schools Are Raising
Their Lunch Fees!
But before you get weepy, remember that the USDA spends $8.3 billion a year
to provide free and reduced-priced lunches for 30.6 million children. Those
same parents that we encourage to vote we deem incapable of making a P&J
sandwich and sending their kid off to school with it. Huh?
KC Star - School districts increase meal prices to
cope with higher food costs
For Chris Koster, It Ain't Over
Quite Yet
When Chris Koster became a Democrat, he suddenly became well spoken,
well informed, good-looking and kind to animals. That happens when you go
from D to R. Koster may not yet be, however, the Dem's nominee for AG in
Missouri. Opponent Margaret Donnelly has decided to seek a recount
in her razor-thin loss. Hang on to your chads!
St. Louis PD - Donnelly seeks recount
Kansas City
School District Again Snatches Defeat From the Jaws of Victory
A KC School Distinct committee cancels continuing a reading program,
Success for All, that has improved reading scores the past two years.
Why? It was implemented by Superintendent Anthony Amato. The KC
Star says that the reading program was “rushed” in but reading scores have
improved.
KC Star - KC district reading program faces ax
KC Star
Noticed Lower Temps
The mild summer temps are boosting attendance at many events. The Missouri
State Fair attendance is up by 14 percent. Powell Gardens is booming.
People are out doing things that take advantage of the mild weather. Even
Matt Campbell has noticed that global warming is taking a vacation.
KC Star - Milder August boosts numbers at area
attractions
Judge: Wichita Catholic School
Can Remain English Only
St. Anne’s School instituted an English-only policy because a gang of
students were insulting their classmates in Spanish. Clara Silva's
son would not honor the policy. St. Anne's booted him. Ms. Silva was
sufficiently assimilated to sue. Ah, diversity! “This dispute from the
beginning was about the behavior of students and the rights of a principal
to maintain good order in school,” said Father Thomas Leland. Thank
God the judge agreed.
KSN.com - Judge rules in favor of Catholic School in
English only suit
Texas Governor Perry Writes that Texas Is Fed Up With Ethanol Mandates
"I
asked the EPA to cut the grain-based ethanol mandate in half for one year
.Last Thursday,
the EPA announced it was denying my request. Why? Because the agency's
agriculture and energy economists said the mandates are not causing
sufficient damage to warrant action. This not only goes against common
sense, but runs counter to the experience of Americans at the grocery
checkout counter"
Wall Street Journal -
Texas Is Fed Up With Corn Ethanol
Conservative Senator To Co-Chair
JoCo Research Triangle Tax
Sen. Karin Brownlee says that the benefits that will come with the
construction of a new Kansas State University campus in Olathe and with
improvements to the KU Edwards Campus and the KU Cancer Center in Westwood
trumps her aversion to taxes. The question remains: will those benefits
trump everyone's aversion to embryonic stem cell research.
Kansa Liberty - Conservative Senator to co-chair JoCo
sales tax campaign
Kansas--First In Basketball,
First In Taxes
Kansas still has a way to go before being crowned national tax
champion, but with Nebraska and Oklahoma phasing-in significant tax relief
in recent years, Kansas may have a lock on the regional high tax crown. In
five of the past six years, in fact, Kansas’ state and local tax burden has
equaled or exceeded the national average. Kansas Liberty sees no relief in
sight.
Kansas Liberty - How do Kansas' taxes stack up?
Funk Should Declare Gloria
"First Lady."
The KCMO City Council has proposed an ordinance essentially banning Mayor
Funkhouser's wife, Gloria, from volunteering in his office. These same
council people, however, cheered Hillary when she volunteered her
services at the White House and defended her language, which was salty and
abusive beyond Gloria's imagination. Funk, at least, has not yet
called Gloria "co-mayor."
KC Star - KC Council considers rules on relative
volunteers at City Hall
Did Star Really Mean To Attack
Free Speech?
Ironically, given that the editorial was unsigned, the Star thunders that
"campaign ads financed by anonymous donors are not most people’s idea of
free speech." The Supreme Court and the ACLU think otherwise. McIntyre v.
Ohio argued that “[a]nonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority.”
Anonymity may also be a shield from the Star.
KC Star - Kansas needs to toughen its campaign finance
rules
Hillary Calls Rev. Cleaver "My
Pastor"
The Star has, improbably enough, denounced Phill Kline as a
"theocrat" but smiles on benignly while Hillary Clinton calls the
right reverend Emanuel Cleaver "my pastor." Here, the servile
Steve Penn offers up his sycophantic column as sacrifice at the altar of
the Democratic Party.
KC Star - Segue to Obama for Cleaver is ‘seamless’
Star Editorial Misses Point On
UMKC Sex Case
The Star editors are outraged that two females in the psych department at
UMKC were, among other things, "asked to view pornography." Yet when parents
of high school students object to the soft porn their kids are forced to
watch in school, the same editors make fun of the parents. Go figure.
KC Star - Sexual harassment: A disturbing case runs
its course at UMKC
WSJ Weighs In On Judge Selection
in Missouri, JoCo
In Missouri, Governor Blunt considered rejecting a slate of nominees
to protest a commission that had habitually done the trial bar's bidding.
Voters in Johnson County will consider whether to retain the Missouri Plan
or move to direct elections in November. The Wall Street Journal is deeply
suspicious of the ABA and with good reason.
Wall Street Journal - The ABA Plots a Judicial Coup
So Will Kansas
GOP Scold KTRM For KKK Letter--Or What?
Kansas Progress weighs in on the confused state of affairs chez the Kansas
GOP. The state party has still failed to chastise officially the
well-connected RINOs of the "The Kansas Traditional Republican Majority."
Rather astonishingly, for Republicans at least, the letter linked Jim
Ryun and Phill Kline to the KKK.
Kansas Progress - Views of state GOP toward left-wing
group uncertain
Missouri Catholic Conference
Confuses Faithful On Immigration Issue
In its noble efforts to stop cloning, the Missouri Catholic Conference (MCC)
took its opponents to task for willful misusing the language to confuse
voters. The MCC, alas, willfully confuses Catholics by conflating the
concepts "immigration" and "illegal immigration" throughout its piece on
"Immigration Myths." Says the MCC, "Immigration is one of the most hotly
debated topics of the 2008 election." No, sorry, "illegal immigration" is.
The faithful deserve a straight argument.
Mo Catholic org - Immigration Myths
Kansas Catholic Bishops Refuse
to Buckle On Abortion Politics
Despite Star editorials accusing them of "hair splitting," the Catholic
Bishops of Kansas agreed that Catholics would "commit moral evil" by voting
for a candidate who embraces abortion or embryonic stem-cell research when
they have a choice to do otherwise. Expect the Kansas Traditional
Republican Majority to expose the bishops as a sub-Klavern of the KKK.
Life Site News - No Compromises: Kansas State Bishops
Declare Voting for Abortion Candidate is "Evil"
Stigall Reads Edwards Coverage
As Unwitting Tribute to Right
KCMO's Chris Stigall weaves his way through the witless coverage of
the John Edwards' scandal and finds therein an unusual moral
parable. Worth reading! Stigall holds down the morning slot at KCMO 710
and proves himself as good a writer as a radio host.
KCMO's Chris Stigall
What Rielle Hunter Can Tell Us
About WMDs
When the media refuse to look for something, whether that something be a
high-profile bimbo or a low-yield nuclear bomb, the result will be the same:
They won't find it. The saga of Saddam's WMDs is chock-a-block with
Rielle Hunter's, people with extraordinary stories to tell if
only someone would bother asking. Jack Cashill introduces you to a
few of them.
World Net Daily - What Rielle Hunter can
tell us about WMDs
"Bodies Revealed" Exhibit
Underperforms Expectations
When citizens in the bi-state area voted to restore Union Station, they were
expecting to see trains and other KC memorabilia. Little did they expect to
see the ghastly remains of that Chinese Olympic gymnastics team that failed
to win the gold medal. Apparently, many area citizens decided to sit this
exhibit out. Dang those gas prices!
KC Star - ‘Bodies’ falls short, but still big draw for
Union Station
Will JoCo Commissioners Roll
Back Property Tax?
The tax-happy haven of Johnson County may very well experience an event as
rare as a winning season at the K: a property tax rollback. The
commissioners up for re-election are leading the charge. How about that?
KC
Star Prime Buzz - Property-tax rollback in Johnson County?
Star Back To Bashing Church
Leaders
Those rascally Catholic bishops have offended Mike Hendricks'
seat-of-the-pants theology by insisting on a moral distinction between, say,
killing innocents in the womb and killing convicted murderers in the chair.
If only those bishops behaved as well as the "church leaders" cited below
(No "Separation" Issues When Church Leaders Hew To Star's Bias).
KC
Prime Buzz -
Hendricks: Kansas bishops say a vote for pro-choice Dems is a vote for
"evil"
Nixon Uses "Big Oil" Dip Stick
To Pummel Hulshof
Let's see. Hulshof gives oil companies "special tax breaks." Jay Nixon
hits them with "huge fines." Hmmm, which one of these is likely to raise the
price at the pump? Nixon seems to have gotten his talking points from
Maxine "socializing" Waters.
See Jay Nixon TV ad:
KC
Star Buzz Blog - Jay Nixon goes negative
See Maxine Water's comic grilling of the oil execs
You Tube -
Maxine Waters
Wants To "Socialize" Oil Companies
Star's TV Critic Tells John
Edwards Story That News People Won't
Kudos to Aaron Barnhart for pursuing the story that his co-workers
ignore. Says Barnhart, "I've been chiming in for most of the past two weeks
urging my colleagues in the mainstream media to pursue this story because,
frankly, it's news. Really interesting news." Watch here too a pricelessly
empty headed interview with Rielle Hunter's publicist, the
aptly-named "Pigeon O'Brien."
KC TV Barn - Rielle Hunter's publicist friend says: John Edwards
is lying
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2008/08/rielle-hunters.html
Star Not Keen On Citizenship
When It Challenges Judges
Taking time off from her hand-wringing about low voter turnout and citizen
apathy, the Star's Barbara Shelly finds time to slap down "the
petition-happy citizens," who hope to have Johnson County judges stand for
election. In an impressively patronizing bit of fluff, she conflates these
petition gatherers with those who have "subjected goofy adult Halloween
costumes and the local Planned Parenthood clinic to grand jury scrutiny."
Sigh!
KC Star -
Wild judicial election
is a cautionary tale
No "Separation" Issues When
Church Leaders Hew To Star's Bias
The Star reports that several unnamed religious leaders are asking Missouri
Gov. Matt Blunt to grant clemency to a murderer scheduled to be
executed later this month. There is no identifying the "right" or "left"
wing affiliation of the leaders, no worries about the separation of church
and state, no snarky quotes from Barry Lynn. Editors, use this as a
model when covering abortion or stem cell protests.
KC Star -
Church leaders ask Blunt to commute death sentence
Has Affirmative Action
Undermined Sensible Governance at UMKC?
One of the two accused UMKC professors in the sex scandal above is African
American, which helps explains UMKC's reluctance to fire. Only after the
sexual harassment was settled, did UMKC's affirmative action office
interview 70 students, faculty and staff to see if the pair had created "a
sexually hostile environment." The results were "inconclusive" but, of
course, have led to more diversity training. This UMKC press release
provides an irony free look at the madness of the university workplace.
UMKC Press Release - UMKC reaches agreement with
professors
Lesbian Mischief Leads To
Gay-Friendly Legislation. Huh?
Even gay activists can't prove discrimination in the eviction of sixty
lesbian campers from Longview Lake last month. That didn't stop Mike
Sanders and Jackson County from making it all that much harder to evict
unruly lesbians in the future. The Star's Mike Hendricks anguishes
over their well deserved ousting.
KC Star - Mike Hendricks: Gay campers’ eviction could
lead to changes in Jackson County
Koster's Worst Enemies Are The
Women He Knows Best
Shortly before the primary, the Democratic Committee for County Progress, a
putative political reform organization, assembled a nifty little hit piece
on neo-Democrat Chris Koster. It will be interesting to see if the
CCCP--excuse us, CCP--endorses Koster in the general.
Blog CCP - The Women Who Know Chris Koster Best
Edwards Interview Reveals Depth
of Media Scandal
On pure hearsay evidence, the NYT accused Republican John McCain of
having an affair eight years ago. For the last eight months, the media have
refused to look at the solid evidence staring them in the face of Democrat
John Edwards' much seamier affair--one involving babies, payoffs and
fake fathers. The Nightline interview is more damning than the media let
on. Judge for yourself.
NightLine Interview Part 1
NightLine Interview Part 2
How Did Chris Koster Get La
Raza's Endorsement?
In its new found enthusiasm for freshly minted Democrat Chris Koster,
the Star fails to explain how the state senator who created one of the
nation's toughest illegal immigration bills in March could get an
endorsement for his AG bid by the pro-illegal immigration "La Raza" in July.
Missouri Political News Blog sheds some light.
Chris Koster Press Release
Missouri Political News Blog - Chris
Koster accepts endorsement he never got
Edwards Admits Affair But How
Will the KC Star Play the Story?
"The story is false, it's completely untrue, it's ridiculous," John Edwards
told the media last October about his affair, and the media rolled right
over. They continued to stonewall the public even after the Enquirer
verified the story. Edwards still denies paternity and hush money payments
but says it's possible supporters may have made payments without telling
him. Right! And the media would have treated a Republican just as gingerly.
ABC News Edwards Admits Sexual Affair; Lied as
Presidential Candidate
Light Rail Will Be Heavy On The Wallet
It's back on the Kansas City ballot. Where is that silver bullet when we
need it? The city has come up with a 14-mile starter line, stretching from
Interstate 29/Vivion Road in the Northland to Bruce R. Watkins Drive and
63rd Street. The cost is $815 million, or $58 million per mile. But it will
surely be more. There will be a 3/8-cent sales tax increase on the November
ballot to fund it, sort of. That will not do it. Hang on to your wallet.
KC Star -
KC puts light rail on Nov. 4 ballot
Star Needs To Dust Off
McCaskill's "Blueprint for Economic Change"
“Missouri is a mess,” wrote candidate Claire McCaskill four years
ago. “Nearly 50,000 lost jobs and falling wages, the biggest budget crisis
in Missouri history, and dramatic cuts to higher education.” She was talking
about life under the last Missouri governor, Bob Holden. She, Jay
Nixon and the Star's gushing Steve Penn seem to have forgotten.
Star--Nixon scores an oratorical victory
Ingram's--The Unkindest Cuts of All
What Phill Kline Accomplished
The lawless abortion industry and the “moderates” of either party who
blindly support it celebrate prematurely if they think Phill Kline’s
defeat in the Republican primary for Johnson County district attorney means
they have gotten their way.
KCNewsWatch editorial
Kansas Senate
President Says KTRM Hate Mailers "Not Helpful."
No? How about that? Steve Morris says the $45,000 given to the Kansas
Traditional Republican Majority to take out conservatives was not motivated
by a desire by Senate leaders to retain their leadership positions.
“But, obviously," he added, "everyone realizes that the outcome of Senate
races has a big influence on leadership elections.” Kansas Liberty tells
all.
Kansas Liberty -
Conservatives
protest GOP contributions to liberal Republican hit group
KTRM Takes Credit for
Race-Baiting Press Release
Although we had hoped that the press release implying Jim Ryun and Phill
Kline were KKK sympathizers might have been a bit of Democratic sabotage,
Ryan Wright, executive director of the self-described "Kansas Traditional
Republican Majority," has taken full credit. "The release was not a hoax and
the information contained within it is accurate," says Wright defiantly.
Read KTRM press
release here
KTRM Missive Makes Mockery of
Its Putative Mission
In its brief mission statement the Kansas Traditional Republican Majority
(KTRM) talks about “governing with promise, not fear” and exploring
“multiple perspectives without fear.” KTRM also rejects the “hate and
intolerance” that are alleged to “dominate the Party.” Would someone from
the KTRM please tell us how exactly its recent bit of race baiting squares
with that mission?
Read KCNewsWatch editorial
Read
Kansas Traditional Republican Majority mission statement
How Don
"Bridge to Nowhere" Young Seduced Our Own Dennis Moore
Before hatching the notorious "bridge to nowhere" scam, Republican Don Young
of Alaska hatched an equally outrageous scam in Kansas and found a willing
accomplice in Democrat Dennis Moore. Here is the story The Star won't tell
you.
Moore of the same old
stuff
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