I’m in Ballwin, and couldn’t have said it better myself..
Blunt has been effective, and speaks his mind…

The St. Louis Post Disgrace is one of the most rediculous publications in the country..

Anyone remember the St. Louis Globe Democrat?

and perhaps make himself into a gold-plated prospect for the White House in the future.

Nice position to consider for the son of one of the leaders of the republican party in congress that helped lead our country down the present course. daddy was in a position of influence during the do nothing but try to buy votes period of the republican dominated congress.

and perhaps make himself into a gold-plated prospect for the White House in the future.

Well I guess it’s nice that you were impressed with him. Me, I wondered why he didn’t ask the justice department to step in and investigate the use of missouri law enforcement for intimidation and political purposes. But who am I? I’ve never even been in a green room.

GarandFan on October 9, 2008 at 1:38 PM

As a resident of california for 18 years I want to thank you for you plain-speak assessment of the situation!

Some Blunt talk on Truth Squads, economic growth
…

Can’t we find the next generation from some folks who are not related to the this, or the last, generation?

God help us, if we can’t. Might as well say hang it all and call the Senate the House of Lords.

Sorry, I’m a bit in the dumps today on this.

Oh, and things don’t look hot for Hulshof, I’m afraid. Nixon’s been running for the last ten years or so for Governor.

Missourians, just like all Americans, want it both ways. They want everything given to them, but want a balanced budget. In the end, they can’t achieve that goal at home, or from their government.

Blunt is not running for re-election for governor. That battle is being contested by Congressman Kenny Hulsof and democrat Atty. Genl. Jay Nixon and it is a doozy.

Unfortunately, Nixon could bring out the vote in Missouri and cause problems for McCain. Nixon is in the pocket of various state special interests like trial lawyers and unions, especially state employee unions.

Claire McCaskel does not have to run for a while and she has turned into a nasty partisan. Republican Senator Bond is also safe and my congressman, dem. Carnahan is also safe dammit.

Matt Blunt is Roy Blunt’s son and I don’t believe that he is the future of the Republican party. He’s not partisan enough.

I think the seeds of the GOP revival have already been sown.

rockmom on October 9, 2008 at 12:41 PM

Don’t forget my man Allen West running for rep in Florida:

http://www.allenwestforcongress.com/blog.php

“If it’s about the lives of my men and their safety, I’d go through hell with a gasoline can,” he said.”

Blake on October 9, 2008 at 1:32 PM

Thanks for the link, all I had was the text of the act, which is much less concise.

I never thought the sheriff was guilty, just completely unfamiliar with state level application of the act and trying to understand if this was a one alarm fire or a five alarm fire on our rights as citizens.

Just one more example of how things will change as we slide into socialism or worse. I have the sinking feeling that we will all be comarades soon if this kind of crap keeps up.

Covered state and local employees may-

*actively campaign for candidates for public office in partisan and nonpartisan elections

*contribute money to political organizations and attend political fundraising functions

Prohibited Activities

Covered state and local employees may not-

*use official authority or influence to interfere with or affect the results of an election or nomination

http://www.osc.gov/ha_state.htm

The Missouri attys are guilty and the Florida sheriff is not.

Blake on October 9, 2008 at 1:18 PM

Sure it is a complete case of double standard at face value, but the sheriff is elected and the prosecutors are frequently appointed.

However, what I’m tryin to get at is that there are two ways of lookin at this.

1. If you apply the same standard afforded other elected officials in permitting them to stump for candidates, then the investigation of the sheriff is an even more egregious double standard.

2. If the standard applied to the sheriff is the correct application of the Hatch act, then there is a whole crap load of people needing to be brought up on charges.

Which is why I was asking about the Hatch act. (And my suspicion is that #1 is the truth)

How many wanna bet, Blunt will probably run for U.S. Senate in a couple year?

upinak on October 9, 2008 at 12:53 PM

It’s nice to have a fellow Missourian this great to vote for. Now if he’ll just run.

Marine_Bio on October 9, 2008 at 1:07 PM

Sure when you explain to me how what the prosecutors did in Missouri any different than what the sheriff did? Were they not contacting the media and giving interviews and repeating obama’s campaign messages as fact? And they did this under the color of authority of their offices. Did they not use their position as elected county and city attorneys to influence an election? Why are the feds immediately investigating the sheriff’s case and not the Missouri case?

“Barack Hussein Obama”

How about “Barack Earl Obama”, since he’s likely to be Carter II foreign policy-wise?

I asked Blunt about the accusations of hate speech in Florida from a McCain speaker referring to “Barack Hussein Obama”. Blunt was, well, blunt in his reaction to this. “The idea that using a legal middle name is hate speech is absurd,” he replied.

I’m sure that AllahPundit will elaborate on this in his own posting in 5…4..3..2..1..

Blake on October 9, 2008 at 12:33 PM

Same question though.

The 2003 article refers to two cases and the link that Lowry followed up with is the John Young case. The Grathwol testimony is the Brian McDonnell case.

If that one is still open, is there a link to some evidence ?