Almost five months after Billy Long won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in Missouri’s 7th Congressional District, some people are wondering whether the words used on the campaign trail by the auctioneer and real estate industry mogul-turned-politician were serious or just a World Poker Tour-style bluff for votes. First, some background. On Nov. [...]
Entries from March 2011
Was Poker-Playing Congressman Bluffing? (Update)
March 31st, 2011 · 9 Comments
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‘SniderGate’ Details Begin to Surface in Illinois (Update)
March 31st, 2011 · No Comments
Three days ago, I shared news about powerful Illinois Democrats circling their wagons to protect one of their own after a St. Patrick’s Day incident at a Carlinville, Ill., tavern. In the final paragraph of that post, I wrote: When — not if — more details do surface, this story has potential to become the [...]
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Kelly Stewart Released from Fort Leavenworth! (Update)
March 31st, 2011 · 5 Comments
Good news! After being wrongly convicted and sentenced to eight years imprisonment, having his sentence reduced to three years and being granted parole Feb. 3, Kelly A. Stewart was released from the U.S. Military Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth today! I just got off the phone with Stewart, the former Army Special Forces soldier who [...]
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Obama Administration Whitewashing Government Inaction Regarding Oil and Natural Gas Leases
March 30th, 2011 · 2 Comments
In advance of President Barack Obama’s energy speech at Georgetown University, a top oil and natural gas industry leader called on the Obama Administration to abandon its policies “to defer, delay and deny access to domestic resources of oil and natural gas.” In a statement to reporters during a media conference call this morning, American [...]
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Best Interests of Children Take Backseat as Bill Advances Thru Missouri Senate ‘Sight Unseen’
March 30th, 2011 · 4 Comments
By Lisa Payne-Naeger, Guest Blogger Americans gasped when then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi uttered a few words about the health care reform legislation known as ObamaCare: “We have to pass the bill to find out what’s in it.” One year later, members of the Missouri Senate seem to be following Pelosi’s lead when it [...]
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‘Barack Uhhbama’ to Lay Out Libya Case to Nation (Update)
March 28th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Americans will find out why U.S. troops are in Libya when President Barack Obama delivers a much-anticipated speech to the nation tonight. Hopefully, tonight’s event will be less painful for Americans than some of the president’s previous oratorical adventures, such as the White House news conference March 25, 2009, during which the community organizer in [...]
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Powerful Illinois Democrats Circle Wagons to Protect Colleague After Incident at Tavern
March 28th, 2011 · No Comments
If you wondered what I was doing this weekend instead of writing, I have an excuse: Along with a handful of fellow Andrew Breitbart contributors, I spent much of the weekend trying to track down people involved in a St. Patrick’s Day incident that resulted in the resignation of Ken Snider, a man who serves [...]
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