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Entries from January 2012

Missouri Races Yield Surprising Poll Results

January 31st, 2012 · No Comments

Though the primary races are heating up among Republicans, the results of a Public Policy Polling poll released today prove money doesn’t always result in support — especially among those battling for the chance to face incumbent Democrat Gov. Jay Nixon in November. Most surprising in the GOP gubernatorial primary — and the focus of the [...]

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House Democrats Issue ‘Fast & Furious’ Report

January 31st, 2012 · No Comments

Yesterday, led by Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a 95-page report on their investigation of Operation: Fast & Furious, the controversial gun-running operations that’s taken place during Attorney General Eric Holder’s watch at the Department of Justice. Though I won’t go into many details [...]

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Missouri Lt Gov Kinder’s Facebook Page Hacked

January 31st, 2012 · No Comments

Around 9:30 a.m. Central, I posted the following paragraph as a status update on my blog’s Facebook page: The Facebook account belonging to Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder (R), the guy who’s political stature shrunk somewhat after news of his strip club attendance got out, appears to have been hacked this morning (or maybe not). [...]

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Bob McCarty Website Sets New Traffic Record!

January 30th, 2012 · No Comments

For the first time in more than five years online,  BobMcCarty.com topped the 700,000 page views mark — and we still have almost 48 hours left in January. Thanks, readers, for helping set this new single-month record for page views and for getting 2012 off to a great start, and thanks in advance for helping [...]

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More Politicos Receive Copies of Book

January 29th, 2012 · No Comments

I’ve learned in recent days that two prominent politicians have recently received copies of my book, Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice. On Friday, I ran into John Brunner (photo above left), a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, when both of us were speaking to [...]

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‘Establishment Republicans’ Fear Repeat of 1964

January 28th, 2012 · 3 Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger The Johnny-come-lately media conservative commentators (Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, etc.), as well as those of the has-been professional Republican class (Karl Rove, Ed Rollins, etc.) appear fearful that Republicans will ruin all chances of defeating Barack Obama in 2012 by nominating a true conservative. For example, Hannity and O’Reilly [...]

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Armed Forces Day Book-Signing Event Set

January 27th, 2012 · No Comments

Mark your calendars!  After a successful event Feb. 18, my next author event (a.k.a., “book-signing event”) is set to take place  on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 19, 1 to 3 p.m., at Barnes & Noble Booksellers Mid Rivers in St. Peters, Mo. Click here for news about other book-signing events related to my book, [...]

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