Bob McCarty Writes

Call me a “Tuesday Evening Quarterback,” but a review of tonight’s election results show the Republican Party team entered its most-important contest ever with little fan support, a poor game plan and the wrong signal caller lined up behind center.
Team GOP’s shortcomings began with the recruiting process.  When loyal fans on the right side of [...]

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“Terrorists Don’t Care Who They Hurt.” That was the overarching message of a direct mail piece that arrived in my mailbox today from the Republican National Committee.  Yesterday, it was a four-page piece from the Missouri GOP that featured headlines that should cause even the most dim-witted voter to take pause:
Obama Has Close Ties to [...]

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Recently, my oldest son sent e-mails to three members of Missouri’s delegation in Washington, D.C., telling them to “Vote ‘No’ on the bailout!” While pleased with my recent high school graduate and soon-to-be first-time presidential voter for getting involved in the political process — and without any prodding from me! — I was more [...]

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Today, I launched BURY OBAMA, a new line of merchandise that plays on “Barry,” the childhood name of Barack Obama, to promote a GOP landslide in the presidential election Nov. 4.
The BURY OBAMA line features more than three-dozen items, ranging from t-shirts and sweatshirts to mugs, hats and bumper stickers, each of which bears a [...]

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Ten self-described pro-democracy groups are calling on the Commission on Presidential Debates to make public the secret debate contract negotiated by the Barack Obama and John McCain campaigns.  The list of groups involved includes:
Open Debates, Common Cause, Fair Vote, Judicial Watch, Democracy Matters, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, Rock the Debates, Personal Democracy Forum, Reclaim [...]

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