On several occasions during my lifetime, I’ve found myself thinking maybe there should be a law against political campaign consultants and other “handlers” telling their candidates what to do. Why? Because, sometimes, they give bad advice. One of those occasions happened early on a Friday afternoon almost two weeks ago following a speaking engagement I [...]
Maybe There Should Be A Law Against Campaign Consultants Telling Their Candidates What to Do
February 8th, 2012 · No Comments
Tags: · Bob McCarty, John Brunner, Missouri, U.S. Senate
Local News Outlets Interested in Weldon Spring
February 3rd, 2012 · No Comments
Eleven days after publishing an exclusive story about Missouri health agency officials refusing to answer questions or inform St. Charles County (Mo.) residents about a new Weldon Spring cancer report, it appears that story is beginning to attract attention from St. Louis-area news media outlets. Yesterday, I received an email from Blythe Bernhard, medical reporter [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Cancer, Lawsuit, Missouri, nuclear, Weldon Spring
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 [...]
Tags: · 2012, Bob McCarty, Missouri, Polls, Republican Party
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). [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Missouri, peter kinder
Talk Radio Alert: ‘The Dana Show’ Friday Afternoon
January 25th, 2012 · 2 Comments
I’ll be making a guest appearance Friday afternoon on The Dana Show on FM NewsTalk 97.1. During the show’s last half hour, starting around 3:30 p.m. Central, host Dana Loesch and I will discuss an exclusive article I published Monday about a new Weldon Spring Cancer Report I obtained from the Missouri Department of Health [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Cancer, dana loesch, EPA, Missouri, Talk Radio, Weldon Spring
Missouri Health Agency Officials Refuse to Answer Questions About New Weldon Spring Cancer Report
January 23rd, 2012 · 8 Comments
On March 11, 2011, a major earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a tsunami that, in addition to killing more than 15,000 people, contributed to the disaster at the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant — the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. After watching the Fukushima disaster unfold for three weeks, I began [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Cancer, fukushima, Missouri, radiation, St. Louis, Weldon Spring, Weldon Spring Cancer Report
Charges to be Dropped Against Petition Circulators
January 21st, 2012 · No Comments
In response to pressure from two freedom-loving attorneys representing them, charges against two petition circulators who were cited last weekend for gathering signatures on the public sidewalks of St. Charles, Mo., will be dropped, according to an announcement this morning by the city’s attorney, Mike Valenti. What kind of petition were the two unnamed individuals [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, First Amendment, Missouri, missouri freedom center









































