Recently, I had the opportunity to meet Bill Randles at a political meet-and-greet session and walked away feeling as if I had just met Missouri’s version of Herman Cain, the man who’s been atop recent polls in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Not familiar with Randles or Cain? Perhaps the comparison below, [...]
Bill Randles Appears to Be the ‘Herman Cain’ of Missouri’s Republican Race for Governor in 2012
October 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments
Tags: · 2012, Bob McCarty, governor, Missouri, Presidential Election, Republican
Republican Presidential Debate in Tweets
September 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment
I hope you enjoy reading between the lines. I tweeted most of the Republican Presidential Candidates Debate tonight on MSNBC and share those tweets from the @BloggingMachine in order below, newest to oldest: It’s over! Conspiracy theory of the night: If you flip Herman Cain’s 999 plan, it becomes a 666 plan. Ooohhhh!!!! Herman Cain [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Debate, Presidential Candidates, Republican, twitter
One Reason Why Newt Won’t Get My Vote
May 12th, 2011 · 4 Comments
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is a smart, politically-savvy man with a solid grasp of history. He announced Wednesday that he would run for president of the United States. The video below stands as one of several reasons why I could never vote for him. Little did Gingrich know that when he [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Newt Gingrich, Presidential Election, Republican
‘Path to Prosperity’ Paved with Broken Promises
April 5th, 2011 · 1 Comment
With U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) leading the charge with a 3-minute video released Monday, House Republicans are pushing a “Path to Prosperity” Plan that includes cutting $6.2 trillion in federal spending over ten years. As much as I would like to embrace their plan, I can’t shake from my mind the saying, “The road [...]
Tags: · 'Path to Prosperity' Paved with Broken Promises, Bob McCarty, broken promise, house republicans, path to prosperity, paul ryan, pray, pray for our country, Republican, The road to hell is paved with good intentions
Was Poker-Playing Congressman Bluffing? (Update)
March 31st, 2011 · 9 Comments
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. [...]
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Jo Ann Emerson Among Nation’s Worst ‘Porkers’
March 16th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Regular readers of this blog know I’m not a big fan of U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, a Republican In Name Only who purports to represent the interests of the 8th Congressional District in southern Missouri. Those same readers won’t be surprised to find me sharing an excerpt from a Citizen’s Against Government Waste news [...]
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Missouri House Speaker Steve Tilley Has Bad Day (Update)
February 22nd, 2011 · 9 Comments
Today might go down in the history books as a bad day for new Missouri House Speaker Steve Tilley, a Republican from Perryville, Mo. First, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran an article within which the term “race baiting” was used to describe a member of the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition who had written a [...]
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