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20 Saturday Aug 2022

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We took a short road trip to the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia this morning.

At a vendor’s tent on the grounds of the fair:

Apparently there’s a market for this.

Trump/Pence 2024 doesn’t appear to be a a big seller nor an option.

That’s not how gas works…

Typos, eh?

Keep America Great. Think about that for just a second.

The only Confederate flag that ever mattered was a white rag on a stick.

Previously:

“Our state fair is a great state fair…” (August 15, 2022)

Governor’s Ham Breakfast – Missouri State Fair – August 18, 2022 (August 18, 2022)

A blue gingham shirt (August 18, 2022)

“…Don’t miss it, don’t even be late…” (August 20, 2022)

“…Don’t miss it, don’t even be late…”

20 Saturday Aug 2022

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We took a short road trip to the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia this morning. The fair closes on Sunday.

Eastbound to the fair on 50 Highway:

Publicity photos at the fair entrance:

Judging, we think:

In the Home Economics Building:

Pie!:

Rabbits! There’s a building filled with rabbits during the second week of the fair:

Fast food, sometimes on a stick:

The republican tent:

We didn’t look to closely, but there didn’t appear to be a shrine to the former guy.

The Libertarians. I always expect their tent to be located in the middle of field somewhere since they’re usually not too keen on spending money on public infrastructure:

Go figure.

Westbound from the fair on Highway 50:

Previously:

“Our state fair is a great state fair…” (August 15, 2022)

Governor’s Ham Breakfast – Missouri State Fair – August 18, 2022 (August 18, 2022)

A blue gingham shirt (August 18, 2022)

Governor’s Ham Breakfast – Missouri State Fair – August 18, 2022

18 Thursday Aug 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor, US Senate

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The Governor’s Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair took place this morning in Sedalia. This annual event is usually a “must attend” function for Missouri legislators, statewide office holders, members of Congress, and candidates. Usually.

Whatever your view of corporate agriculture, the event does have a reputation of sorts for the ideological political tendencies of those attending. It would be unfair to describe it as monolithic.

There are always displays of yard signs and a gauntlet of t-shirt bedecked volunteers passing out campaign stickers at the entrance to the morning’s festivities.

It’s an opportunity for us to replenish our “b roll” of file photos of Missouri politicians with newer images. The problem is that the members of the General Assembly come by so thick and fast we can’t keep up. But we do get a few photos.

Former news reader and current republican nominee for the 4th Congressional District, Mark Alford.

That’s a big hat.

Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe (r).

Members of the Genral Assembly do show up.

Hardy Billington (r).

In all our years of coverage this is, perhaps, my fovorite photo of Denny Hoskins (r):

Denny Hoskins (r).

Still, we’ll get the image. A 400 mm lens does help:

Evidently the bus is gone:

Lame duck U.S. Congressman Billy Long (r).

U.S. Representative Jason Smith (r).

What MAGA has wrought:

Roy Blunt (r).

Democrats do show up, too. U.S. Senate nominee Trudy Busch Valentine waded into the crowd:

Trudy Busch Valentine, the Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. Senate.

Retail politics.

One of the Erics (r) showed up:

Eric Schmitt (r).

Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick (r).

The now annual shrine to Donald Trump, situated near the entrance to the breakfast. One of the shrine denizens tried to hand my a flyer inside the event. I brushed him off.

“Make America Eat Again”

Seriously.

Update:

Ironically, we inadvertently left out Governor Mike Parson (r).

Governor Mike Parson (r).

It is the Governor’s Ham Breakfast.

Governor’s Ham Breakfast – Missouri State Fair – Sedalia – August 19, 2021

19 Thursday Aug 2021

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The Governor’s Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair took place this morning in Sedalia. This annual event is usually a “must attend” function for Missouri legislators, statewide office holders, and members of Congress. Usually.

There are always displays of yard signs and a gauntlet of t-shirt bedecked volunteers passing out campaign stickers at the entrance to the morning’s festivities.

It’s an opportunity for us to replenish our “b roll” of file photos of Missouri politicians with newer images. The problem is that the members of the General Assembly come by so thick and fast we can’t keep up. But we do get a few photos.

The annual Trump cult shrine.

Billy Long’s (r) campaign bus and Billy Long made an appearance.

The Missouri State Fair Queen, Rosie Lenz:

The cult of the lost cause:

Representative Rick Francis (r):

Flying above the annual Trump cult shrine:

MAGA “Bullshit” flag [top].

Representative Billy Long (r).

Representative Willard Haley (r):

Billy Long (r).

Masks anyone?

Missouri Attorney General and amateur medical expert Eric Schmitt (r).

Representative Vicky Hartzler(r):

New file photos!

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r):

Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer (r):

Representative Jason Smith (r), sporting a January 6, 2021 sedition look:

In case you’re wondering – in over an hour standing at the entrance with a camera and a 400 mm lens to help me keep my distance I counted only four individuals, including me, out of the many attending who were wearing masks.

Welcome to Missouri.

At the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia – August 15, 2019

15 Thursday Aug 2019

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The early morning Governor’s Ham Breakfast in the second week of the State Fair in Sedalia is the largest annual one day gathering of ostrich skin boots, tailored jeans, and silver decorated leather belts in the State of Missouri.

We’re talking menswear.

It’s an opportunity for us to photograph and (rarely, if ever) talk to a number of Missouri politicians, all in one place at the same time.

This year a number of office holders either skipped the event or managed to avoid the entrance gauntlet. Others made their way through it.

Governor Mike Parson (r).

Right wingnut swag.

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r).

A journalist:

Eli Yokley – Morning Consult.

On a break of sorts, though he hasn’t stopped tweeting. We knew Eli way back when…

State Auditor and recently announced gubernatorial candidate Nicole Galloway (D):

State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D).

After covering the breakfast under the tent for 1000 people we ventured on to the State Fair grounds.

An encounter on the main drag:

A blue ribbon in the Home Economics Building:

Getting ready to judge pies:

Judging rabbits in the Poultry/Rabbit Building. Poultry during the first week of the fair, rabbits during the second week:

Various political parties have tents on the main drag promoting their candidates and ideology.

The folks at the Democratic Party tent have noted a consistent number of people this year passing by calling out and yelling “Socialists!” (among other things) at them. Yeah, sure, everyone’s a rabid capitalist until their party leader imposes tariffs to engage in a trade war and then has Congress bail out agricultural interests. We didn’t ask the occupants of the Republican tent if people were consistently yelling “Fascists!” at them. We probably should have.

For right wingnuts “The Handmaid’s Tale” is not dystopian fiction, it’s aspirational

16 Thursday Aug 2018

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Brett Kavanaugh, Concerned Women for America, Governor's Ham Breakfast, missouri, republicans, right wingnuts, Sedalia, State Fair, tour bus, U.S. Supreme Court

This morning outside the Governor’s Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia:

Concerned Women for America Brett Kavanaugh (r) U.S. Supreme Court tour bus.

We understand red is the color.

Campaign fashion at the Missouri State Fair Governor’s Ham Breakfast

21 Friday Aug 2015

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We noted at yesterday morning’s Governor’s Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair that a number of republican candidates and office holders (along with some campaign’s supporters) were outfitted in informal campaign wear. Not so much for the Democratic Party candidates and office holders we ran into.

This candidate was just making sure everyone knows where he stands:

We understand where, too:

Sen. Will Kraus (r): warming up the crowd about urban schools at the Santorum rally (February 4, 2012)

An oxymoron?:

Who?:

And, of course, a few candidates had their campaign volunteers outfitted in their latest campaign t-shirt fashions:

There’s a juvenile joke in their somewhere. We’re not above laughing at it.

That logo appears to be splitting the state in two.

Previously:

Unintentionally ironic… (August 20, 2015)

Missouri State Fair – Governor’s Ham Breakfast – August 20, 2015 (August 20, 2015)

Missouri State Fair – Governor’s Ham Breakfast – August 20, 2015

21 Friday Aug 2015

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This morning we attended the largest annual single gathering of politicians in Missouri, outside of the General Assembly, at the Governor’s Ham Breakfast on the grounds of the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. It makes for an interesting juxtaposition – potential political opponents for statewide and legislative office milling around and greeting each other, breakfast attendees, and the media.

It’s also an opportunity for us to get photographs of a number of public officials and political candidates in one place. Some of those results:  

Attorney General Chris Koster (D), a (probable) candidate for Governor in 2016.

Campaign Finance: inexorable (July 7, 2015)

Campaign Finance: I’ll see your managed care and raise you a home health service… (July 14, 2015)

Chris Koster (D) – July 2015 Campaign Finance Report (July 18, 2015)

Campaign Finance: no surprise here (July 21, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a different constituency (July 29, 2015)

Campaign Finance: no rest (August 3, 2015)

PPP Missouri Poll: 2016 U.S. Senate and Governor – August 11, 2015 (August 11, 2015)

Campaign Finance: rolling in (August 15, 2015)

Former Cass County Prosecutor Teresa Hensley (D), a candidate for Attorney General in 2016.

Teresa Hensley (D) announces 2016 run for Attorney General (July 30, 2015)

Former Missouri House Speaker and U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway (r), a candidate for Governor in 2016.

Campaign Finance: a Florida populist? (June 3, 2015)

Campaign Finance: $10,000.00 is a popular amount (June 4, 2015)

Campaign Finance: still awake (June 17, 2015)

Campaign Finance: they have the power… (June 19, 2015)

Catherine Hanaway (r) – July 2015 Campaign Finance Report (July 17, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a familiar amount (July 22, 2015)

Bev Randles (r), a candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2016.

Campaign Finance: Oh, hell, just buy the state already (December 8, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Exploring something. (January 13, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a December to really remember (January 18, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a sense of proportion (April 22, 2015)

Bev Randles (r): officially in the 2016 Lieutenant Governor race (July 1, 2015)

Lieutenant Governor – July 2015 Campaign Finance Reports (July 19, 2015)

Jay Ashcroft (r), a candidate for Secretary of State in 2016.

The legacy will continue to try (January 14, 2015)

Campaign Finance: enabling the legacy (May 8, 2015)

The legacy demonstrates difficulty understanding concepts taught on a children’s television show (May 20, 2015)

Family ties (May 27, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a fistful of silver dollars (July 2, 2015)

Representative Vicky Hartzler (r), a candidate for reelection in the 4th Congressional District in 2016.

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): has a SCOTUScare! sad (June 25, 2015)

Rep Vicky Hartzler (r): has another U.S. Supreme Court sad – today it’s marriage equality (June 26, 2015)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): on the Iran nuclear deal – Harrisonville, MO – August 14, 2015 (August 15, 2015)

Previously:

Missouri State Fair – the Governor’s Ham Breakfast – photos (August 16, 2012)

The Governor’s Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair – 2013 (August 15, 2013)

Tomorrow morning’s Governor’s Ham Breakfast at the State Fair is gonna be really interesting (August 13, 2014)

Gov. Jay Nixon will be in the St. Louis area today, not at the State Fair (August 14, 2014)

What if you had a ham breakfast and the Governor couldn’t be there? (August 14, 2015)

Unintentionally ironic… (August 20, 2015)

Unintentionally ironic…

20 Thursday Aug 2015

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…on so many levels.

A Roy Blunt (r) U.S. Senate campaign sign crew at the back of a mini rally before

the start of the Governor’s Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia – August 20, 2015.

Probably.

Previously:

Our world in three Tweets (April 21, 2015)

PPP polling results in Missouri: social media hints (August 11, 2015)

PPP Missouri Poll: 2016 U.S. Senate and Governor – August 11, 2015 (August 11, 2015)

Vicky Hartzler talking about water and pesky regulations at the Missouri State Fair

14 Thursday Aug 2014

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