Senator Claire McCaskill (D) [October 2018 file photo].
There’s an election in less than two weeks.
Talk to your family, friends and neighbors. Get them to commit to voting. Drag them to the polls if you have to.
Vote.
And it’s time for the right wingnut, dark money funded, astroturf (fake grassroots) attack mail pieces to start arriving. Sure enough, in today’s mail:
Dudes, there are no vacancies on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Americans for Prosperity? Yeah, them, a super PAC, using a Jefferson City PO box as a return address:
…Americans for Prosperity, the sprawling Koch political network, announced Monday the launch of a new super PAC arm as the organization gears up for the final stretch of the 2018 midterms.
The new super PAC was described as “a new tool to build broad policy coalitions in Congress to help advance AFP’s vision,” which “will advocate for candidates who share our commitment to breaking internal and external barriers that prevent people from realizing their full potential.”
The super PAC, called “AFP Action,” will operate independently of the network’s preexisting 501(c)(4) nonprofit and with some key advantages.
Per campaign finance laws, the new group will be able to spend unlimited sums on election activities while being subject to some loose disclosure requirements, The nonprofit arm, however, is subject to even looser disclosure requirements but must dedicate a portion of their spending to “social welfare” activities that cannot explicitly target elections.
[….]
“…the new group will be able to spend unlimited sums on election activities while being subject to some loose disclosure requirements…”
Right wingnut transparency is an oxymoron. You know, like “jumbo shrimp”, or “honest thief”…
This makes me want to drop by my local coordinated campaign office and make some GOTV calls right after I finish dinner. So, I will.
The Missouri republican party continues to prop up Denny Hoskins (r-noun, verb, CPA) with attack mail directed at Courtney Cole (D) in the 121st Legislative District race.
The mail piece disclaimer. Ah, the usual suspects.
The Missouri republican party filed their “8 Day Before General Election” campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on October 25th:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe: MO REPUBLICAN PARTY
ReportDate: 10/25/2010
Majority Strategies Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 10/11/2010 IE direct expenditure Hos$6,970.74
Majority Strategies Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 10/21/2010 IE direct expenditure Hos$3,074.27
Majority Strategies Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 10/06/2010 IE direct expenditure Hos$6,151.58
“…Cole is a card-carrying member of a liberal special interest group…”
Uh, Courtney Cole (D) is a high school teacher. The footnote refers to the Missouri National Education Association (MNEA), a group which advocates for our children and our public schools.
Uh, didn’t that “card carrying” bullshit go out with the anti-fluoridation whack jobs from the fifties? Apparently not. Same type of right wing extremists, different wedge issues….
“…is funded and backed by radical politicians and interest groups…”
The republican leadership in the Missouri General Assembly? Really? Oh, wait…
How Nixonian (Richard) – you know, he was found to have voted with Vito Marcantonio.
Here’s they stoopid and lazy:
No specifics, just guilt by innuendo. Maybe no one will bother to look anything up, eh?
The Missouri republican party sent mail out in support of Vicki Schneider’s (r) attempt at regaining the seat – attacking Kenny Biermann (D):
Ah, the usual suspects.
Chutzpah – murdering your parents and then asking for leniency from the court because you’re an orphan.
Uh, Vicki Schneider (r), was the benificiary of largesse from lobbyists when she was in the Missouri House of Representatives – $1,248.99 in 2004, $1,013.67 in 2005, $1,590.86 in 2006, $2,910.70 in in 2007, $992.92 in 2008.
There’s a drop off there at the end. What happened in 2008? Vicki Schneider (r) lost her reelection bid to Kenny Biermann (D).
The Missouri republican party continues to prop up Denny Hoskins (r-noun, verb, CPA) with attack mail directed at Courtney Cole (D) in the 121st Legislative District race.
The Missouri republican party continues to prop up Denny Hoskins (r) with attack mail.
Because “guilty by association” is an American value?
So, the Missouri republican party believes that “guilty by association” is an American value.
And the inconvenient fact that the republican incumbent failed to pay $20,000.00 in property taxes when they were due is something that should apparently be ignored. *IOKIYAR
“…Cole is a card-carrying member of a liberal special interest group…”
Uh, Courtney Cole (D) is a high school teacher. The footnote refers to the Missouri National Education Association (MNEA), a group which advocates for our children and our public schools.
Uh, didn’t that “card carrying” bullshit go out with the anti-fluoridation whack jobs from the fifties? Apparently not. Same type of right wing extremists, different wedge issues….
When attacked with this drech Courtney Cole does what any self respecting fighter and Democratic Party candidate would do. She meets and engages with voters one on one.
Courtney Cole (D) at a campaign event this evening in Montserrat, Missouri in eastern Johnson County.
Previously – on the campaign mail in the 121st Legislative District:
Interestingly, the Missouri republican party hasn’t mentioned Denny Hoskin’s (r-noun, verb, CPA) property tax problem. I wonder why? Is it because that’s a reason to vote “No” on Denny Hoskins? Just asking.
The Missouri republican party continues to prop up Denny Hoskins (r), the incumbent in the 121st Legislative District, with expensive attack mail pieces directed at Courtney Cole (D).
Okay, we’ll bite. Um, the Democratic Party demon every other republican across the country has been running against? Nancy Pelosi!
No?
Who would have thought that Courtney Cole was more powerful than the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Impressive. That kind of pull doesn’t seem like a negative, especially when the republican incumbent you’re trying to prop up with these expensive mail pieces has such a lackluster legislative record.
Right, I forgot. For the teabagger set that’s a feature, not a bug.
Nice photo with an added microphone. Apparently their tracker couldn’t get anything grainy and more darkly lit.
Whoa! Courtney Cole (D) hangs with the President? That’s some serious pull! Do you think he’ll visit Johnson County within the next three weeks?
“…Cole is a card-carrying member of a liberal special interest group…”
Uh, Courtney Cole (D) is a high school teacher. The footnote refers to the Missouri National Education Association (MNEA), a group which advocates for our children and our public schools.
Uh, didn’t that “card carrying” bullshit go out with the anti-fluoridation whack jobs from the fifties? Apparently not. Same type of right wing extremists, different wedge issues….
And what does any self respecting grassroots supported Democratic Party candidate do when they’re subjected to this kind of drech?
Why, they continue their door to door campaigning and engage voters one on one at events. There was one this evening in Warrensburg:
The 121st Legislative District cuts a horizontal swath through the central part of Johnson County and includes the cities of Holden, Knob Noster, and Warrensburg.
Do you remember this?:
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri General Election – November 2006 – General Election
“I wouldn’t spit on Missouri Right to Life if they were on fire,” the usually affable Griesheimer said. “They are a bunch of liars who don’t care about anything but themselves.”
Denny Hoskins (r – “noun, verb, CPA”) had an attack piece sent on his behalf by the Missouri republican party touting his endorsement by Missouri Right to Life:
Ooh, a warm fuzzy picture!
Missouri Right to Life is no fan of stem cell research. Do you think that Denny Hoskins (r – “noun, verb, CPA”), with that endorsement, agrees with their fringe stance? Uhhh.
So, the Missouri GOP says this about Jim Jackson (D):
Note the “scary” Halloween type for Jim Jackson’s name.
You’d think they’d have reconsidered this attack piece given the 2006 ballot initiative results in Johnson County.
Nah. They’re just plain mean, nasty, and desperate.
Uh oh, no pleasant pastel colors?
Isn’t that the “sun” baby? I didn’t know the Teletubbies did political endorsements, especially since, you know, the right wingnuts have been more than a little snippy about certain things. Like that marriage stuff. And children’s television show fictional characters carrying a purse.
Who paid for this crap? Ah, the usual suspects:
…some Missouri lawmakers who consider themselves against abortion rights – particularly Republicans – have increasingly become frustrated with the criteria Missouri Right to Life uses to rate lawmakers and make endorsements. As a result, the group’s Capitol influence has waned…
They all must have made nice with each other. Or, Denny Hoskins (r – “noun, verb, CPA”) is on the fringe. It’s gotta be one or the other. Or both? What’s your guess?
After you try to affix the terrorist sympathizer label (Joe Missouri: “That ain’t right. That’s just plain mean.”) it’s a lot easier to try and persuade people there are lesser evils afoot.
And who’s putting their name on it? Meet your Missouri GOP!:
We received this republican crap in yesterday’s mail:
You’ve just got to love the “thoughtful in a pensive sort of way Barack” photo at the top (read: Missouri GOP screams, “He’ll let all those horrible criminal out of jail to ravage your stock portfolio! Oh wait, our economic policies have already done that. Never mind.”). And add to that the “disdainful Barack” photo at the bottom (read: Missouri GOP screams: “He doesn’t care what you think! We don’t really care what you think, but that’s different. We don’t want you to pay attention to the crappy job of governing we’ve been doing for years while we enrich the top 1% at your expense.”).
…Throughout his career in public service, Barack advocated tougher measures to fight crime and consistently voted to provide more resources to local law enforcement officials:
* Barack co-sponsored legislation that became the first major anti-meth federal law.
* He supported the COPS programs that provided much-needed resources to local police officers.
* He cosponsored a bill creating a national database on sex offenders: http://www.nsopr.gov/
* And he voted to reauthorize the landmark Violence Against Women Act.
For their tough records on crime, Barack Obama and Joe Biden earned the endorsement of the National Association of Police Organizations, a group that represents over 2,000 police organizations across the United States.
It’s those two photos again! Must desperately try to reinforce the memes, must desperately try to reinforce the memes, must desperately try and reinforce the memes…
And on the same day, we received this little piece of concern trolling:
republican hyperventilating on the “B” side of the mailer:
No wonder they’re losing, their candidate and policies suck, as does their record. Have you noticed that they haven’t been advocating for anything they have done or will do? It’s seriously time for a change.
Smear groups and now a desperate McCain campaign are trying to connect Barack to William Ayers using age-old guilt by association techniques. Here’s the truth: the smear associating Barack to Ayers is “phony,” “tenuous,” – even “exaggerated at best if not outright false.”
William Ayers is a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, with whom Barack served on the board of an education-reform organization in the mid-1990’s. According to the Associated Press, they are not close: “No evidence shows they were “pals” or even close when they worked on community boards years ago …”
Smear groups and the McCain campaign are trying to connect Obama to acts Ayers committed 40 years ago – when Barack was just eight years old. Here’s what the New York Times reported on the connection:
But the two men do not appear to have been close. Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the radical views and actions of Mr. Ayers, whom he has called “somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8.”
Barack has publicly denounced Ayers’ radical actions from the 1960’s:
Senator Obama strongly condemns the violent actions of the Weathermen group, as he does all acts of violence. But he was an eight-year-old child when Ayers and the Weathermen were active, and any attempt to connect Obama with events of almost forty years ago is ridiculous.
The complete four pages of the slick and expensive trash paid for by the Missouri GOP that arrived in the mail:
Yep, repeat the stupidity enough and hope no one pays attention to reality. Well, we did [pay attention to the reality]. David Pearce (r – advocate of automotive deer hunting actually voted for the healthcare cuts – and the Missouri republican party celebrated it. Attacking your opponent for something you did, now that’s chutzpah!
Now this is republican arrogance. “Confidence in state government” is equated with the legal problems of the Missouri republican party? That’s rich.
Here’s the case cited in the mailing:
04CV130560 – THOMAS GREEN V MISSOURI REPUBLICAN STATE COM
GREEN , THOMAS , Plaintiff represented by CARMICHAEL , JAMES E , Attorney for Plaintiff
…SAINT CHARLES,MO…
MISSOURI REPUBLICAN STATE COMITTEE , Defendant
ANN WAGNER, CHAIRMAN MO REPUBL
STATE COMMITTEE
204 EAST DUNKLIN
JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65101
Just to spell it out for you, the folks sending the mailing are the enablers of the folks who were sued (and then settled). Chutzpah!
This is a joke, right? “Anti-gun radicals” in the 31st Senate District? Who are these idiots trying to fool. It’s embarrassing. Really. The desperation just smells.
There’s going to be a lot more like this. The republican way – throw crap against the wall and hope something, anything, sticks. The republican campaign mode is just like their governing mode – laughably stupid and incompetent, except that some good people suffer…
The graphics would make a good movie poster for a Sergio Leone western…
Who paid for this? The usual suspects:
Additional concrete proof that the Missouri republican party is completely irony impaired:
There’s an itty bitty tiny teeny footnote which refers to SB 539 in the 2005 session of the Missouri General Assembly. Let’s look at the Journal of the House [pdf] for April 7, 2005 (page 935):
…On motion of Representative Stefanick, SS SB 539 was truly agreed to and finally passed by the following vote:
AYES: 089
Avery Baker 123 Bearden Behnen Bivins
Brown 30 Bruns Byrd Chinn Cooper 120
Cooper 155 Cooper 158 Cunningham 145 Cunningham 86 Davis
Day Deeken Dempsey Denison Dethrow
Dixon Dusenberg Emery Ervin Faith
Fares Fisher Flook Franz Goodman
Guest Hobbs Hunter Icet Jackson
Johnson 47 Jones Kelly Kingery Lager
Lembke Lipke Loehner May McGhee
Moore Munzlinger Muschany Myers Nieves
Nolte Parson Pearce Phillips Pollock
Portwood Pratt Quinn Rector Richard
Roark Robb Ruestman Rupp Sander
Sater Schaaf Schad Schlottach Self
Smith 118 Smith 14 Stefanick St. Onge Sutherland
Threlkeld Tilley Viebrock Wallace Wasson
Wells Weter Wilson 119 Wilson 130 Wood
Wright 137 Wright 159 Yates Mr Speaker
[emphasis added]
What’s that you say? David Pearce (r – advocate of automotive deer hunting) actually voted to “…cut healthcare funding for our most vulnerable citizens…”
Yep. You got it. The Missouri republican party paid for a mail piece attacking Chris Benjamin (D) for something the Missouri republican party advocates and for which David Pearce (r), their chosen candidate, accommodatingly voted.
That’s chutzpah.
The “B” side of the mail piece.
The best definition of chutzpah? Murdering your parents then asking for leniency from the court because you’re an orphan…