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

[emphasis added]

No wonder Denny Hoskins’ (r) campaign hasn’t spent much on mail. Everyone else is doing it for him.

Let’s see. They continue to recycle this stuff from their previous attack mail:

“…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?

Nothing about paying taxes on time, either. Interesting.

Kenny Biermann (D) is being challenged by Vicki Schneider (r) in the 17th Legislative District race in a rematch of 2008:

Official Election Returns

State of Missouri General Election  – 2008 General Election

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

As announced by the Board of State Canvassers

on Tuesday, December 02, 2008

State Representative – District 17 – Summary

Precincts Reporting 18 of 18

Schneider, Vicki REP 10,877 49.8%

Biermann, Kenny DEM 10,950 50.2%

Total Votes   21,827

State of Missouri General Election

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

State Representative – District 17

Biermann, Kenny DEM   St. Charles, MO

Schneider, Vicki REP   OFallon, MO

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 details, via the Missouri Ethics Commission:  

Representative: SCHNEIDER, VICKI

Date of report – January 2004

Not Amended

Trent Ford 1/14/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $11.00

Date of report – January 2004

Not Amended

Terry Schlemeier 1/16/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $21.99

Date of report – January 2004

Not Amended

Thomas W McCarthy 1/21/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $30.00

Date of report – January 2004

Not Amended

Terry Schlemeier 1/28/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $43.26

Date of report – February 2004

Not Amended

William A Gamble 2/10/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $8.00

Date of report – February 2004

Not Amended

Roger L Archibald 2/12/2004 Entertainment – $77.00

Date of report – February 2004

Not Amended

Roger L Archibald 2/12/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $61.48

Date of report – February 2004

Not Amended

John Britton 2/13/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $52.72

Date of report – February 2004

Not Amended

Terry Schlemeier 2/16/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $17.99

Date of report – February 2004

Not Amended

Guy William Black 2/16/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $14.54

Date of report – February 2004

Not Amended

William A Gamble 2/16/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $7.67

Date of report – February 2004

Not Amended

Otto Fajen 2/21/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $14.00

Date of report – February 2004

Not Amended

Terry Schlemeier 2/28/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $30.00

Date of report – March 2004

Not Amended

Steve Jackson 3/1/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $20.15

Date of report – March 2004

Not Amended

Lon D Lowrey 3/8/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $14.12

Date of report – March 2004

Not Amended

David Winton 3/9/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $30.00

Date of report – March 2004

Not Amended

Gregory Taylor 3/29/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $34.00

Date of report – March 2004

Not Amended

Sara Schuett 3/30/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $34.83

Date of report – April 2004

Not Amended

Michael G Winter 4/6/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $15.80

Date of report – April 2004

Not Amended

Janet Gillow 4/18/2004 Gift – $2.00

Date of report – May 2004

Not Amended

Terry Schlemeier 5/4/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $33.46

Date of report – May 2004

Not Amended

Thomas W McCarthy 5/5/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $30.00

Date of report – May 2004

Not Amended

John D. Hancock 5/10/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $14.00

Date of report – May 2004

Not Amended

Terry Schlemeier 5/11/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $48.84

Date of report – May 2004

Not Amended

Chris Liese 5/13/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $28.50

Date of report – May 2004

Not Amended

Kyna Iman 5/26/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $20.00

Date of report – September 2004

Not Amended

Allen James Snider 9/4/2004 Entertainment – $60.00

Date of report – September 2004

Not Amended

David J. Klarich 9/22/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $88.08

Date of report – October 2004

Not Amended

Allen James Snider 10/2/2004 Entertainment – $76.00

Date of report – October 2004

Not Amended

Richard S Doherty 10/11/2004 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $74.56

Date of report – October 2004

Not Amended

Terry Schlemeier 10/29/2004 Other – $163.00

Date of report – November 2004

Not Amended

Allen James Snider 11/6/2004 Entertainment – $72.00

Total Amount $1,248.99

[emphasis added]

Representative: SCHNEIDER, VICKI

Date of report – January 2005

Not Amended

John Britton 1/5/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $27.95

Date of report – January 2005

Not Amended

Don R. Kissell 1/5/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $150.00

Date of report – February 2005

Not Amended

Kathryn Ann Harness 2/15/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $8.78

Date of report – February 2005

Not Amended

Jennifer Durham 2/16/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $15.95

Date of report – February 2005

Not Amended

Otto Fajen 2/26/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $14.00

Date of report – March 2005

Not Amended

Sherry L Doctorian 3/8/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $9.17

Date of report – April 2005

Not Amended

Richard C Wiles 4/6/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $8.00

Date of report – April 2005

Not Amended

Gregory S. Gaffke 4/6/2005 Gift – $96.00

Date of report – April 2005

Not Amended

Thomas W McCarthy 4/8/2005 Entertainment – $17.00

Date of report – April 2005

Not Amended

Thomas W McCarthy 4/8/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $55.00

Date of report – April 2005

Not Amended

Jennifer Durham 4/13/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $10.00

Date of report – April 2005

Not Amended

Thomas Simon 4/19/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $11.00

Date of report – April 2005

Not Amended

D Scott Penman 4/20/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $30.00

Date of report – April 2005

Not Amended

Paul S Lewis 4/27/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $16.94

Date of report – April 2005

Not Amended

Terry Schlemeier 4/27/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $42.27

Date of report – May 2005

Not Amended

Richard S Doherty 5/3/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $42.63

Date of report – May 2005

Not Amended

Heath C Clarkston 5/10/2005 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $33.98

Date of report – September 2005

Not Amended

Stephen C. Knorr 9/10/2005 Entertainment – $60.00

Date of report – September 2005

Not Amended

Stephen C. Knorr 9/17/2005 Entertainment – $60.00

Date of report – October 2005

Not Amended

John E Bardgett Jr 10/6/2005 Entertainment – $25.00

Date of report – October 2005

Not Amended

Stephen C. Knorr 10/15/2005 Entertainment – $90.00

Date of report – October 2005

Not Amended

Stephen C. Knorr 10/22/2005 Entertainment – $110.00

Date of report – November 2005

Not Amended

Stephen C. Knorr 11/12/2005 Entertainment – $80.00

Total Amount $1,013.67

[emphasis added]

Representative: SCHNEIDER, VICKI

Date of report – January 2006

Not Amended

Thomas W McCarthy 1/10/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $39.04

Date of report – January 2006

Not Amended

James L Durham 1/18/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $14.75

Date of report – January 2006

Amended

J Chris Straub 1/24/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – Amended Reason: group event ($18.75)

Date of report – January 2006

Amended

J Chris Straub 1/24/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $18.75

Date of report – January 2006

Not Amended

Jennifer Durham 1/24/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $15.99

Date of report – January 2006

Amended

Sherry L Doctorian 1/25/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $22.20

Date of report – January 2006

Amended

Sherry L Doctorian 1/25/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – Amended Reason: should have been caucus expenditure ($22.20)

Date of report – January 2006

Not Amended

Francis E. Flotron 1/26/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $13.00

Date of report – January 2006

Not Amended

Fred J. Dreiling 1/30/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $31.00

Date of report – February 2006

Not Amended

Jennifer Durham 2/8/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $7.87

Date of report – February 2006

Not Amended

Terry Schlemeier 2/8/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $32.50

Date of report – February 2006

Not Amended

Heath C Clarkston 2/9/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $32.00

Date of report – March 2006

Amended

Gregory P. Harrison 3/1/2006 Gift – Amended Reason: policy change ($14.00)

Date of report – March 2006

Amended

Gregory P. Harrison 3/1/2006 Gift – $14.00

Date of report – March 2006

Not Amended

Jennifer Durham 3/1/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $24.95

Date of report – March 2006

Not Amended

Steve Jackson 3/11/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $6.50

Date of report – March 2006

Not Amended

Sharon Geuea Jones 3/11/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $61.62

Date of report – March 2006

Not Amended

Steven R Carroll 3/29/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $40.00

Date of report – April 2006

Not Amended

Steven R Carroll 4/11/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $36.00

Date of report – April 2006

Not Amended

Janet Gillow 4/23/2006 Gift – $2.00

Date of report – May 2006

Not Amended

Jennifer Durham 5/1/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $20.95

Date of report – May 2006

Not Amended

Mark S. Woolbright 5/2/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $8.00

Date of report – June 2006

Not Amended

Terry Schlemeier 6/2/2006 Entertainment – $101.00

Date of report – June 2006

Not Amended

Jorgen Schlemeier 6/4/2006 Entertainment – $307.50

Date of report – June 2006

Not Amended

Brent Hemphill 6/5/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $53.00

Date of report – July 2006

Not Amended

Sarah Topp 7/20/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $60.52

Date of report – September 2006

Not Amended

Stephen C. Knorr 9/2/2006 Entertainment – $60.00

Date of report – September 2006

Not Amended

Stephen C. Knorr 9/9/2006 Entertainment – $80.00

Date of report – September 2006

Not Amended

Stephen C. Knorr 9/23/2006 Entertainment – $60.00

Date of report – September 2006

Not Amended

Stephen C. Knorr 9/30/2006 Entertainment – $90.00

Date of report – October 2006

Not Amended

John E Bardgett Jr 10/14/2006 Entertainment – $49.00

Date of report – October 2006

Not Amended

David C. Hale 10/17/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $8.92

Date of report – October 2006

Not Amended

Allen James Snider 10/21/2006 Entertainment – $90.00

Date of report – October 2006

Not Amended

Allen James Snider 10/28/2006 Entertainment – $110.00

Date of report – November 2006

Not Amended

Erin Elliott 11/25/2006 Entertainment – $90.00

Date of report – December 2006

Not Amended

Larry Kruse 12/7/2006 Meals, Food, & Beverage – $44.75

Total Amount $1,590.86

[emphasis added]

Representative: SCHNEIDER, VICKI

Harry G Hill 1/9/2007 Individual Not Amended $29.45

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Terry Schlemeier 1/23/2007 Individual Not Amended $84.83

Meals, Food, & Beverage – Beverage

Mark S. Woolbright 1/24/2007 Individual Not Amended $11.47

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Harry G Hill 1/29/2007 Individual Not Amended $26.95

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Terry Schlemeier 1/31/2007 Individual Not Amended $25.66

Meals, Food, & Beverage – Meal

Scott E. Ramshaw 2/1/2007 Individual Not Amended $3.03

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Russell C. Gunn 2/5/2007 Individual Not Amended $23.45

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Jennifer Durham 2/6/2007 Individual Not Amended $17.95

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

J Scott Marrs 2/7/2007 Individual Not Amended $9.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Herb R Johnson 2/8/2007 Individual Not Amended $7.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage – meals & beverage

Jorgen Schlemeier 2/15/2007 Individual Not Amended $18.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage – Non alcoholic beverages

David J. Klarich 2/19/2007 Individual Not Amended $49.57

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Sheri Bilderback 2/26/2007 Individual Not Amended $9.26

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Rodney D Forth 3/26/2007 Individual Not Amended $20.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage – Dinner

John E Bardgett Jr 4/1/2007 Individual Not Amended $40.00

Entertainment – Cardinals ticket

Jennifer Durham 4/23/2007 Individual Not Amended $24.99

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Mark S. Woolbright 6/11/2007 Individual Not Amended $90.00

Entertainment – baseball game

Thomas W Krewson 6/11/2007 Individual Not Amended $48.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage – dinner

Richard Klemp 7/5/2007 Individual Not Amended $143.96

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Patricia Holden 7/17/2007 Individual Not Amended $11.00

Gift – DVD of Cardinals in World Series

Brian K. Leonard, Sr. 7/26/2007 Individual Not Amended $61.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Brian K. Leonard, Sr. 7/26/2007 Individual Not Amended $88.42

Entertainment – Cards ticket

Craig Felzien 8/26/2007 Individual Amended $200.00

Entertainment – Tickets

Craig Felzien 8/26/2007 Individual Amended ($200.00)

Entertainment –

Amended Reason: Tickets Returned

L Kent Gaines 8/30/2007 Individual Not Amended $85.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Brady J. Deaton 9/15/2007 Individual Amended ($70.00)

Entertainment –

Amended Reason: wrong person’s report

Martin C Oetting 9/15/2007 Individual Not Amended $70.00

Entertainment – football tickets

Brady J. Deaton 9/15/2007 Individual Amended $70.00

Entertainment – football tickets

Chris Liese 9/20/2007 Individual Not Amended $15.50

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Chris Liese 9/21/2007 Individual Not Amended $13.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Stephen C. Knorr 9/22/2007 Individual Not Amended $70.00

Entertainment – football tickets

Chris Liese 9/23/2007 Individual Not Amended $10.50

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Chris Liese 9/26/2007 Individual Not Amended $8.25

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Stephen C. Knorr 10/6/2007 Individual Not Amended $130.00

Entertainment – football tickets

Richard Klemp 10/12/2007 Individual Not Amended $159.88

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Martin C Oetting 10/20/2007 Individual Not Amended $110.00

Entertainment – football tickets

Allen James Snider 10/27/2007 Individual Not Amended $100.00

Entertainment – FOOTBALL TICKETS

Herb R Johnson 10/29/2007 Individual Not Amended $34.48

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Erin Elliott 11/10/2007 Individual Not Amended $100.00

Entertainment – football tickets

William A Gamble 11/19/2007 Individual Not Amended $40.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage – Dinner

Allen James Snider 11/24/2007 Individual Not Amended $110.00

Entertainment – football tickets

Sam Barbee 11/28/2007 Individual Not Amended $1,000.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Patrick Sullivan 12/4/2007 Individual Not Amended $11.10

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Total Amount $2,910.70

[emphasis added]

Representative: SCHNEIDER, VICKI

Lon D Lowrey 1/29/2008 Individual Not Amended $18.67

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Sheri Bilderback 2/8/2008 Individual Not Amended $9.05

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Jennifer Durham 2/12/2008 Individual Not Amended $22.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Don R. Kissell 2/19/2008 Individual Not Amended $30.98

Meals, Food, & Beverage – CITY OF SAINT PETERS CITY COUNCIL

Don R. Kissell 2/20/2008 Individual Not Amended $4.50

Meals, Food, & Beverage – LUNCH WITH VISION ST. CHARLES

Jennifer Durham 3/3/2008 Individual Not Amended $27.50

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Dennis E. Pierce 3/25/2008 Individual Not Amended $42.20

Meals, Food, & Beverage – Dinner with CommunityAmerica Staff

Fred C Buckley III 4/1/2008 Individual Not Amended $50.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage – Dinner

David J. Klarich 4/7/2008 Individual Not Amended $62.07

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Jennifer Durham 4/15/2008 Individual Not Amended $9.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

James E Farrell 4/17/2008 Individual Not Amended $11.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

James E Farrell 4/28/2008 Individual Not Amended $49.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Brent Hemphill 5/5/2008 Individual Not Amended $5.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Drue Duncan 5/6/2008 Individual Not Amended $23.92

Meals, Food, & Beverage – FOOD & BEVERAGE

Thomas W Krewson 5/28/2008 Individual Not Amended $6.25

Meals, Food, & Beverage – drink and Appetizer

Donna K. Martin 6/18/2008 Individual Not Amended $56.68

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Donna K. Martin 6/18/2008 Individual Not Amended $40.00

Entertainment – Cardinal ticket

Sarah Topp 7/6/2008 Individual Not Amended $105.50

Meals, Food, & Beverage – and baseball tickets

Thomas W Krewson 7/23/2008 Individual Not Amended $36.28

Meals, Food, & Beverage – dinner

Drue Duncan 7/24/2008 Individual Not Amended $6.98

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Guy William Black 7/24/2008 Individual Not Amended $20.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Doug Galloway 7/30/2008 Individual Not Amended $30.95

Meals, Food, & Beverage – meal

John R Sondag 7/30/2008 Individual Not Amended $30.95

Meals, Food, & Beverage – Dinner at ALEC Conference

Mary Scruggs 7/30/2008 Individual Not Amended $31.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

Charles G Simino 7/30/2008 Individual Not Amended $32.72

Meals, Food, & Beverage – Dinner at ALEC

Ann Williams 7/31/2008 Individual Not Amended $17.67

Meals, Food, & Beverage – Food/Beverage

Nancy L. Giddens 7/31/2008 Individual Not Amended $72.22

Meals, Food, & Beverage – Dinner

Donna K. Martin 8/6/2008 Individual Not Amended $40.00

Entertainment – Cardinal ticket

Donna K. Martin 8/6/2008 Individual Not Amended $63.84

Meals, Food, & Beverage –

James Wallace Knowles III 10/29/2008 Individual Not Amended $25.00

Meals, Food, & Beverage – Meet the Candidate Night – Wine Tasting & Hors ‘D Ouerves

David A. Murphy 12/9/2008 Individual Not Amended $11.99

Meals, Food, & Beverage – CAC meeting

Total Amount $992.92

[emphasis added]

Evidently the Missouri republican party really believes *IOKIYAR.

* it’s okay if you’re a republican.

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

* it’s okay if you’re a republican

Let’s see. They keep recycling this stuff from their previous attack mail:

“…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:

“Noun, Verb, CPA”: Hoskins (r) mail attack on Cole (D) in the 121st Legislative District race (October 8, 2010)

Hoskins (r) mail attack on Cole (D) in the 121st Legislative District race, part 2 (October 9, 2010)

Courtney Cole (D) in the 121st Legislative District: mail – a constructive outlook for the district (October 10, 2010)

Denny Hoskins (r) in the 121st Legislative District: Mail? What mail? (October 12, 2010)

Courtney Cole (D) in the 121st Legislative District: mail – and who didn’t pay their taxes? (October 13, 2010)

In Missouri if you fail to pay your property taxes on time you have to run against Barack Obama (October 14, 2010)

Apparently.

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?

Let’s see. They’ve recycled stuff from their previous attack mail:

“…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:

Previously:

“Noun, Verb, CPA”: Hoskins (r) mail attack on Cole (D) in the 121st Legislative District race (October 8, 2010)

Hoskins (r) mail attack on Cole (D) in the 121st Legislative District race, part 2 (October 9, 2010)

Courtney Cole (D) in the 121st Legislative District: mail – a constructive outlook for the district (October 10, 2010)

Denny Hoskins (r) in the 121st Legislative District: Mail? What mail? (October 12, 2010)

Courtney Cole (D) in the 121st Legislative District: mail – and who didn’t pay their taxes? (October 13, 2010)

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

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

JOHNSON

Constitutional Amendment No. 2 – 2006 Precincts Reporting 21 of 21

Stem Cell Initiative

Yes 8,544 55.7%

No 6,796 44.3%

Total Votes   15,340

Uh, support for stem cell research in Johnson County during the 2006 election was substantial.

And this republican’s view?:

“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.”).

From the Obama campaign (They have a very informative site: “Under the Radar”):

…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.

So, this is the usual republican hyperventilating. That’s easier to pull off after you’ve accused someone of being a terrorist sympathizer.

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:

The Obama campaign on:

the economy

Social Security

taxes

healthcare

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.  

This is about the crap that arrived in the mail at my house today.

Paid for by:

Those representing themselves as paragons of republican virtue in Missouri haven’t been impressing me with their values of late – from pushing people around to polluting mailboxes with garbage.

From the Obama campaign:

The Truth about Barack Obama and William Ayers

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:

Previously, on Show Me Progress:

David Pearce (r) in the 31st Senate District: his GOP enablers have chutzpah!

Look who’s paying for this. Again:

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.

You all know what to do: Chris Benjamin (D)

The “B” side.

It’s her! Hillary! Where’s Obama?

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…