Spotted today in the parking lot of an anti-union national chain store in west central Missouri:

Maybe it’s just to cover up paint blemishes.

…I’d have him a long form ready made

I’ll place that certificate in his hand

And watch him run to wingnut land

A bill pre-filed today in the Missouri House:

HB 41 Requires proof of identity and status as a United States natural born citizen for the office of President and Vice President to be submitted with other required certification documents to the Secretary

Sponsor: Rowland, Lyle (155)

Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2013

LR Number: 180L.01I

Last Action: 12/04/2012 – Prefiled (H)

[….]

Yes, we can expect another very productive session from the republican controlled Missouri General Assembly.

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C051087 10/08/2012 CITIZENS FOR TIMOTHY W JONES Rex A Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 10/8/2012 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

And we knew him back when.

Bumper stickers on a single vehicle, in west central Missouri:

Conveniently, they forgot about another, more recent, president.

Presidential Approval Ratings — Gallup Historical Statistics and Trends

First-Term Averages

Jimmy Carter January 1977-January 1981 45.5[%]

Second-Term Averages

George W. Bush January 2005-January 2009 36.5[%]

Job Approval Lows

Jimmy Carter June 1979 28[%]

George W. Bush October 2008 25[%]

[emphasis added]

Gee, where did that come from?

Sen. Roy Blunt (r): trying to be too clever (February 18, 2012)

[….] The U.S. Energy Information Agency, Gasoline Components History:

Month/Year Retail Price (Dollars per gallon)

Jan-00 1.289

Jan-01 1.447

Jan-02  1.107

Jan-03 1.458

Jan-04 1.572

Jan-05 1.831

Jan-06 2.316

Jan-07 2.24

Jan-08 3.043

Jan-09 1.788

Jan-10 2.715

Jan-11 3.095

Dec-11 3.266

During dubya’s eight years the price went from $1.447 in January 2001 to $4.062 in July 2008, then the economy collapsed. When the economy collapses gas prices can collapse, when the economy recovers those prices can also recover.

U.S. retail gasoline prices (in dollars) by month from January 2000 to December 2011.

That drop after the highest peak is dubya’s recession.

[….]

“The Navy SEALS removed one Muslim threat to America, it’s up to the voters to remove the other!”

Yep, that last one really sticks in their craw, don’t it?

There’s a new meme in town (hall). Lazy birther.

….Now, Hartzler is an emerging contender for the title of world’s laziest birther, an honor accorded to conspiracy theorists who maximize their nuttery regarding Barack Obama’s Hawaiian birth, while minimizing efforts to confirm or deny their theories….

Representative Vicky Hartzler (r) after her town hall in Clinton, Missouri on April 5, 2012.

The best story, so far, out of Representative Vicky Hartzler’s town halls yesterday in Butler and Harrisonville (via Facebook):

“I spoke with Hartzler’s press secretary after the meeting and asked him if her birther comments caught him off guard. I also formally requested that she post her birth certificate on her website as I ‘have a lot of doubts’ about it. He gave me an incredulous look and said, ‘Really?’ Now he knows how we felt when we heard her comments.”

Don’t you just love social media?