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Parson Names Health Director

08 Tuesday Feb 2022

Posted by penroseonpolitics in Healthcare, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor, Missouri Senate

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COVID-19, Donald Kauerauf, Mike Parson, Missouri Governor, Missouri Health Director, Missouri Healthcare, Missouri Republicans, Missouri Senate

Ann Wagner implies that she’s afraid to run for the Senate – but not for the House

05 Wednesday Jul 2017

Posted by willykay in Uncategorized

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Ann Wagner, Election 2018, Josh Hawley, missouri, Missouri Republicans, Political Violence

In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch a couple of days ago Ann Wagner announced that she won’t be the Missouri Republican who will face Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill in 2018, but will instead run to retain her 2nd district House seat. It has been widely assumed that she was persuaded (forced?) by Missouri Republican luminaries to stand down in favor of another candidate – Attorney General, Josh Hawley seems to be the current fair-haired child of many of Missouri’s big GOP money and influence wielders.

Wagner offered the usual pablum about family considerations and, in typical treacly Wagner style, “love” for her 2nd district, as reasons for not taking up the cudgel against McCaskill – even though her intentions to do so had been obvious for some time. As the Post-Dispatch observed, she had already hired interns to handle the the added demands of the campaign.

Wagner also, however, seems to have hinted at another reason; the Post-Dispatch article implies that in the wake of the shooting of the Republican House Majority Whip, Rep. Steve Scalise, by a deranged individual a couple of weeks ago, Wagner intimated that she fears violence that could be directed at her and her family. This fear, it is implied, was the “significant event” that precipitated her decision not to run for the Senate:

The source said that Wagner was told after her decision that no one would believe that it was made solely on family considerations, “but that is what happened.”

And a significant event last week led up to it

Wagner visited Scalise, her close friend, in a hospital Wednesday, the source said. Scalise was shot and badly wounded while practicing for the annual congressional baseball game in Alexandria, Va., on June 14.

In an interview with the Post-Dispatch days after the shooting, Wagner said Scalise’s shooting had greatly affected her, and she spoke about threats made against her and her family.

Do you see the problem with this suggestion? Why, if Wagner is really worried by the possibility that a run for the Senate might lead to violence against her and her family, is she still planning to run for the House? Are House candidates magically exempt from threats faced by candidates for the Senate?

And the questions just keep popping up. Has any politician anywhere ever tried to get so much mileage out of a few protesters who are properly disturbed by her failure to acknowledge their concerns? Will Wagner be using this excuse retroactively? Did she, for instance, refuse to debate her last Democratic opponent, Bill Otto, or appear at open constituent meetings because she, delicate creature that she is, was afraid for her life? Will we be hearing endlessly about her fear of the naughty “leftists” during her future congressional tenure – however long that may be – whenever she is challenged to explain her policy preferences?

If Wagner is really that frightened about the consequences of holding public office, shouldn’t we work really hard to bring her home from Washington and let somebody, preferably a brave Democrat, go to Washington in her place? Seems like we’d really be doing her a big favor.

Finally, Does anyone else find this mock-subtle effort to leverage tragedy into political gain as tasteless and disgusting as I do?

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Rush Re-Vote

26 Monday Aug 2013

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Cartoons of Rush Limbaugh, hall of famous missourians, Missouri House Speaker, Missouri politics, Missouri Republican Party, Missouri Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Tim Jones

Posted by Michael Bersin | Filed under Uncategorized

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Hartzler’s Haul

03 Saturday Aug 2013

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2013 Farm Bill, Corporate Farms, Corporate Welfare, Farm bill, Missouri Republican Party, Missouri Republicans, poverty, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Trickle Down Economics, Vicky Hartzler, Vicky Hartzler Cartoon

Posted by Michael Bersin | Filed under Uncategorized

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Missouri’s Gun Capital

17 Friday May 2013

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gun control, Gun Laws, Gun Legislation, guns, Missouri Capital, Missouri Capitol, Missouri GOP, Missouri Legislative Session, Missouri Legislature, missouri political cartoon, Missouri Republicans, Second Amendment

Posted by Michael Bersin | Filed under Uncategorized

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Akin’s Bromance

04 Sunday Nov 2012

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Akin for Senate, Cartoons of Newt Gingrich, Cartoons of Rush Limbaugh, Cartoons of Todd Akin, legitimate rape, Missouri Republicans, Missouri Senate Race, Newt Gingrich, republican political humor, Todd Akin

Posted by Michael Bersin | Filed under Uncategorized

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Hartzler's Confusion

23 Friday Mar 2012

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Barack Obama, Cartoons of Vicky Hartzler, energy policy, Energy Security, environment, Foreign Oil, Keystone Pipeline Cartoon, Keystone XL Pipeline, Missouri GOP, missouri political cartoon, Missouri politics, Missouri Republicans, Petroleum Imports, Vicky Hartzler

Posted by Michael Bersin | Filed under Uncategorized

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Crash Session

27 Thursday Oct 2011

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China Hub, Democrats, economic stimulus, jobs bill, Missouri Democrats, Missouri GOP, Missouri Legislative Session, Missouri Legislative Special Session, Missouri politics, Missouri Republican Party, Missouri Republicans, Missouri Unemployment

Posted by Michael Bersin | Filed under Uncategorized

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Jobs Bill Goose Chase

02 Sunday Oct 2011

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Goose Chase, job creation, jobs bill, Missouri Democrats, Missouri Legislative Session, Missouri Legislature, Missouri Republicans, Missouri Special Session, Special Legislative Session

Posted by Michael Bersin | Filed under Uncategorized

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