Fried Up Missouri

State Icons

I recently suggested that we add a few state Icons, I mean after all why should I suggest our state law makers spend time focusing on things like roads, funding for education, fighting Meth labs or promoting job creation when we can vote on things like a state bad habit or pastime. Anyways here is what I came up with.

 

A state ailment; ok how about laryngitis maybe if we Liberals could not talk we might actually get some meaningful work done. A state bad habit; how about how all the hicks like me that say Missour-A. Most of us can not even pronounce our own state’s name how pathetic is that? A state pastime; how about bowling we are the home of the bowling hall-of-fame. A state hero; this one is easy you have to go with Nelly. A state hot spot; HELLO party cove I know I like to make at least three or four trips down there ever summer to get my grove on. A state sport; Well I think you almost have to go with baseball on this one. I mean after all the Cardinals are still crying about a blown call 23, years ago that had absolutely nothing to do with them losing the World Series to the Royals. A state greeting or expression; one word Ya’ll. State game; does fishing with dynamite count? State container; how about a 1986 pick-up truck with a camper shell on it? State dog; um how about a pointer bird dog. State Firearm; 9mm. State kitchen implement; waffle iron I think that explains us Liberals well and as for a state problem I have one word. LIBERALS!   

 

 

Education is the wrong cut

I am so glad that Nixon and the fellow Democrats can follow in the footsteps of another great Missouri Governor Bob Holden. It has been predicted the Governor-elect Jay Nixon could cut 15% to 25% of the budget funding for higher education by 2010.

 

Holden tried to balance the budget by cutting money from education. Meanwhile we complain about cuts to Medicaid. The only way to make up for the budget cuts is to increase tuition cost. Is it just me or is this the most asinine thing you have ever heard?

 

Instead of making education more affordable we are going to make it more expensive. This means that fewer Missourians will be able to obtain a quality education so that they can get a better paying job with benefits so that they do not have to depend on public health care.  

 

We could invest in our young adults so that they can give more back to society later on, but instead we would just rather feed the problem. I hate to say it, but Blunt and the Republicans may have had the right idea.  

Bad News is Good News

You kind of have to admit that it is very convenient that the Republicans are leaving office in tough economic times. This way no matter what campaign promises we break rather it being restoring Medicaid or paying for four years of college tuition we can blame it all on the Republicans.

We knew that there was no way that we could even begin to keep any of the outrages claims that we made, but we told the people what they wanted to hear and in the end we can always blame it on the evil conservatives. You have got to love the art of political spin.

The truth of the matter is an economic downfall is the greatest thing for our party. Remember good news for the state and the country has always been bad news for our party.

Do not be a fun hater

It appears that Senator Scott is a fun hatter. He wants to ban all party supplies on Missouri Rivers and Streams. He feels that beer bongs, jell-o shots and Mardi Gras necklaces are reckless.

 

The question I have is has he ever seen any of these beer bongs, some of them are engineering marvels. College students work hard during the year and need time to kick back and just have fun during the summer.

 

Sometimes I think that we need the same thing after the legislative session ends in March. Ok so some of the recklessness damages our streams and destroys and family atmosphere. They have already banned drinking on some rivers. The truth is that college students are always going to find some way to drink. Why can’t we have some family rivers and some college rivers everyone wins this way? I know I would want to party it up with the college kids. I hope to see you all on the river.

 

 

All about nothing

Well, the E-mails from the Governor’s office have finally been released. Tens of thousands of them and reporters have spent a week going through rooms filled with boxes reading over 60,000 words and what have they found? What major conspiracy have they uncovered?

 

Nothing, absolutely nothing! It is not fair we were sure that the Gov. Blunt was hiding something. This was our chance to destroy the Republican across the state and rein in a new permanent wave of Democratic power.  

 

Instead it turns out we spent the last year crying about nothing, we have been had, I hate it when we are exposed for the cry babies that we are.

Struggling at the local level

 It has been almost two weeks since the elections and we are still trying to figure out just what in tarnishing happened. While Yes, Obama won the Whitehouse and liberals won three of four state wide races, but we underperformed at the local levels.

 

We were suppose to pick up 10 or 12 seats in the state house and we only gained two, then we ended up losing 3 seats in the Senate. This could be a bumpy ride folks. Republicans could make things very hard for Nixon. If he ever leaves the state then Kinder could pass countless measures against Nixon’s administration.

 

This is not fair. We are supposed to have full power of everything. It should be ours by birthright. Those pesky Republicans are just not going to play nice.  

 

Why are we such cry babies?

Some people are already crying raciest because Nixon won in Missouri, but Obama was narrowly defeated.

 

I guess it is true that no matter what some people are going to pull the ever handy race card. The truth is that there are many reasons besides race that someone would vote for Nixon and not Obama

 

Nixon has been a figure in Missouri politics for nearly 20 years and is well know. Obama has only been on the national seen for 4 years. Nixon is not in charge of national security like Obama soon will be.

 

Nixon does not have friends who have bombed the Pentagon and he has not been endorsed by world dictators and terrorist groups.

 

This is a time we should celebrate Nixon won the Governors Mansion and Obama won the Whitehouse, maybe we should rejoice instead of acting like a bunch of whining crying babies.

State-wide predictions

State-wide perditions

Governor

This one was wrapped up before the primary was even over. Nixon wins it in a landslide.

Lt. Governor

Sam Page has fought hard, but his massive absentee record in the Missouri House and his inability to raise the kind of funds that Peter Kinder has will keep Page from unseating Kinder.

Attorney General

I guess that one Republican is as good as another, but Koster’s has spent a lot of time touting his experience as a prosecutor and it will pay off. Koster wins this one over Gibbons. Good thing for Democrats because Koster will be nothing more than a rubber stamp for the new governor.

Secretary of State

Robin Carnahan wins this one because no Republican really mounted a serious challenge. Only the die heart political insiders have any idea who Mitch Hubbard is.

State Treasurer

This will be the closest of all the state-wide elections. You can count on this one going into the early hours of the morning, in the end most people will spend a minute or two trying to pronounce Clint Zweifel’s name before they give up and voting for Brad Lager. If Zweifel does when then he has Nixon and Obama to thank, because it will be because he rode their coat tales to victory. We predict that Lager pulls off a close election victory at about 2 am this morning.

Stay the course blame Republican

Well, I must say that things look good for us liberals in tomorrow’s elections. We will win the Whitehouse, the Governors Mansion and about half of the state-wide seats. The best part of all is that we can still continue to blame things on Bush and Blunt if we screw everything up. Which by adding more taxes and more spending we will most certainly do.

 

Hey we have ridden the anti-Bush and anti-Blunt wave this far surely we can hold out for another few years?

Why isn't this over yet?

This election is really amazing. So far Obama is outspending John McCain by more than four to one in the state of Missouri and he and Biden have been making by weekly stops in the state for nearly a month.

The amazing thing is that Missouri is still a swing state. Obama should have been able to close the Show-Me state a month ago, but for some reason he can not seem to do it. Hundreds of thousands have turned out and waited in lines for 5 or 7 hours to hear him speak however when you look at the latest polls McCain has a two point lead.

Perhaps it is a silent majority that sees through Obama’s campaign rhetoric. No matter what it is scary. Scary to think that McCain could still win this thing.