Peter Kinder

Peter Kinder is set to push for $25 million in additional sports stadium funding at today's Missouri Development Finance Board meeting.  Today's earmark will benefit the Kansas City Chiefs.

This is Kinder's latest push for taxpayer financing of sports facilities and events.  Consider these other Kinder initiatives:

• Taxpayer funding for a new Cardinal's stadium in St. Louis
• Taxpayer funding of a new pro-soccer stadium in Kansas City
• Taxpayer funding for the Tour of Missouri bike race

Some GOP observers are expecting State Treasurer Sarah Steelman to attack Kinder for leading the Missouri GOP in the wrong direction on "sports earmarks." 

Stay tuned.­­

If the 2008 election cycle was characterized by one phenomenon for Missouri Republicans, party disunity would probably lead the list.  Driven by a contentious and damaging gubernatorial primary and the nomination of a GOP Presidential candidate whom almost no prominent Missourians supported in the primaries, Republicans spent as much time in 2008 battling one another as they did fighting the Democratic opponents.  

As we approach the new year, it appears likely that trend will continue.  Bruised egos and hurt feelings stemming from Lieutenant Gov. Peter Kinder's betrayal of ticketmates have reportedly not yet been salved, and may lead to some return disloyalty on the part of Republican legislators. 

Chief among the aggrieved is Sen. Brad Lager, who as Treasurer candidate lost the closest of the 2008 races for statewide office.  Lager was the candidate who likely suffered most from Kinder's decision to throw his pals on the Republican ticket under the bus with a sample ballot distributed across the St. Louis area which pushed Kinder and...the four other statewide Democratic candidates, including Lager's opponent.­

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Senator Kit Bond (R-Wild Turkey) and Peter "Every Other Dollar Counts" Kinder are reportedly in a pitched fight for control of the Missouri Republican Party.

According to the KY3 Political notebook, Kinder is backing long-time Emerson aide Lloyd Smith.  Bond is backing former State House Speaker Catherine Hanaway

Some state house observers are wondering why Kinder would opposed Hanaway.  After all, the two joined forces to try to spend taxpayer money on a new Cardinal's stadium.­  Story Continued »

There is growing resentment in GOP ranks over the way Peter Kinder worked against the GOP ticket in the closing days of the campaign.

According to GOP sources, Kinder and his allies distributed thousands of sample ballots in urban areas on Election Day.

Rather than suggesting voters support the GOP ticket, the sample ballots recommended only Democrats, except for the  Lt. Governor's race.  For that contest alone, a Republican was suggested---- Peter Kinder.

One sample ballot even sandwiched Kinder's pocked mug between the photos of Barack Obama and Democratic Congressman Lacy Clay.

Stay tuned to Fired Up for more on fratricide within the GOP.

UPDATED, 8:43am: Photos below the jump...

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More jobs leaving Missouri thanks to the mess the republicans have made of our state’s economy.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/manufacturingtechnology/story/E9FBBD73302DB760862574F20013F411?OpenDocument

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Unable to stop his slide in the polls, an unbalanced and agitated Peter Kinder yesterday spoke shouted the unspeakable and compared his opponent to the Nazis.

Shame on you Peter Kinder.

 
Two recent events point to the need to elect Dr. Sam page

Kinder told the St. Louis Beacon he thinks Blunt's record on the economy and Missouri's business climate will help him

Kinder is apparently unaware the economy in Missouri is doing poorly.

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Peter Kinder is bragging he opposed spending millions of taxpayer dollars.  What Kinder fails to say is the money was to be spent helping veterans and for veterans’ services.  The bill was overwhelmingly supported in the Missouri House of Representatives by both Democrats and republicans.  Kinder boasts he was able to use his influence in the Missouri Senate to block taxpayers from having to spend this money.  Now Peter Kinder says he wants to  Story Continued »

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During the depth of a recession, Peter Kinder is diverting state job creation money for "official" Tour of Missouri shot glasses, no doubt made in China.

In full desperation mode, Peter Kinder will attempt today to account for charitable giving incentivized by his diversion of job creation money to pay off the red ink from the his European-style bike race.  Huh?

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New YouTube vid on the ever-changing positions of Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder:

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Sam Page has been critical of Peter Kinder for taking campaign cash from tobacco companies, then claiming that the dangers of second hand smoke are "faulty science."

Now comes word that Kinder is diverting state job creation money (during a recession) to buy tobacco company lawyers covered parking.  Story Continued »