The
most spirited defense of beleaguered Sen. Claire McCaskill since the private plane crisis first broke was posted on the Huffington Post today by veteran Democratic strategist Roy Temple:
For the last four years, Claire has been in Washington taking on the big fights that matter to Missouri -- sometime risking her political neck to do what she thinks is right for Missouri families and taxpayers.
Whether it's fighting to create jobs, taking on powerful defense contractors who were bilking the taxpayers, or fighting bureaucracies that weren't treating our veterans with the honor they deserve. And she has even fought to reform the old-school rules of the Senate that far too often prevent progress on issues important to Missouri families.
Those fights haven't come without a cost. In the process she's ruffled a few feathers. And now her opponents are trying to seize this moment for their political advantage.
McCaskill collects millions in political contributions and gives the bulk of it to political advisors/activists like Temple. He is the Demoncrats version of Jeth Roe who sucks bucks out of the GOP.
ReplyDeleteSomeone should ask Temple how many times he flew on the 'damn' plane.
ReplyDeleteMr. Temple had a different tune before today. Here are quotes from Mr. Temple via Sen. McCaskill:
ReplyDeleteFrom The Kansas City Star (11/7/2004):
"I've been through anger," she remembers Temple saying, biting off his words. "I've been through disgust. At this point, I find you pathetic."
"I'm sorry you feel that way," McCaskill responds, trying for calm.
She walks away, shaken. "I'm glad my husband wasn't there. I think he would have popped him."
From The Post Dispatch (7/31/04):
Holden's campaign manager, Roy Temple, said the ad points out McCaskill's record of overpromising.
"I'm not doing this because it's tightening," Temple said. "We're winning. But to let her lie to the voters is not doing anybody a service. She's taking $1.6 million from a guy who runs some of the worst nursing homes in the state."
Temple cited allegations of abuse that included: a 55-year-old resident molesting an 83-year-old resident; a patient who needed supervision dying after eating a peanut butter sandwich; and a resident wandering off and being found, drunk, at a truck stop nine miles away.