Bipartisan trio to escort McCaskill at swearing in
Missouri’s senior U.S. Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond, R-Mo., will be joined by former Democratic U.S. Sens. Thomas F. Eagleton and Jean Carnahan to escort U.S. Sen.-elect Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., at to the Jan. 4 swearing-in ceremony.
According a release by the McCaskill campaign, the contingent will be joined “by dozens of McCaskill’s family members.”
“McCaskill will be one of 10 incoming members of the United States Senate,” the release said. “A viewing reception will be held at a different location, allowing several hundred of McCaskill’s closest supporters to watch the swearing-in ceremony occur over closed caption television.”
âIt’s an honor to be joined by the United States Senators from Missouri who have also taken this oath of office. To have them at my side on the day I officially take Harry Truman’s Senate seat reminds me of the big shoes I will try to fill,” McCaskill said. âAs always, I am so proud of my family and thrilled that over thirty members of my family will be joining me in Washington that day.”
In addition, “a celebratory reception will be held the night before, on January 3rd, at the historic Willard Hotel near the White House to welcome McCaskill supporters to Washington D.C. for the swearing-in ceremony. The event will feature Arthur Bryant’s Barbeque from Kansas City, Ted Drewes frozen custard from St. Louis and Missouri’s own Anheuser Busch beer and Stone Hill Winery beverage products.”
Maybe Senator Kit Bond will ask for an behind the scenes endorsement from Senator Claire McCaskill while he escorts her to the swearing in. They now have a lot in common because they are both rich, white Senators that try to buy off black people without any real commitment to the black community in exchange for the campaign winning black vote.
Don’t forget when Senator Kit Bond ran against Attorney General Jay Nixon with the promise of confirmation of Judge Ronnie White. The bad decisions made by Jay Nixon were marketed to North St. Louis on a daily basis by the infamous City of St. Louis-NAACP chapter that was then led by Colonel Charles Mischeaux. Funny how the more things change, the more they stay the same. Senator Kit Bond turned his back on the black community in regards to Judge Ronnie White after he was elected with black people’s support, and laughed at blacks behind closed doors along with his Republican buddies.
Well, maybe it is true that Senator Claire McCaskill is really a Republican in Democrat’s clothing. I guess there is no time like the first day to show your true colors. Walk with the Republicans in honor as you have stated on the day of your swearing in-Senator McCaskill, from your perspective it would probably not be an honor to walk instead with the son of the 1st black Congressman, Congressman William Lacy Clay, Jr., or the son of our former Governor of the State of Missouri, Congressman Russ Carnahan. No walk to that swearing in with your real buddies, the people you really love. They paved the way and set the climate for you to go to Washington, D.C., but hey we aren’t looking!
SPEAK NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL!