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06.16.2008 9:26 am

Mo. Right to Life backs Gina Loudon

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In a race to represent staunch West County GOP territory, State Senate hopeful Gina Loudon has scored a victory with the support of one of the state’s largest anti-abortion groups. Gina Loudon

Missouri Right to Life is endorsing Loudon in her competitive three-way Republican primary for the district that includes Chesterfield.

Loudon is vying to replace her husband, State Sen. John Loudon, who is being forced out by term-limits.

She’ll face State Rep. Jane Cunningham, who has received the support of conservative favorite John Ashcroft, and State Rep. Neal St. Onge, who has pushed his experience as head of the House Transportation Committee.

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Go, Gina! You’re the best! This shows that conservatives aren’t being fooled by Ashcroft’s endorsement of Tammy Faye.

— Nick Kasoff
9:50 am June 16th, 2008

What good has it done for Right to Life to endorse any GOP candidates, anywhere. The GOP has majorities in Missouri, had them in the Congress,and the heads of the Missouri and US Executive Departments in Matt Blunt and George W Bush, all their support has gotten was a snap vote to ban gay marriages, nothing else!

Meanwhile we have: an unjust GOP war in Iraq, and; the GOP supporting the execution of children, the mentally ill and retarded, and; the GOP denying pre-natal care to the poor resulting in more abortions, and; the GOP denying healthcare to the unborn, infants, children, the disabled and the elderly, and; the GOP demonizing those who already contribute to our economy and wish to do so legally by becoming legal residents and citizens of the US, and; the GOP bailing out Wall Street and leaving Main Street to bear the brunt of the mortgage crisis.

The GOP has used people of faith for their votes and money without delivering for at least the last 20 years.

It’s about time that people of faith held the GOP and its cynical hypocrites acccountable and voted them all out of office!

Vote Democratic in ‘08!

— Tim Hogan
12:40 pm June 16th, 2008

Tim, you’re an idiot.

> the GOP supporting the execution of children

The execution of teenagers who commit vicious, brutal murders. I’m sure you oppose the death penalty for anyone, so quit hiding behind kids and mentally retarded people.

> demonizing those who already contribute to our economy and wish
> to do so legally by becoming legal residents and citizens of the US

Or, put another way, supporting the enforcement of immigration law against those who entered our country without proper authorization. If you drive 65 through Maryland Heights, they give you a ticket. If you don’t pay, they put out a warrant. But if you come here illegally, there’s a whole industry of folks like Tim who say we should welcome you with fresh baked cookies.

> GOP bailing out Wall Street and leaving Main Street to bear
> the brunt of the mortgage crisis

Well, even a broken clock is right twice a day. There should be no bailouts for anyone - not for the idiots who made the loans, and not for the idiots who took out the loans. Let ‘em all suffer the consequences.

> It’s about time that people of faith held the GOP and its cynical
> hypocrites acccountable and voted them all out of office!

As opposed to Democrats, who proclaim their love for gays but can’t turn their backs on gays fast enough when it comes to the issue of marriage. Democrats, those great advocates for the working man, who want to tax him to death, spend his social security money on a financially unworkable health insurance scheme, and leave us so deeply in debt that our grandchildren will be slaves to the Chinese who are buying up the T-bills. Those kind, caring Democrats, who will drive up our food prices with this stupid ethanol subsidy, but refuse to drive down gas prices by allowing us to develop domestic petroleum resources.

Sounds like you haven’t been getting much for your money either, Tim.

> Vote Democratic in ‘08!

Not likely.

— Nick Kasoff
1:26 pm June 16th, 2008

My favorite Tim line is the GOP unjust war. Is he so stupid as to not realize that nearly every democrat voted in favor of using force in Iraq?

— Amazedbythelunacy
1:56 pm June 16th, 2008

Are there GOP operatives barring the door of healthcare facilities, refusing people access? If so, I support Tim and his law degree in attempts to rectify that situation. I took my son to the doc a week or two ago and no one attempted to stop me from getting care for him. Where is this denial of healthcare Tim?

— Amazedbythelunacy
1:59 pm June 16th, 2008

Back to the subject at hand…
Note that Gina is the only candidate for the 7th that has received an endorsement from MRL, who could easily have chosen to endorse more than one candidate. Gina is firmly and passionately committed to the right of every person to life, and it shows.

— L. Smith
2:13 pm June 16th, 2008

The momentum is definitely on her side, coming right on the heels of the MSTA endorsement. Gina doesn’t just pay lip service to being pro-life, and she’ll be a strong advocate for children after they’re born, too.

— Anne
2:40 pm June 16th, 2008

Pro-life issues and education are two of the most important issues to the voters of the 7th. Dr. Loudon has wrapped up both the Missouri State Teachers’ Association endorsement AND the Missouri Right to Life endorsement? She’s cleaning house!

— Jennifer
3:00 pm June 16th, 2008

I am glad to know education is important out in west county, but you might find that the MSTA endorsement is not worth much. I am pretty sure most teachers are NEA members, not MSTA members.
Any word on who they are endorsing? Not Jane Cunningham for sure!

— Richard
3:46 pm June 16th, 2008

This seems like a strange endorsement. I wonder if Right to Life forgot the flap on this blog and on Fired Up about Gina Loudon getting a campaign contribution from the lobbyist for the “adult entertainment” business and her husband, the lame-duck senator, sneaking language banning lap dancing out of a bill between his committee and the floor?

— Junkie
5:51 pm June 16th, 2008

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