07.15.2008 10:46 am
Montee offers response to McCain’s high-dollar event
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
State Auditor Susan Montee will be downtown this morning, offering a Democratic response to today’s visit by GOP presidential nominee John McCain. 
McCain will stop by the St. Louis County estate of Stephen Brauer, former ambassador to Belgium, for a pricey fundraiser where supporters have been asked to raise or contribute as much as $57,000 a couple.
Montee, an early supporter of McCain’s Democratic rival Barack Obama, will be at the Old Courthouse at 11 a.m., contrasting the high-dollar event with austere news from the state’s economic climate: the decision of Bombardier Aerospace not to build in Missouri, the closing of Chrysler operations in Fenton and, of course, the foreign takeover of brewer Anheuser-Busch .
Now who is she again????
The Bombardier decision was made long ago. The only question was how long they would lead us on.
I wish I could claim credit for it but I heard someone else say, “An Obama presidency will be the second term of Jimmy Carter. He will take a bad economy and make it worse.” Carter meant well too.
Lord help us.
Since the auditor is responsible for ensuring the lawful and efficient spending of state money … may we assume that her campaign fund will be paying the cost of coming here for this political appearance?
PS to JasonB - Wrong! Obama would be the first term of George McGovern.
And oh yes - the Chrysler closings, A-B sale, and the economy can be laid directly at the feet of democrats and their refusal to allow the environmentally safe extraction of domestic oil giving rise to the high oil prices that have driven the dollar down - driven gas prices artificially high and made all the wonderful things democrats blame republicans for possible.
Hate to point out the errors of Repub propaganda but the dollar was already weak prior to oil prices. In other words, the weak dollar is a big reason oil prices are so high. I will without hesitation blame republicans for the weakening dollar in part due to the huge trade deficit and ever ballooning debt from GWB. Lets also point out that even if the congress says yes to drilling the states must approve, and I hardly doubt that states like California and Florida are going to go along even with their repub Gov. (I know Crist now agrees but he is going to need legislative approval). All this for an amount of oil that will have no effect on prices in the global market. Next we will hear more repub lies like China drilling off Cuba (Cheney likes this one.)
Hey Kissoff!
JasonB had it right, you had it wrong.
Obama “will” be, not “would” be. The rest of JB’s response is hogwash but he got one word correct.
Get used to it. LOL.
That’s OK - I humbly acknoledge that Nick has is closer to being correct than I.
Either way - should the unthinkable happen - it is good to know that we will suffer directly for only four years as we did with Carter but indirectly for many more with the failed Obama policies. If the unthinkable should happen - the next Reagan will have to clean it up like RR did after Carter.
I agree with Nick though - it would be better to suffer as we did with McGovern - which is to say - none as he didn’t get elected!