On Fox News, Ed Martin takes on A-B takeover
The peripatetic Ed Martin — former Chief of Staff to Gov. Matt Blunt, head of the St. Louis Elections Board and aide to the Archbishop — was on the Fox News Channel moments ago, discussing his opposition to the takeover of Anheuser-Busch by Belgian beer giant InBev. 
Martin, co-fouder of the website and online petition at SaveAB.com, was put on the defensive slightly by the conservative news network, where the anchor, a Neil Cavuto understudy, wondered why not let the free market decide whether the merger is good or bad.
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He went on to argue that InBev leveraged itself so much to make the $52 billion deal that the company might not have the resources to maintain the Budweiser brand.
An American brand, Martin said. (Was that a flag pin on his lapel?)
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Ed “No More Free Trade” Martin hates capitalism. He wants to force companies to keep their jobs in the U.S. and to make sure they pay their employees a living wage. What a living lampoon of self-righteous hokum.
Jake, is there any truth to the rumor that the state is funding Martin’s little self-promotional glory trot to protect AB? Everyone does realize that Martin’s effort had more to do with promoting him and not saving AB, right?
I thought Ed Martin’s recent efforts on behalf of St. Louis were pretty cool. Ed previously stood up for Archbishop Burke on public radio when Burke was most hated. I don’t see what Martin has to gain for himself by such efforts. I wish St. Louis had more people like him.
Why could anyone possibly care what Ed Martin has to say about anything? He has virtually no influence on anything relevant.
I am no Ed Martin fan, but he does have some residual influence because we”re talking about him here and that’s the key to self promotion - always keep them talking.