Representative Denny Hoskins (r - noun, verb, CPA) is continuing his not so good, very bad legislative session experience in Jefferson City.
He got his clock cleaned in debate with Representative John Burnett (D-40) (identified in a transcript published online and in its dead trees edition by the Warrensburg Daily Star Journal on May 7, 2009). (audio via Fired Up!):
The audio was posted by on YouTube by Fired Up! on May 1, 2009.
Representative John Burnett: ...Gentleman, I tell you that a, just this week, within the last twenty-four hours, I filled out this personal financial disclosure myself.
Hoskins: Yes.
Burnett: I think it took me less than ten minutes, but I, I was distracted because I was watching television at the time.
Representative Denny Hoskins: Right.
Burnett: So, it seems to me that it's not a great burden that we place on our elected officials to fill out this disclosure. You know it was about twenty questions that we answered and I'm not sure why we want to exempt sixty-one cities from knowing whether or not their elected officials have these financial interests that might be in conflict. Is there some reason other than some...Knob Noster asked you, and they don't like it. Do they have something to hide?
Hoskins: No, there's nothing, there's nothing to hide from good old Stan Hall, mayor, mayor of non, Knob Noster. No, what's happened...
Burnett: Why can't he spend the ten minutes like I did?
Hoskins: Well, what happens is...
Burnett: He could probably...
Listen to the whole thing. It's priceless.
In a companion piece in the same edition the Warrensburg Daily Star Journal gets the money quote from Knob Noster Mayor Stan Hall:
Another presidential debate, another bizarre comment from political reporter Kevin McDermott on the P-D's Political Fix. Last debate he totally got the public reaction wrong. This time, he imagines that the big negative visual from the debate, much like Bush 41 checking his watch or Gore sighing, will be Obama's grin when he doesn't like an answer from McCain.
Every time John McCain utters his opposition to pork barrel earmark spending, remember that he's talking about his opposition to projects like federal funding for at-risk and homeless youth in Kansas City, community health centers all across Missouri, early childhood education in Springfield and Saint Louis, and so on. If you wondering what else, take a look at Sunlight Foundation's Earmark Watch. Just enter your zip code, city, or state.
We all know that the GOP is willing to stoop to virtually any low in order to disenfranchise Democratic voters or to intimidate courts deciding on the legality of recounts. But what are they willing to do in order to achieve the oh-so-important objective of being able to hold signs in front of cameras on college campuses? This last week offered a couple of examples of obnoxious GOP tactics being employed in order to create the illusion that college students actually like the McCain-Palin ticket.
Hello, I'm calling for Senator Obama's Campaign for Change here in Warrensburg. Are you planning on voting for Barack Obama in November? Oh, you're undecided. Well, I suppose you could watch the debate tomorrow, but I think Senator Obama is the only one planning on showing up...
The Democratic candidates for president will be debating tonight at 8pm Central Time at Drexel University in Philadelphia. The debate will be broadcast live on MSNBC.
What do you hope to see? What are your impressions of the candidates?
UPDATE: Courtesy of the Dodd campaign, the Talk Clock:
