ELECT Claire McCaskill MISSOURI GOVERNOR

• Do you want a Missouri Governor whose ability to lead rank stopped with the U.S. Navy at the jr. officer level? That’s correct---the U.S. Navy has never considered Matt Blunt eligible for promotion beyond lieutenant, the rank given when he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy---just two ranks above the bottom of the list. We need a governor, who has proven she is a leader and she gets the job done.

• Do you want a Missouri Governor whose education stopped at the bachelor’s degree level except for whatever training he obtained while with the United Kingdom Navy? Claire McCaskill is a graduate of the University of Missouri undergraduate and law school---she has the equivalent of a doctorate.

• Do you want a Missouri Governor who quit the Mo. House after only one term and can point to few, if any, accomplishments while serving in that body? One term, Lt. Jr. Blunt---that’s all he wanted to serve in the Mo. House---just another stepping stone on the way to bigger plans. While serving in the Mo. House Claire McCaskill authored the Minimum Sentencing Act, handled the Victim Witness Protection bill, was a leading advocate of the Parents as Teachers program; was given awards too numerous to mention, including Outstanding Legislator Award and the Medal of Honor from a national foundation.

• After graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy, before he was elected to one term in the Mo. House Lt. Jr. Blunt sold tobacco products and coffee. After she served with distinction in the Mo. House, Claire McCaskill was Jackson County’s first female prosecuting attorney where she had national recognition for her innovative and aggressive policies, including one of the nation’s first drug courts; dramatic decrease of violent crime in Kansas City; creation of a fathering program, neighborhood protection unit, special domestic violence unit, landlord training program; and served on the White House Commission for Drug Free Communities.

• Lt. Matthew Roy Blunt Jr. quit the Mo. House and asked the voters to bestow upon him the crown of Mo. Secretary of State in 2000. Within the first few months he was in office, his wife was overheard saying he despised the position. Shortly after taking office his father had Bush send him for a vacation and training in the United Kingdom on “active military duty”. For the next six months he was paid by the U.S. Navy and as Mo. Secretary of State in spite of Mo. laws prohibiting double dipping for that period of time. While he was “on duty” his wife purchased a house in Greene County, Mo. for which they failed to pay proper taxes. Throughout his tenure as Mo. Secretary of State Jr. Blunt chose to rarely go to the office and when in the USA to merely sit at his house claiming to operate the office.

Although he boasts of accomplishments as Mo. Secretary of State staff members and even the public knows he’s made a shambles of the office and accomplished virtually nothing positive. AGAIN after merely one term he’s asked Mo. voters for a promotion and this time he wants to be called governor, at least until there is a better opening for something else.

• Contrast Matt Blunt’s accomplishments as Mo. Secretary of State with Claire McCaskill’s tenure as Missouri Auditor. Claire McCaskill is serving her second term as Mo. Auditor and only ran for governor AFTER citizens insisted on drafting her. She has a proven record of cracking down on waste and fraud in government, identifying means to streamline government services, and eliminating red tape and unnecessary expenses so that Missourians are more efficiently served at less expense to taxpayers. Her efforts to make government more efficient, effective, and accountable are extensive and she’s proven she can lead Missouri in a new, positive direction. She has the research completed through many audits and she knows how to implement positive change. Blunt’s rhetoric is like a sand castle in a sand box---subject to shifting with the wind or his father’s demands. McCaskill has the foundation for solid programs that will making better tomorrows for Missourians.

• Do we really want a governor who can get things done on the priorities we care about or do we need to give Jr. Blunt ANOTHER chance to do whatever his Pappa had in mind for Missouri in the 90s?

• Do we want a governor who has proven herself capable and an independent leader or is it ok to expect Missouri to stay near the bottom of the list in many things as we lose more of our state sovereignty and a “leader” in Congress calls the shots for the Mo. Governor’s office?

• Do we want a governor, who loves a challenge and inspires people to live up to their potential and has reached out to Missourians of many political beliefs, independents, and those who do not normally vote or should we worship certain families and help make sure the Blunt family finally gets to live in the governor’s mansion?

• Do we want a governor who wants to focus on social issues, past or present, versus improving the efficiency, accountability, and effectiveness of government and solutions to the problems Missourians face daily? Focusing on social issues, aside from being designed by the Republicans during the Nixon regime to divide voters is like the child screaming “Mom, Mom what will we do for our ice tea tomorrow?” when a glass container had shattered driving a piece of glass into the top of a woman’s foot and sending blood spurting all over the room. Missouri is in crisis and must be turned around---mature people know what issues must have priority now.

“Governor” McCaskill will work on preventing unwanted pregnancies, but as a decisive and effective governor she will not allow that or any social issue to consume most of her time.

• Missouri voters have an opportunity to turn the mess we are in around. Family dynasties and an inexperienced lieutenant trained in the United Kingdom will not get the job done. Claire McCaskill has a uniquely effective record of accomplishment and is ready to lead Missouri. You owe it to yourself and your children and grandchildren to vote for experience and proven abilities---

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