Timothy Birdnow

I could have written this - or my brother Brian could have, if not I. Missouri's GOP is a pathetic bunch of shadows and cornpone poliicians.They hold a supermajority and can't pass so much as a simple tax cut.

This is the state that allowd Kim Gardner, prosecutor here in St. Louis, to railroad the Republican Governor Eric Greitens. Why? Because Greitens wanted to make it illegal to work as a lobbyist immediately after leaving the legislature.

BTW Bill Eigel is a very good man. And Tim Jones, House Speaker, is pretty good too. But the RINO wing is powerful in the Legislature and they have kept Missouri from passing solid legislation. Oh, and our Governor, the Honorable Mike Parsons, is a week-kneed spineless wimp.

Missouri was purple until recently and really still is except for a Republican supermajority. But the Democrats may as well hold almost half the seats given the pucillanimous nature of the GOP here.

So Eigel has been stripped of his parking space and booted off his committees by the Pro-tem Caleb Rowden for filibustering a motion to table a bill that would make it harder for a referendum to alter the Missouri Constitution (it now requires just 50% of a popular vote). Four other Freedom Caucus members were likewise treated. Eigel now must park in St. James or Rolla,I imagine.Maybe if he gets lucky he'll find a space available nar Owensville...

Eigel is running for Governor, I might add. I suspect this little detail is part of why Rowden took these steps; he doesn't want Eigel to win the Republican nomination.

Who will rid us of these meddlesome RINO's?

Missouri is often called America's bellweather in terms of politics. If what is happening is any indication the RINO class is going to fight tooth-and-nail to seize control of the GOP, and will take a dive if they can't.

This is going to be a wild 11 months!

On the old Rocky and Bullwinkle there was a long episode where Boris Badanov was running around barefoot in bib overalls in the Missouri Ozarks as he plotted to "Keel Moose and Squirrel". The Missouri legislature reminds me of that! (The episode was called Missouri Mish-Mash.)

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