Timothy Birdnow

Missouri Tea Party leader Bill Hennessey posted a fascinating article at his website about the Greitens case and how politicians and corporate lobbyists have invented this attempt to overturnn the Missouri gubernatorial election.

From the article:

"If the the press got it right today, Scott Faughn, it seems, was the bagman for powerful corporations who survive on tax credits and other handouts from the Missouri government.

Eric Greitens campaigned mostly on cleaning up the tax credit mess in Jefferson City. Everybody thought it was just a campaign promise. But it wasn’t. Greitens was serious. He cut over $150 million in tax credits his first year. That created enemies. Enemies who consider taxpayers’ dollars their own.

Scott Faughn paid $50,000 cash to attorney Al Watkins. A lot of people think that money went to "encourage” witnesses in the case."

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"The House Committee

All five Republicans on the House committee investigating Eric Greitens are retiring from the legislature this year. All five are in line for lobbying jobs or "government relations” work with corporations that live on tax credits and other government handouts.

Governor Greitens has threatened lawmakers’ ability to get cushy lobbying jobs after leaving the legislature. So all 5 Republicans on the committee have an axe to grind.

It would be shocking if all five haven’t been to Faughn’s party pad many times during their eight years in Jefferson City. It’s just where you go after hours. Like a roadside attraction where travelers go to see how the money gets laundered.

Jay Barnes (R), Don Phillips (R), Kevin Austin (R), Jeanie Lauer (R), and Shawn Rhodes (R). These are the five Republicans doing their donors (and future employers?) bidding. Their job was to overturn the 2016 election."

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In my opinion, the prosecution of Greitens mirrors the efforts by the Swamp to take out President Trump. Greitens, like Trump, is, sadly, ruled by certain passions and made the same mistakes as Trump. But unlike Trump Greitens does not have the kind of support Trump has managed through his bully pulpit. Nothing Greitens says goes unfiltered by the media, and the media hates him. And the Conservative alternative media are largely ignoring this story, for reasons I am unclear about.

Now Greitens is not a conservative, but he's not a liberal either. Much like Trump he is largely apolitical and rather about running efficient government rather than running a goodie bag for the rich and powerful. I didn't support Greitens when he first ran - he was a Democrat, after all - but what is being done to him is shameful, and if we allow it to happen we will never be able to clean up corruption in state government. The same holds true for Trump.

Who owns the government? While civics classes always tell us the People, the elites clearly believe it is theirs and we should be grateful to them for whatever crumbs they toss our way. If we fail now we will never have another such chance. We have to figght here.

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