Blog dogs governor, and Blunt bites back

[chat_noir]

Matt Blunt is learning that being governor in the age of blogging makes you an even bigger target.

Through the power of blogs —interactive Internet sites that allow readers to add their comments to those of the site’s publisher — critics now have platforms to challenge and mock Missouri’s governor at every turn. One site in particular — FiredUpMissouri.com* — has sparked the ire of the Republican Blunt and his staff.

Blatantly partisan and bitingly sarcastic, the site is the brainchild of former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan, a Democrat, and her former chief of staff, Roy Temple, who has emerged as the Blunt administration’s chief antagonist.

Temple’s site has lampooned the governor for barring protesters in wheelchairs from Blunt’s speech to the Governor’s Council on Disability. It chided Blunt for giving multiple and changing reasons for remodeling his office during a budget crunch. And it mocked the governor for “letting the insurance industry pick its state regulator” and “standing up for industry bad actors,” then declaring September “Life Insurance Awareness Month.”

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/12810149.htm

* http://firedupmissouri.com/

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[dalaigh lllama]

1. kansas city link doesn't work for me

But I was happy to see a Missouri site dedicated to bursting Baby Blunt's balloon. Thanks for the info!

[whatever4]

2. hehehe

Thanks for sharing, have to check that one out. Giggles :)

[zbdent]

3. Bet those Repukes are getting their boxers in a bunch over

giving legitimacy to bloggers by taking Dan Rather down via some liar in his parents' basement . . .

[kweerwolf]

4. Go get 'em, Roy!

Blunt’s office responded by issuing a news release calling FiredUpMissouri.com a hate site sponsored by Jean Carnahan.

Awwwwwwww ... poor "Skippy" is gonna go running to daddy because the other kids on the playground won't play nice!

What a fucking baby! The sooner Junior is voted out and sent back to the obscurity he so richly deserves, the better.

Hats off to Roy Temple and Jean Carnahan!:woohoo: