Satan

Good: The Senate has started to undo the damage wrought by the House GOP.

• Senate Budget Chair Gary Nodler plans to use about $915 million in federal "budget stabilization" money, several hundred million more than was included in the House version.
• The Senate has given preliminary approval to a plan that would cover about 35k poor Missourians, along the lines of a proposal put forward by Gov. Nixon.
• Our fingers are crossed for more good news from the Upper Chamber.

Bad: The FBI is investigating legislators at the Capitol.

• You may have heard this already, but the FBI is looking into pay-to-play at the Capitol.
• Some lawmakers have been talking to investigators for months. At least one lawmaker said he had recorded private conversations.
• This was news to Speaker Richard, Floor Leader Tilley and Speaker Pro Tem Pratt.
• "We're not aware that a crime has occurred" may be my new favorite carefully crafted denial. Which may not actually be a denial of anything short of the bulletproof "awareness of a crime" that comes with a jury's conviction.

Ugly and Uglier: Crazy Eddie said that his lawsuit against the SOS, AG and Auditor is intended to be a "nuisance." And Crazy Eddie said that Robin Carnahan is under the spell of Satan.

• Ed Martin admitted to a crowd of supporters that he's abusing the court system to be a "nuisance" to Carnahan and the SOS office.
• It remains to be seen how things will shake out vis a vis Martin and some pretty clear ethical guidelines about frivolous lawsuits.
• It also remains to be seen how the anti-tax warriors are Eddie's team feel about Martin's wasting of taxpayer dollars.  All of those judges, lawyers and clerks who have to deal with his nonsense aren't free, you know.
• Robin Carnahan is "the devil," an agent of the devil or under the power of the devil.  Who knew?
• Crazy Eddie is also very excited about that whole Bernie Madoff fraud thing too.
• Classy guy, that Eddie.

Recently, at a Missouri Roundtable for Life "town hall" event in St. Joseph, MOGOP Chairman Emeritus Eddie Martin shared a few thoughts on Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, the legitimacy of his ballot language lawsuits, and the involvement of Satan in the affairs of the state:

For those of you scoring at home:

• At least some of the Roundtable's legal actions against the state are, in Martin's own words, a "nuisance."
• Ed Martin told his audience that Secretary of State Robin Carnahan
  • is "the devil," an agent of the devil or under the power of the devil
  • "doesn't need to be honest" and "doesn't want to be honest"
  • and is also one "smartest people in public life in America right now"

I bet the judges, lawyers and clerks will be glad to know that Ed Martin and the Roundtable are just wasting their time so that Ed Martin can feel good about himself. 

As for the satanic control of Robin Carnahan -- well, I have no idea what to make of that.