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Missouri U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s mother has died. Sincerest condolences. Losing a parent is always traumatic. My heart goes out to the senator.
That said: What is it with deaths in families of major Senate candidates in Missouri? Gov. Mel Carnahan was trailing ever-so-slightly in the polls in 2000 when he tragically was killed in a plane crash with just three weeks left in the campaign; he was elected posthumously, with his wife eventually taking his seat. And U.S. Rep. Jerry Litton died ina plane crash on the day he won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 1976.
This is eerie. And very, very sad.
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RCV| 10.29.12 @ 11:31PM
Thank you for your kindness and humanity, Quin.
Oldefarte| 10.30.12 @ 9:34AM
Guess that I'm also to be judged inhuman partially, since I do not want sympathy votes to interfere with this state's critical election of the Republican Todd Akin. We mostly all would and do offer our kind thoughts to the McCaskill family at this time of sadness, BUT by the same token, this should never have any consequences regarding this election. It's still a fact that Claire McCaskill has on numerous occasions voted with and in favor of Obama's proposals [and to some of us is akin to Nancy Pilosi in doing thus], and because of same, she needs to be defeated and Todd Akin should be elected for the overall good of Missouri and for that of this nation as a whole. So go ahead and fling your disagreements over same!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oldefarte| 10.30.12 @ 8:35PM
Condole this:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-G.....m-Stimulus