Russ Carnahan’s Office Lies, Claims Threat to Politico

Missouri Congressman, Russ Carnahan, is jumping up and down yelling, “Look at me!  Look at me!” Envious of Emanuel Cleaver’s star treatment after accusing  . . .  well, no one as it turns out . . . of spitting on him – a charge contradicted by video, audio, witnesses, and police reports—Little Russ decided to grab some of that victimhood status for himself. 

So Russ’s office called Politico reporter Jake Sherman and filed a false report. 

Since Carnahan failed to provide the details of the ceremony, let me.

On Sunday night, several area citizens, saddened by America’s descent into socialism, held a prayer vigil and mock funeral ceremony. The mourners were middle class, mostly middle aged, men and women—some who have never been to a tea party or rally. We mourned.

We mourned the loss of freedom.  We mourned this administration’s abandonment of America’s first principles.  We mourned the destruction of the US Constitution.

We prayed.  We thanked God for our country, for the freedoms we’ve enjoyed to date, and for the restoration of freedoms lost. We prayed for our national leaders, including President Obama and Congressman Carnahan.  It’s all on tape.  We prayed for those who disagree with us. 

To symbolize these losses of values and principles, we carried a stage coffin and candles.  We gave eulogies to the things we lost in front of Carnahan’s office on Brentwood.  You might have seen the story on Channel 5 on Sunday night.  Then the funeral procession went to Carnahan’s house where it ended with a final word—a symbolic internment—on the sidewalk near his home.

Was this some secretive threat?  Obviously not.  KSDK’s Ann Rubin covered the ceremony at the office.  We invited her to follow us to Carnhan’s house, but she did not. We also contacted KMOX Radio news, KMOV Channel 4, and Jake Wagman of the Post-Dispatch.  We waited at Carnahan’s.  We waited for the press, because we wanted our ceremony covered. 

Now, Carnahan apparently told Jake Sherman that the coffin was placed on his lawn.  Not only die we not place the coffin on Carnahan’s lawn, we did everything in our power to not even step on his or the neighbors lawns.  We were quiet and hushed.

But Mr. Carnahan gives Politico the impression of some dark omen  left in the night.  In fact, the only reason his office knows about the ceremony is because WE PUBLICIZED IT!  Here  Here  and Here.  And Here.  Do you really think we’d invite the press if our intentions were anything but honorable?

Perhaps the reason that so many Missourians feel so strongly about replacing Russ Carnahan in August or November is because of his singular lack of seriousness.  And perhaps Carnahan’s paranoid ramblings result from guilt.  After all, wasn’t it Carnahan’s invited guests who beat the hell out of Ken Gladney?

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