Republican ED MARTIN to Take On Chris Koster in MO Attorney General Race
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, January 26, 2012, 6:21 AM
BREAKING NEWS—
The Ed Martin Campaign announced today that he will take on Chris Koster for MO Attorney General.
From his website:
January 26, 2012 – Ed Martin today announced he will ask Missourians to support him as the state’s next Attorney General.
Martin, a respected Missouri attorney, said he wants to restore the
Attorney General’s office to one that respects the rule of law and
represents a check on state government, not a checkmark for liberal
politics and policies like ObamaCare. Martin said current Attorney
General Chris Koster has acted as President Obama’s lawyer, not the
people’s Attorney General.“Over the past three years, I’ve watched President Obama and the federal government impose their will on we the people of Missouri beginning with ObamaCare,” said Martin. “We Missourians voted to stop ObamaCare, yet Attorney General Koster recently stated publicly that, ‘the act of the Legislature to create the exchange is not compelling a person, employer or healthcare provider to participate in a health exchange’ (Kansas City Business Journal). However, once the exchanges are set up, the government can penalize those who choose not to purchase health care. In addition, Koster has failed to lead on issues affecting both our state and nation like job creation, illegal immigration, and voter fraud.”
All across the country, Attorneys General like Alan Wilson of South Carolina and Tom Horne of Arizona are fighting for their citizens and the future of their states. AG Wilson has refused to stand by as the NLRB has tried to strip South Carolina of jobs it so desperately needs, and AG Horne has not backed down from Janet Napolitano and her view of how Arizona should protect its borders.
Chris Koster’s complacency while troubling pales in comparison to the “pay to play” mentality of him and his corrupt office. Koster has filled his campaign coffers to the brim with contributions from law firms competing to work on major lawsuits that State lawyers don’t handle. In the case of Avandia, a drug distributed by London-based GlaxoSmithKline, Koster’s campaign received over $182,000 in contributions from firms seeking to work the case. This behavior is no different than the despicable practices of the Obama Administration and its tax breaks and giveaways for big donors like Solyndra executives who got $535 million in loan guarantees from the government before going bankrupt and being raided by the FBI.
It is time to start dismantling the Obama Organization starting with his lawyers like Chris Koster. The citizens of Missouri deserve an Attorney General that is dedicated to fighting for their causes and not using his office to get himself and his friends wealthy.
Ed Martin is a graduate of St. Louis University Law School and completed a one-year judicial internship with the Honorable Pasco M. Bowman II of the Federal Court of Appeals in the Eighth Circuit. He is an accomplished attorney with experience in taking on corrupt politicians like his successful suit against disgraced former Governor Rod Blagojevich. Ed closed down the ACORN office in the city of St. Louis while serving as the Chairman of the Board of Elections and even took on the state of Missouri to make sure taxpayer dollars were not used to fund abortions. Most recently, Ed has begun the STOP MOBAMCARE initiative by starting a petition on stopmobamacare.com to gain support against the implementation of Obamacare in Missouri through the opening of healthcare exchanges.
Ed currently resides in St. Louis with his wife Carol and their three children.
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Published May 23, 2012 at 4:57 am - 67 Comments
#1AMERICAN commented:
GO ED!!!!! more power to you and hope you get in….also hope you have no skeletons in the closet ’cause as of today the demo-turd media will dig up anything and everything they can
coolidgerules commented:
We are effectively being “ruled” by idiots east of Harrisburg, PA, west of Las Vegas, NV, and major cities in between. The time for talk is about drawing to a close. Wish Ed the best.
Tom63010 commented:
#1 Not to worry, Ed Martin has had the vetting of the Democrats in MO for years. He is the former Chief of Staff for Governor Matt Blunt.
Votemout2012 commented:
Okay what happen to his run for House of representatives. I was going to vote for him?
Finncrisp commented:
I hope Ed can prevail against this Demomarxist. Current AD is an example of what we don’t want in elected officials. A desciple of the party of death and taxes. More recently haters of Israel and lovers of Lenin.
GOP KICKS ASS commented:
I think conservative Jotte is now running in that cong distict as well.
Opaobie commented:
Given what happened previously and the threats from OWSers and the Demo-anarchists, he had better beef up security.
Harrington commented:
Good thing Mr. Martin fought to keep taxpayer dollars from funding abortions. Because why should gov’t money be used for a legal medical procedure that just happens to be opposed by religious zealots?
His support of Catholic sharia alone should preclude him from being worthy of public office.
Matt Storey commented:
This dude wants an office so bad he will run for Dog Catcher. Could luck.
Simsalabim commented:
I smell a sellout somewhere. What the hell happened? He was running for US Congress against Ann ‘Enterprise’ Wagner.
I’ve lost a lot of respect for Ed Martin now. Sure, I’ll vote for him but I walked miles and miles door to door in South County for Ed and gave him a lot of cash. I won’t be doing that ever again for any candidate.
I thought Ed was the real deal too.
Merri commented:
Ed couldn’t get an apartment in the second district?
stephanie commented:
Good luck Ed you have my vote and my help. We have to get Koster out. Do you know what the AG office is doing small in-home service and adult daycares providers.