FiredUp! Magic

With a little slight of hand and a lot of innuendo, FiredUp! Missouri asks its readers to believe the Republican candidates for Governor are all but criminals. Never mind that neither Kenny Hulshof nor Sarah Steelman is implicated in any wrong doing. Roy Temple and his henchman don’t care much for the facts.

Even the basis for the petty poke by FiredUp! is bogus. Let’s follow the trail. Jay Nixon is running for Governor. He thought he was running against Matt Blunt. Nixon uses his state office to launch a partisan investigation against Blunt. Blunt, for other reasons, decides not to run. Nixon’s investigation then makes charges against Blunt, but since he isn’t running that isn’t good enough for Nixon. Nixon calls Roy Temple who tries to tie the bogus Blunt charges to Nixon’s real opponents on his blog. The whole thing is a magic trick worthy of David Copperfield.

The Source is, of course, not surprised that FiredUp! won’t look in their own dirty laundry. On their side, it is the candidate himself who is rife with ethical problems. Not only does he have email problems of his own, he was caught misusing state resources for his campaign. No wonder FiredUp! is trying to distract voters from the truth.

But, those of you who have ever been to a magic show already know, the real trick is getting the audience to not see what is really happening. Consider this trick busted, Roy.