Missouri citizens are pretty savvy – they know a political scam when they see one.  While Republican L.G. Peter Kinder deserves credit for using every method at his finger tips to get the word out to help his fellow citizens…Missouri citizens didn’t particularly cotton to the overtly political gestures made by the state’s Democrat A.G.  Don’t take our word for it – read the article.  From the Political Fix:

Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder posted an appeal on his blog Saturday for Missourians “to consider volunteering and helping those in northeast Missouri who are preparing sandbags as water levels continue to rise on the Mississippi River.”

And this Monday morning, Attorney General Jay Nixon plans to be among the sandbaggers who show up.

Kinder, a Republican who is the state’s acting governor while Gov. Matt Blunt is in Montreal, issued his plea for aid for “our brave residents in Hannibal, Canton, Alexandria and surrounding communities desperately need your help because there simply aren’t enough people on the ground right now….”

“The courageous folks in those communities are overwhelmed, working non-stop to protect their own homes. I am sad to report that the many great Mississippi River towns north of St. Louis are bracing for crests that could rival those set during the Great Flood of 1993….” Kinder wrote.

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