Blunt: a fascinating and disturbing glimpse inside a corrupt Republican governor's administration

From Missouri, another story of corruption in the GOP. With friends like these.....

"The controversial e-mails that brought down the administration of Missouri's Republican Governor, former GOP golden boy Matt Blunt, were finally released to three media outlets this week, and this past weekend the Kansas City Star and the St. Louis Post Dispatch issued their first stunning reports on the more than 60,000 pages of e-mails.  The e-mails back up the claims of whistleblower Scott Eckersley, who said he was fired because he advised the Blunt administration to save e-mails from the governor's office workers in compliance with Missouri's Sunshine Law.  The 22 boxes of printed e-mails reveal plenty of other hanky panky by Blunt administration officials, including extensive efforts by Blunt’s then-chief of staff, Ed Martin, to orchestrate with outside political groups using government resources while on the taxpayer's dime.

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Blunt will soon be out of office, but fear not.  Last week The Hill reported that Matt Blunt is on a list of 20 "rising-star Republicans" who want a bigger name at the RNC .  That's right folks.  In GOP land, violating state law, lying to the public, losing the public's trust and resigning from the governorship in disgrace makes you a top candidate to lead the Republican Party into the future!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/17/9114/4584/205/661880