They're really getting desperate now.

Roy Temple, the guy who engineered the "Ashcroft loses to a dead man" campaign, was tossed out of a bill signing in the Missouri Governors office.

Temple was also Chief of Staff for Gov. Mel Carnahan, and Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator Jean Carnahan. He is also a prominent teacher and director at Wellstone.org.

Gov. Matt (Roy's Puppy) Blunt's Chief of Staff said Temple was a physical threat to the Governor, who harbored Timothy McVeigh fantasies.

He also runs a blog with former Senator Carnahan called Fired Up Missouri.
http://www.firedupmissouri.com/

TPM reports:
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000910.php

When Bloggers Attack
By Paul Kiel - June 15, 2006, 9:11 AM

Roy Temple, a Missourian blogger and capable muckraker, recently tried to attend a bill signing by Gov. Matt Blunt - the son of Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) who's shown himself to be worthy of having his muck raked.

Well, Blunt's handlers didn't appreciate Temple showing up. Blunt's communications director, Spence Jackson, tried to bar Temple from attending at all, saying that the signing was only open to journalists and "invited guests" (as Temple notes, some of those guests were registered lobbyists). When that tactic appeared doomed, he resorted to calling Temple -- who had been chief of staff to former governor Mel Carnahan (D) -- a "physical security threat to the governor."

It went downhill from there, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

At Jackson’s request, Temple was escorted out of the office by Capitol police. At one point, five officers surrounded him, Temple said. They later told Temple that no charges would be sought, but that he would not be allowed in the governor’s office.

Jackson said that was his decision, and that he had good reasons. He called Temple one of the “Carnahan hate-bloggers…The Carnahans have a deep and visceral hatred for the Blunt family.'’

Jackson also accused Temple of having “Timothy McVeigh-like fantasies.'’

Temple, a lawyer, said he was struck “speechless'’ by Jackson’s McVeigh statement, and is weighing whether to seek legal action. Temple noted that McVeigh, convicted and executed for the Oklahoma City bombing, was “a mass murderer.'’

Temple added that he didn’t believe that the governor viewed him as a physical threat. A few weeks ago, both shared the same elevator and talked about their family activities the previous weekend, he said.

sounds as if they think they are above the law.

and they appear to be.

sue.