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Slums, drugs, and spousal abuse..The sordid tale of Claire McCaskill
Red State ^ | 10/20/2012 | Jeff Emanuel

Posted on 10/20/2012 7:19:56 PM PDT by katiedidit1

The domestic violence in Shepard’s past is both shocking and repulsive in detail. On February 15, 1998, police were called to then-Mrs. Shepard’s house (the couple had been separated since June of the previous year) by a girlfriend. According to the police report (.pdf file), Mrs. Shepard said of her husband:

Read on.

Joseph entered my home. I told him to leave. He came up to me looking angry. I put my hands up to protect my breasts as they are sore (cancer). He has hit me before in the breast. He grabbed my wrist and arm and pushed me up against the wall & I hit my head & back & he bruised my arms by pinching me.

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To: katiedidit1

Liberals are obviously hoping that “wingnuts” will beat up on her for being a battered spouse, and they will sing “oh, blame the victim, blame the victim” if they do.

The substantive scandal about her is not that; it’s her collusion with these bully boy husbands in political corruption.


21 posted on 10/20/2012 9:35:44 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (cat dog, cat dog, alone in the world is a little cat dog)
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To: katiedidit1

She’s a really nice one, isn’t she?

Claire must go!


22 posted on 10/20/2012 9:36:42 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: katiedidit1

Thanks so much. After about 5 minutes it finally appeared.


23 posted on 10/20/2012 10:53:36 PM PDT by peggybac (Hope and Change has become Divide and Conquer)
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To: katiedidit1

Well, well, well. Now isn’t this a very tasty morsel.

Thanks for posting.


24 posted on 10/21/2012 4:39:45 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Leftists are the small hive beetles of the American hive)
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Would you please consider moving this thread to front page? Very relevant and I’ve not seen it discussed elsewhere.


25 posted on 10/21/2012 4:41:43 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Leftists are the small hive beetles of the American hive)
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To: katiedidit1
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Shepard’s business history reveals a man who has made his fortune off of taxpayer dollars, by “aggressively [seeking] public subsidies” and reaping spectacular financial reward from rural, low-income housing.

Oh yeh -- oh yeh -- but McCaskill is so downset against those bad earmarks.

26 posted on 10/21/2012 8:12:19 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: katiedidit1
As an amusing aside...David Esposito (Clair's first hubby) supposedly dropped a lit joint from second floor casino onto a KCPD narc. This is never a good thing and led to his immediate arrest.

A not so amusing aside is his murder. Shot in a vehicle and tossed out in front of a day care. Not long after Claire announced her Senate run (Dec. 2005). Esposito had become a liability and so perhaps he got "Arkancided?" Shades of Billary...

27 posted on 10/21/2012 9:03:12 AM PDT by donozark (I was a Vietnam Veteran before it was popular...)
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I wonder if that had anything to do with this story:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688423/posts


28 posted on 10/21/2012 9:27:44 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

The media squelched this thing from day one. Perhaps the powers to be recognized the threat Esposito’s “past” posed to the Dems capturing the Senate seat and took care of the “problem” without Claire’s knowledge?


29 posted on 10/21/2012 9:41:28 AM PDT by donozark (I was a Vietnam Veteran before it was popular...)
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To: donozark

She knows how to pick em!


30 posted on 10/21/2012 11:50:33 AM PDT by katiedidit1 (Constitutionalist..period)
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To: Uncle Chip
Certainly related. Lots of controversy swirling around McCaskill but everyone prefers to harp on Akin’s gaffe.
What gets me is Claire stated that her husband, Joseph Shepherd taught her values.
Uncle Chip...another thing that concerns me is the RCP has Akin up by 5 points:(
31 posted on 10/21/2012 11:57:19 AM PDT by katiedidit1 (Constitutionalist..period)
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Unbelievable!!!!!! Claire McCaskill has to go!

I agree 100%.

32 posted on 11/20/2018 6:19:02 PM PST by SamAdams76 ( If you are offended by what I have to say here then you can blame your parents for raising a wuss)
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