Koster supports Talent on Courthouse steps

Missouri Senator Chris Koster talks with Marvin Oerke of Prairie Pride, Inc., a company building a biodiesel production facility in the Eve area, during a visit Koster made to Nevada in support of U.S. Sen. Jim Talent's bid for re-election.

By Colette Lefebvre

Nevada Daily Mail

Twenty-one Vernon Countians met on the Vernon County courthouse steps on Wednesday afternoon, to meet and greet Missouri Senator Chris Koster, who visited Nevada to support the campaign of Republican senate candidate Jim Talent. Koster, arrived and proceeded to greet everyone present. Prairie Pride, Inc., representatives presented him with a hat, which he displayed.

After thanking everyone for coming, he reminded the group that around the country concerned citizens and government officials were meeting on the courthouse steps and discussing the upcoming election.

"We are now at a marathon, with 60 more days to go." said Koster. Koster believes that Talent is the only candidate for the U.S. Senate that supports common sense and, in Koster's words, "the conservative values of Missouri."

"Sen. Talent has been a leader in fighting meth, securing our borders, protecting traditional marriage and eliminating the death tax," said Koster.

Missouri is the laboratory for the rest of the nation, according to Koster --whichever way Missouri swings, so, too, will the nation.

Koster went on to explain that the diversity and two metropolitan cities of Missouri make its dynamics interchangeable.

"Claire McCaskill has called Howard Dean her "hero," opposed the gay marriage ban, opposed border security fencing, opposed terrorist surveillance and she wants to keep the death tax." explained Koster.

According to Koster, a divided government is not what he and other Republicans are proponents of and stating that neither himself nor local House Rep. Barney Fisher, want to fight with opponents.

Koster said he supports Talent for three reasons, "Number one; Jim Talent supports the war on terrorism he supports the president and believes in monitoring the telephone for Al Quada conversations. Number two; He believes in the sanctity and dignity of human life and number three, Talent supports the second amendment right to bear arms."

Koster also discussed the differences between Talent and McCaskill on energy issues, citing McCaskill's opposition to last year's energy bill, which included Talent's bipartisan legislation to buy at least 7.5 billion gallons of ethanol and biodiesel.

McCaskill has maintained she opposed the bill because it offered too little to farmers and too much to "big oil."

Koster was excited and thanked all the local government officials and others for attending.