The Missouri House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) seems to have a thing for scary words like socialism, state-controlled healthcare, atheists, liberal professors, progressive <\/em>and, gasp, Bernie Sanders<\/em> and Hillary Clinton<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Much of what you will find if you Google the phrase \u201cPaid for by House Republican Campaign Committee, INC., Eddy Justice, Treasurer\u201d will not be pretty. In fact most of the search results lead to downright nasty negative ads slamming Democratic candidates for various Missouri House races. Many of these pages have urls that look like the candidates’ official sites.<\/p>\n

The House Republican Campaign Committee was formed as a political action committee. The official HRCC website claims that it is “Building MO’s GOP Majority Since 2004.” It’s treasurer is Eddie Justice. He’s been in that role since 2010. He was one of Eric Greitens’ nominees to the state school board. The state senate blocked him from that post.<\/p>\n

There is no high road with the HRCC. <\/strong>Not even a chance of a civil conversation.
\nOf the web offerings by the HRCC, only three are positive sites pushing Republican candidates. At least seven are scare sites with the message that the named candidates are evil and that you should vote “NO.” No reference is made to the candidates for whom they would like you to vote.<\/p>\n

Here’s a sampling of some of the HRCC vitriol:<\/p>\n

Peggy Sherwin. <\/strong>104th District, running against Adam Schnelting.
\nThe 104th is in central St. Charles county. Sherwin is a retired professor and has taught newly released felons transferable skills related to re-entry into society. She has been endorsed by Missouri NEA, NARAL and various labor groups. Here is Sherwin’s real campaign site.<\/a><\/p>\n