POOR TASTE: KLOBUCHAR USES EMBEZZLEMENT OF MENTALLY DISABLED WOMAN AS PUNCH LINE
I'm not suprised that Klobuchar would use the embezzelment of $300,000 by a Appeals Court Judge from a mentally disabled woman as a punch line. Klobuchar recently used the tragic death of Tyesha Edwards, an 11-year-old girl who was killed in November 2002 by a stray bullet while doing her homework, in fundraising plea for her campaign.
"In her statement, Klobuchar dwelt at some length on the prosecution of Appeals Court Judge Roland Amundson, who embezzled $300,000 as trustee for the estate of a mentally disabled woman. The anecdote was intended to show Klobuchar's willingness to prosecute the rich and powerful, but it also provided her biggest laugh line. A parade of big shots came to court to appeal for leniency toward Amundson, Klobuchar said. 'Even a former Miss America testified, but that didn't bother me; hey, I was Ms. Skyway News of March 1988.'" Source: Star Tribune, April 17, 2005
Thanks for the laugh Amy.
"In her statement, Klobuchar dwelt at some length on the prosecution of Appeals Court Judge Roland Amundson, who embezzled $300,000 as trustee for the estate of a mentally disabled woman. The anecdote was intended to show Klobuchar's willingness to prosecute the rich and powerful, but it also provided her biggest laugh line. A parade of big shots came to court to appeal for leniency toward Amundson, Klobuchar said. 'Even a former Miss America testified, but that didn't bother me; hey, I was Ms. Skyway News of March 1988.'" Source: Star Tribune, April 17, 2005
Thanks for the laugh Amy.
4 Comments:
Clearly reading the article would help to understand that the author of the article used poor judgement when talking about the joke. The punchline was about Miss America testifying. If this is the level you have to stoop to, I feel really bad for Mark Kennedy's chances.
So you want to blame the newspaper for reporting about Klobuchar's joke and not blame Klobuchar for making the joke? That's what I call accountability.
Amy wasn't joking that a mentally disabled woman lost $300,000.
Amy was making a joke of the judge's defense and providing an example of how she is willing to stand for what is right, instead of being swayed by "big shots."
The joke was at the expense of the judge and Miss America, not the mentally disabled woman.
This:
"So you want to blame the newspaper for reporting about Klobuchar's joke and not blame Klobuchar for making the joke? That's what I call accountability."
has nothing to do with what Micah was saying. He said that you, in stating something as though it is fact, should read the whole article (referred to as context). That's what I call accountability.
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