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“NONPARTISAN” SECRETARY OF STATE RITCHIE LAUNCHES PARTISAN ATTACK ON MDE DURING AIR AMERICA INTERVIEW
By Michael B. Brodkorb | February 26, 2007
During an interview tonight on Air American, Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie launched a partisan attack on me, live on air.  When asked about a story that appeared in the Star Tribune on Sunday, Ritchie said [partial transcript]:
“…some employee of the Republican Party, Michael Brodkorb, in particular, um…you know are constantly, almost on a daily basis, um, you know, looking for things to attack any Democrat on the street about.” Source: Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Minnesota Matters, Air America, February 26, 2007
If Secretary of State Mark Ritchie was acting “nonpartisan” like he promised, then he would have no problem with a Republican blogger posting information about his record. This may be the first time a Minnesota Constitutional Officer has attacked a blogger by name in an interview.
I’ll have more on this developing story later tonight/tomorrow morning.
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February 26th, 2007 at 11:01 PM
It sounds like he’s just responding to your criticism. Don’t you think that’s a wee bit unfair?
February 26th, 2007 at 11:11 PM
we should get Denny Green to crown MDE.
February 26th, 2007 at 11:25 PM
If you’re gonna crown him, crown his a**.
February 26th, 2007 at 11:52 PM
You are clearly getting under his skin….
February 27th, 2007 at 12:12 AM
Liberals have so many enemies and so little time to assassinate their characters.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:24 AM
Michael loves being the center of attention – again.
February 27th, 2007 at 5:32 AM
Eva’s an idiot. No one loves being the center of (misguided) attention like her.
February 27th, 2007 at 5:54 AM
Republican lap-poodle? check
Attacks anyone, distorts facts? check
Yeah Mike-o, that’s you all right!
Especially the paid employee part. And of such a victorious Senate campaign, too.
February 27th, 2007 at 8:04 AM
You forgot to clarify that you’re not an employee of the Republican party…
That said, you surely are, as Eva said, “getting under his skin.” … that said, snakes shed their thin skin on a regular basis, so it might not be that great a claim to fame.
February 27th, 2007 at 9:15 AM
God forbid any Democrat should have to respond to any type of adversarial press. In this state, that is solely the burden of Republicans.
February 27th, 2007 at 9:55 AM
State of Minnesota, this is Mark. How may I direct your call?
February 27th, 2007 at 1:12 PM
Eva, you try so hard to be in the news and the center of things, and cry when you don’t (ie the church and bachmann).
Eva, when are you going to realize you have little credibility in MN politics. Let Avidor and MarkH do your bidding, they do much more effectively.
I’m sorry, but you lack any charisma and intelligence needed for politics. And medicine is not going to help those areas
November 13th, 2008 at 12:49 AM
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November 3rd, 2009 at 3:23 AM
[...] says that he’s kept partisan politics out of the SecState’s office. How does he explain his partisan attack on blogger Michael Brodkorb during an interview with Air America? Here’s a portion of what Ritchie said in his interview: [...]