Archive for March, 2007
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Monday, March 26th, 2007If you read Minnesota political blogs on a regular basis you should know that Congressman John Kline is having a town hall meeting on April 3, 2007 at Lakeville South High School. Contrary to inaccurate blog posts, Congressman John Kline is not having a town hall meeting on April 3 only "to discuss the [...]
IT’S A TOWN HALL MEETING, NOT A DEBATE
Monday, March 26th, 2007The peaceniks (my new favorate word) who have been protesting at Kline's office are now whining about his town hall because there is no moderator. In fact, they claim that Kline won't participate in forums hosted by "neutral" moderators. First and foremost, this is a town hall meeting, not a debate. If Kline asked Jason [...]
PEACE PROTESTORS IN NEED OF DAYCARE
Monday, March 26th, 2007The delusion of the peaceniks who have been protesting at John Kline's office has no boundaries. A few of these liberals reliving the 1960s have even blogged about Kline's upcoming town hall expressing their dismay that there will be no moderator. Did I miss something? Do the peace protesters who list Dennis Kuicinich as their [...]
MDE FROM THE ARCHIVES: FRANKEN JOKES THAT NEXT TITLE OF BOOK WILL BE CALLED “I F[-ING] HATE THOSE RIGHT-WING MOTHERF[ERS]!”
Monday, March 26th, 2007This is real funny Franken: "But you know, I don't want to get into a whole partisan politics thing here. Not in this book, anyway. We'll leave that for my next book, I Fucking Hate Those Right-Wing Motherfuckers!, due out in October 2004. I'm hoping it will 'fire up the troops' for the final weeks [...]
SENATE VOTES TO ALLOW SAME-SEX PARTNER BENEFITS
Sunday, March 25th, 2007"The Senate on Saturday voted to allow same-sex partners of state workers to buy into the state's health insurance program, even as opponents charged it was a stealth attempt to clear a path for legalized gay marriage. Supporters said they only want to provide equal treatment to all people who work for the state, regardless [...]
DFL LEGISLATOR: “NO ONE IS SAFE UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE GOES HOME”
Saturday, March 24th, 2007This is a quote from DFL State Representative Debra Hilstrom: "No one is safe until the legislature goes home." Source: Star Tribune, March 23, 2007 Hilstrom's quote is even more true on a day when the legislature passes a $500 tax-increase on the average Minnesota family.
SEIFERT ON TRANSPORTATION BILL: “JOE SIXPACK BACK DOES NOT NEED MORE TAX INCREASES”
Saturday, March 24th, 2007"Both the House and Senate transportation measures would add 10 cents to the state's longtime gas tax of 20 cents a gallon, boost registration renewal fees on cars purchased in the future and authorize a half-cent general sales-tax increase in the metro area." Source: Star Tribune, March 24, 2007 Click here for complete story. ### [...]
MDE ON THE RADIO: SHOWTIME!
Saturday, March 24th, 2007I'll be on the radio for a two-hour program from 3-5 p.m. with King Banaian of SCSU Scholars on AM 1280 The Patriot. Before you listen to King and me, make sure you listen to the first four hours of the Northern Alliance Radio Network. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. you can hear Power Line's John [...]
MN GOP: DEMOCRAT GAS TAX WOULD HURT MINNESOTANS
Friday, March 23rd, 2007"Today’s 10-cent-per-gallon gas tax increase by Senate Democrats would hurt Minnesota’s working families and destroy jobs. It’s once again clear that Minnesotans can’t afford the Democrats’ endless tax and spend binge." – Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey Bill Would Increase Gas Tax By 50%; Would Authorize Numerous Other Taxes. "The Minnesota Senate today [...]
SENATE PASSES GAS TAX INCREASE; PAWLENTY PROMISES VETO
Friday, March 23rd, 2007"The Senate passed what would be Minnesota's first gas tax increase in nearly two decades on Friday, but without enough votes to override a threatened veto. The bill contains a smorgasbord of vehicle taxes to pay for more than $1 billion a year in transportation projects. It passed on a 42-24 vote — three shy [...]
COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE RITCHIE’S OFFICE #2
Friday, March 23rd, 2007I called Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s office for comment on the complaint filed by Minnesotans for Responsible Government with the Legislative Auditor regarding hyperlinks provided by Ritchie’s office to political organizations in possible violations of sections of Minnesota Statute 10.60. Kent Kaiser, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s communications director responded via e-mail: “We believe [...]
COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE RITCHIE’S OFFICE
Friday, March 23rd, 2007Minnesotans for Responsible Government have filed a complaint with Legislative Auditor regarding hyperlinks provided by Secretary of State Mark Ritchie's office to political organizations in possible violations of sections of Minnesota Statute 10.60. I broke the story about the Secretary of State's office providing these questionable hyperlinks earlier this week on Minnesota Democrats Exposed. [...]
PIM: “WHEN THE [DFL] PARTY DOES ATTACK, IT OFTEN MISSES THE MARK”
Friday, March 23rd, 2007"DFL Executive Director Andy O'Leary has put together a great team as the DFL solidifies its claim that it regained its status as Minnesota¹s majority party. Unfortunately, the exception has been the DFL communications staff. The DFL's media relations haven't struck the right note since former staffers Bill Amberg and Tonya Tennessen left the party [...]
STAR TRIBUNE: STATE’S GASOLINE TAX COULD DOUBLE – AND THEN SOME
Friday, March 23rd, 2007"The proposed 10-cent-a-gallon gasoline-tax increase moving through the Minnesota Legislature could end up being higher than that, maybe more than twice as high. Tucked away in a big transportation funding bill being fast-tracked to a Senate floor vote today are future increases in Minnesota's gas tax that could push it from 20 cents a gallon [...]
MONTEVIDEO AMERICAN-NEWS: CRITICISM OF DFL TAX PROPOSALS CREATES FUROR
Friday, March 23rd, 2007"A column written by Minnesota House Minority Leader Rep. Marty Seifert of Marshall lambasting a variety of tax increases proposed by Democrats touched off a heated exchange with Rep. Al Juhnke, DFL-Willmar. In his column, Seifert skewered Democrats for proposing to raise taxes on everything from gasoline and hearses to beer and wine. If enacted [...]
MY FIRST APPLE
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007I now own an Apple laptop – thanks Andy. Normal blogging will resume on Minnesota Democrats Exposed. UPDATE: I may have made a big mistake as I have no idea how this computer works. Where the heck do my documents go?
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007My laptop is getting repaired so I won’t be updating Minnesota Democrats Exposed for the next few hours. Please check back after 8 p.m. for new posts.
COLUMNIST: POLITICS COULD BE SMARTER WITHOUT COULTER, FRANKEN
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007"Whether it is Ann Coulter or Al Franken – who, speaking of ad hominem attacks, wrote Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot – makes no difference. The real problem is the enablers of such speech. People buy their books, read their columns and watch them on cable news networks as they interrupt and deride [...]
FORMER KLOBUCHAR STAFFER ASK FOR MORE POSTS ON MDE EXPOSING KLOBUCHAR
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007In a post defending Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Zach Stephenson, one of the two bloggers behind MN Publius has asked for more posts exposing Senator Amy Klobuchar: "There are four Democrats who hold statewide office in Minnesota. U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Attorney General Lori Swanson, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and State Auditor Rebecca Otto. [...]
FIVE WEEKS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL HAS CHANGED FRANKEN
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007I listed to Al Franken on Air America tonight. He was on for the second night in a row to plug his fundraiser tomorrow evening at Solera. Franken was very dry and boring during both appearances. IMHO, Franken knows Republicans are listening, he knows Republicans have done an outstanding job of using his words against him. Now Franken is refusing [...]
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