Good, then the dumb, worthless bastard should build his own goddam list instead of steeling it from the state and misusing his office.

“It’s kind of like doing a radio commercial or mailing campaign materials to everyone in your district.”

No, it’s kind of like theft and abuse. He stole th list from the state, for his personal gain… with the bullshit lies he told during his first campaign as a backdrop.

Like all liberals, Ritchie is a bloodsucking leach and liar, interested only in gaining power for himself.

The real complaint is whether it was proper to collect the email addresses and then use them in the manner he did. It is not a partisan vs. nonpartisan issue.

Before throwing the big words around, let’s at least make sure we’re making the proper accusations.

“Mark Ritchie’s office sent an email? OMG!”

No, Mark Ritchie stole a state-owned list and used it to solicit cash.

“Pay no attention to the former SOS’s disenfranchisement of thousands… ” and the rest of that blah, blah blah…

Bullshit. Dumb, unsubstantiated, bullshit. All of it. Goodness, get a clue.

Why don’t they tell our elected official to explain what is going on? I know the loons don’t care, but I’m sure most people would. Ritchie is an idiot, even the Kool Aid drinkers know that, but even the Kool Aid drinkers know that this isn’t being handled well. If he is clean, you’d think it’d be cleared up by now.

“My ‘Commitment to Minnesota Voters’ is a first step in this process. As Secretary of State, I will give regular updates on these commitments and on our progress towards restoring trust, integrity and nonpartisanship to the Office. I will be accountable to the voters for these commitments.”

Anybody have a copy of Mr. Ritchie’s latest update on his ‘Commitment to Minnesota Voters’ and how he is doing in his quest to restoring “trust, integrity and nonpartisanship to the Office”?

Bottom line is that what happened was very unethical and shady. As the Sec. of State, Ritchie needs to be held accountable. The fact that he has only offered a lame “explanation” makes this worse.

The Dems can obfuscate all they want — the facts don’t change. Ritchie got caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

Here’s my question: where’s Ritchie?”

Michael do you really expect Ritchie to reply to you?

You’re a communications profession. Would you tell a Republican elected official/candidate to respond to a email from a Democratic blogger that is working for ways to attack them?

When he was asked by a reporter, he gave an answer. You may not like his answer, but he did answer when a legit journalist asked him.

Pay no attention to the former SOS’s disenfranchisement of thousands, the governor’s stalling on transportation, bridges falling down, the chronic underfunding of schools, the rape of the middle class through tax shifting, while the ultra-rich get ultra-richer…

Pay no attention to the governor’s blatant pandering to anti-Iran interests, the GOP reps unwavering support for torture, the illegal invasion and stunningly botched occupation of a sovereign nation, not to mention saber-rattling, fear-mongering, information padding and truth stretching.

Focus on the Democrat! He sent an email! Bad bad bad!

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I would like a response from Ritchie even if it may have an uncrossed t, or gasp…a dotted i.

Any self respecting fifth grader who gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar can at least come up with some explaination.

I at least expected something creative like:

1. Cookie? What…chomp chomp chomp…cookie?

2. My dog ate the request form.

3. All the other Secretary of State guys were doing it.

I am sure that people in the SoS office are investigating and some sort of response or explanation will be forthcoming. Ritchie gave his initial response that he was not aware that this was happening. They’ll investigate and get to the bottom of this. But geez…it might take another day, or a week..or…gasp…even a little bit longer.

Ritchie is unrepairably sullied by this lapse in judgement. The reputation of the office of Secretary Of State is diminished significantly by this blatant breach of the public trust.

- a stray “that” in the first sentence of the letter; and
- a missing “were” in bullet 10.

Not that either of them change anything with regard to this egregious scandal involving the theft of state property by SoS Mark Ritchie and used for his own benefit.