Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

I could say more, but my fruity pebbles will be occupying a majority of my next few hours of free time.

Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

On item number 28 when you refer to Mary K you yourself wrote, “I honor and respect her service”

yet in item 1 which you wrote, “Compare to the former failure …”

You can not respect somebody when you call somebody names. I do believe you were cutting people down for that in #28. Furthermore if you do respect her service there would be no need to write “compare to the former failure …” unless you were referring to Joan Growe or some other earlier Secretary of State.

Flash you obviously just make lies as you go. When are we going to have a real and honest debate about Mark Ritchie? Or do you need to write down some more lies?

Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

* You have his first election as Secretary of State and not showing election results (obviously you didn’t notice since they weren’t races you were interested in)

* Mary K. if she got a letter from a lawmaker would be in that lawmakers office immediately answering all questions that lawmaker has instead of ducking and not responding or when a reporter catches up to them saying, “I don’t know!!” You don’t have to be an IT professor to know that is totally unprofessional Flash.

* Flash I am a public employeee so I’m the expert on this point if I misuse public data even data that can be sold I can be fired!!! How is Mark Ritchie not misusing data which to the best of my knowledge shouldn’t be public data? That is something which makes his performance far worse than Mary K.

Answer the questions Flash!!!!!! What is this improvement instead of hiding behind your false belief that Mark is an improvement here? Next thing you know you will try to tell me the coach of the Miami Dolphins whose team hasn’t won a game yet this year is doing a better job as coach than the New England coach whose team hasn’t lost a game yet this year and usually wins by wide margins

Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

Any OBJECTIVE observer can see that Richie Ritchie has managed to NOT lead his “team of IT professionals” in the EASIEST of elections…off-cycle. Its rather obvious, if you want to open your eyes.

Of course, MDE and I have pointed to REAL examples of his office’s complete bungling. You, on the other hand, provide nothing but “I says so”. Standard DFL liberal pap.

He’s too busy collecting the voter lists to add to his campaign solicitation lists, to do his goddam job correctly.

I really hate Democrats. Incompetent, idiots, every one of them.

Good for you!

. . . and Mr. Hanson, who am I to answer for Mr. Ritchie. in November of ’06 it was clear that Mr. Ritchie was already doing a better job than Ms Kiffmeyer, I honor and respect her service, but now we have a marked improvement. As an IT Professional I understand the issues related to technologies, and those issues still exists, but it appears it is at a much reduced rate.

The goal of this website has nothing to do with providing objective analysis, it is about focusing on the minutiae and expanding it as large as he can get away with. Micheal is a master at his craft, I envy him at times.

Flash

Once again another brilliant post by a liberal.

Richie Ritchie is inept, over his head, and can’t even pull off an off-year election. Of course, don’t let the truth get in the way, huh Flushie?

* Wrong election results (or are you saying we’re lieing?)

* email addresses going from Secretary of State Office to the Ritichie campaign (or are you saying all of those people are lieing?)

* Not responding to lawmakers writing letters (the letters are MN Democrats exposed Michael would’ve been very happy to talk about the response)

Why endorse such a lousy person? Where is this improvement you want Flash?

Why aren’t you answering these very simple questions Flash?

Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

That’s funny as it seems the broken record atta boys that permeate the comment threads here would lead one to believe that they are the same people. But I have too much respect for MB to think for even a moment that is the case.

To make MB happy, my endoresment screed of Mr. Ritchie, the person.
http://centrisity.blogspot.com/2006/11/why-ritchie-for-sos.html

That would explain the above statement.

the democRats must be very proud of this one.

Yes, could your please provide evidence of your earlier statement:

“…it has been proven time and time again that we finally have some competence in the office,”

Wrong election results aren’t an improvement.

Email addresses being given to a politcal campaign isn’t an improvement!

Not responding to lawmakers expressing concerns how their office is run isn’t an improvement!!!

To the best of my knowledge Mary K. never did these things.

And once again Flash you yourself said you got election results last night at 8:45 to show this improvement. The readers of that newspaper Truman held up got their election results in the same quick and inaccurate manner as Ritchie’s website did last night.

So Flash just where is this improvement you were looking for? I don’t see it!!! It’s quite obvious that as a “person” Mark Ritchie shouldn’t be endorsed by anybody regardless if they are Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Communists (oh wait a minute he carried their endorsement last time they might keep him), etc…

Where is this remarkable improvement you’re talking about that make you think Ritchie is God!

Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

Thank you for once again confirming that you endorsed Ritchie, who was campaign for secretary of state.

Walter, the current SoS has shown a marked improvement over the former. I look forward to his continued service. As for 2010, it all depends on who is running and what happens between now and then. Unlike the purveyor of this site, I will make decisions based on the individuals, not party label. Try it sometime.

Flash

You’re getting desperate Flash.

Walter Hanson

Flash

Yep, we sure did make an “improvement” there, didn’t we, Flush? When exactly will ALL the results be up there? Maybe by next November, but I won’t hold my breath.

Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

One, this was a very minor election night. How can you blow so many things on a minor election and expect to be right?

Two, is improvement in the SOS allowing people’s email addresses to be given to political campaigns?

Three, where’s this improvement you claim you wanted? I see the SOS office sinking faster than the Titanic since Ritchie became Secretary of State?

Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

Which means the idiot kids at the SoS office can’t find their asses, using both hands. They are as incompetent as their Fearless Leader…Richie Ritchie.

And for those morons like Flush, let’s clarify this: My district had only 3 polling places with 3 optical read machines that basically run direct uploads by radio. There is NO reason why the idiot SoS office can’t get those numbers up.

Unless the SoS office is inhabited by DFL hack morons with the skills of the average shaved ape…and lead by a complete inept boob…Richie Ritchie.

Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

No, I endorsed Mark Ritchie because we needed change in the SoS office. I also endorsed Ramstad. Currently I am leaning Coleman for Senate and Guilianni for President if Richardson doesn’t get the endorsement.

If I had to choose candidates based on their campaigns and tactics, Coleman would be disqualified based on this site alone.

Any other questions?

Flash

Please provide some evidence of this?

Incompetent is the best word to describe Secretary of State Ritchie.

Didn’t you endorse Ritchie’s campaign?

You are a bigger egotist than even I imagined.

Compared to the former failure in the SoS office, it has been proven time and time again that we finally have some competence in the office, now. Lucky for the citizens of Minnesota it was just in time!

Flash