Archive for May, 2008
« Previous EntriesNARN “THE FINAL WORD†TODAY FROM 3-5 P.M.
Saturday, May 31st, 2008I’ll be on the radio today for a two-hour program from 3-5 p.m. with King Banaian of SCSU Scholars on AM 1280 The Patriot. We’re down in Rochester for the 2008 Republican State Convention. UPDATE: Pat Shortridge, who is working with Minnesotans for Employee Freedom, was a guest from 3:05-3:15 p.m. UPDATE #2: Brian Davis, [...]
MUST READ FROM MPR: “FRANKEN WORRIES RIPPLE THROUGH DFL”
Saturday, May 31st, 2008“St. Paul, Minn. — The concerns over Franken were raised during a Wednesday meeting of Democrats in Minnesota’s congressional delegation. Afterwards, 4th District Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., went public with her worries that an article Franken penned for Playboy eight years ago could harm the DFL ticket in November. The article was titled ‘Porn-O-Rama’ and [...]
LIVE-BLOG OF 2008 REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION #2
Saturday, May 31st, 200812:33 p.m.: The convention has adjourned and Karl Rove is now speaking. Today’s portion of the convention was very fiery and I didn’t have much time to blog. Check out SCSU Scholars for a rundown on today’s business. 11:00 a.m.: I’ve been busy talking with delegates and taking pictures. The entire morning has been spent [...]
MDE AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
Friday, May 30th, 2008I was elected as a delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention today in Rochester. I am honored and humbled by the support from my fellow Republicans today. I can’t wait to attend the convention in a few months. Since I am now a delegate, I’ll be posting more updates on the upcoming Republican National [...]
LIVE-BLOG OF 2008 REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
Friday, May 30th, 20087:09 p.m.: The convention has adjourned for the evening. I’ll have more posts later tonight on Minnesota Democrats Exposed. 4:03 p.m.: Senator Coleman’s speech is being very well received by the delegates. 3:25 p.m.: Senator Coleman was unanimously endorsed by a voice vote for re-election. It took less than two minutes – this is Coleman [...]
NARN “THE FINAL WORD†TONIGHT FROM 5-7 P.M.
Friday, May 30th, 2008I’ll be on the radio tonight for a two-hour program from 5-7 p.m. with King Banaian of SCSU Scholars and Chad the Elder from Fraters Libertas on AM 1280 The Patriot. We’re down in Rochester for the 2008 Republican State Convention. UPDATE: Marianne Stebbins and William Paulsen, both supporters of Ron Paul’s campaign, were guests [...]
USA TODAY: “IN MINN., DEMS ARE ‘IN A LATHER’ OVER FRANKEN’S ‘PORN STORY’”
Friday, May 30th, 2008“A week before Minnesota DFLers endorse a U.S. Senate candidate, behind-the-scenes rumblings about a satirical Playboy magazine article written by candidate Al Franken eight years ago have broken into the open,’ the Star Tribune reports. The newspaper writes that: ‘Franken, a former Saturday Night Live star, wrote the piece for the January 2000 edition of [...]
TIME/REAL CLEAR POLITICS: “2000 PLAYBOY ARTICLE PLAGUING FRANKEN”
Friday, May 30th, 2008“A Playboy article written in 2000 by current Minnesota Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken has caused a maelstrom of outrage — and not just from the opposing party. With just a week before the state convention, where Franken was all but assured of winning the DFL endorsement (which is often tantamount to the nomination), the [...]
MUST READ FROM THE STAR TRIBUNE: “FRANKEN’S PORN STORY HAS PARTY IN A LATHER”
Friday, May 30th, 2008“WASHINGTON – A week before Minnesota DFLers endorse a U.S. Senate candidate, behind-the-scenes rumblings about a satirical Playboy magazine article written by candidate Al Franken eight years ago have broken into the open. Among those weighing in are Democrat Jim Oberstar, dean of the Minnesota delegation in the U.S. House, and New York Sen. Chuck [...]
UNPRECEDENTED DFL CRITICISM OF FRANKEN HITS DRUDGE REPORT
Thursday, May 29th, 2008“UPDATE: Al Franken’s old PLAYBOY article concerns Democrats…”
IN UPDATED AP STORY, WALZ, ELLISON AND MCCOLLUM SLAM FRANKEN’S PLAYBOY COLUMN
Thursday, May 29th, 2008In an update from the Associated Press article that I posted about earlier today, Congressman Walz and Congressman Ellison have also raised very strong concerns about Franken’s Playboy column. ### “‘As a parent and an aunt, and talking to other parents, people are very concerned about the type of Internet use that’s out there, and [...]
NARN “THE FINAL WORD” TONIGHT FROM 5-7 P.M.
Thursday, May 29th, 2008I’ll be on the radio tonight and tomorrow night for a two-hour program from 5-7 p.m. with King Banaian of SCSU Scholars on AM 1280 The Patriot. We’re down in Rochester for the 2008 Republican State Convention. The convention doesn’t officially start until tomorrow morning, so I’ll be driving back to Rochester again tomorrow morning [...]
BREAKING NEWS FROM THE AP: “MCCOLLUM CRITICIZES FRANKEN OVER PLAYBOY ARTICLE”
Thursday, May 29th, 2008“Democratic Congresswoman Betty McCollum says that a Playboy article written by Senate candidate Al Franken eight years ago presents a serious political problem for Democratic candidates this year. McCollum, who had supported Franken rival Mike Ciresi until he dropped out of the race, tells the Associated Press she finds the Playboy article offensive. She worries [...]
MDE EXCLUSIVE: TINKLENBERG’S TAX TROUBLES: PAYS PROPERTY TAXES LATE – TWICE; CAMPAIGN CITES “HECTIC” SCHEDULE FOR AS REASON FOR LATE PAYMENTS
Thursday, May 29th, 2008According to public records obtained by Minnesota Democrats Exposed and confirmed with a representative of his campaign, Elwyn Tinklenberg paid his property taxes late on two occasions, once in 1999 and again in 2005. In both instances, Tinklenberg paid a fine for his late payments. I spoke with a very professional and polite John Wodele, [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “FRANKEN’S KNOWLEDGE OF AIR AMERICA RIP-OFF OF BOYS & GIRLS CLUB MONEY MUST BE EXPLAINED”
Thursday, May 29th, 2008St. Paul- According to news reports, a former director of Air America Radio, Evan Montvel Cohen, has been arrested in Guam after Hawaiian prosecutors charged him with fraud. According to the New York Sun, “Mr. Cohen, once a resident of Brooklyn, was at the center of a scandal involving loans that the liberal network had [...]
TWIN CITIES DAILY PLANET: “ISN’T IT IRONIC: TIME FOR AL FRANKEN TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE”
Thursday, May 29th, 2008“I have a confession to make. I never expected that the first boot to drop on Al Franken’s vanity campaign for U.S. Senate would concern his tax returns. I was anticipating something more along the lines of the dirt currently being circulated about the ‘Porn-o-Rama’ column he penned for Playboy back in 2000. I haven’t [...]
RNC UNVEILS CLOCK COUNTING DAYS SINCE OBAMA VISITED IRAQ; OBAMA REJECTS VISITING IRAQ WITH MCCAIN
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008As I promised before, I will be posting more information on the presidential race. Today, the RNC unveiled a “online clock counting the days since Obama’s last visit to Iraq.” Senator Obama hasn’t been to Iraq since January 2006, which is surprising since he is running for president. I also found if puzzling and odd [...]
COLEMAN FOR U.S. SENATE PRESS RELEASE: COLEMAN CAMPAIGN: “FRANKEN HAS HID FROM THE TRUTH TOO LONG ON WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SCANDAL”
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008“’I’ll tell you what a satirist does,’ [Franken] says. ‘A satirist sees the hypocrisies and absurdities in the world and cuts through the baloney to get to the truth. I think that’s good training for the U.S. Senate. Don’t you?’†7:32 (Andrew Romano, “Getting To Know You,†Newsweek, September 17, 2007) A pattern of hiding [...]
NRSC RELEASES WEBVIDEO ABOUT SIGNATURE ON CERTIFIED MAIL RECEIPT
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008This is a very tough video from the NRSC about Al Franken’s credibility problems in the workers’ compensation scandal.
SENATOR TOM BAKK REGISTERS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Senator Tom Bakk, chairman of the Senate Taxes Committee, registered a new campaign committee yesterday to run for governor in 2010. Please check back to Minnesota Democrats Exposed for more information on this developing story.
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