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“NON-PARTISAN” SECRETARY OF STATE MARK RITCHIE ATTENDS DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; GIVES ADVICE ON HOW OBAMA CAN WIN
By Michael B. Brodkorb | August 26, 2008
“Non-partisan” Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is attending the Democratic National Convention and giving advice on how Senator Obama can win the election:
“Minnesota secretary of state Mark Ritchie, who also spoke of ways Democrats can sway rural voters, said Obama must make the economy the issue. Otherwise, ‘it will be the hot-button social issues’ that decide the outcome of the election.” Source: Rockey Mountain News, August 25, 2008
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I wonder what “non-partisan” Secretary of State Mark Ritchie considers a “hot-button” social issue? I think it is inapporpriate for a someone who claims to be “non-partisan” to be giving advice to candidates for partisan elections.
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August 26th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Yeah, he should make “the economy” an issue.
I’d like to hear how the Democrat’s plan of driving energy prices higher, in concert with massive tax increases will help the economy.
I want to hear how Democrats plans to re-live the 1930s with massive tariffs on imports will help the economy.
I want to hear how Democrats plans to penalize investment will help the economy.
I want to hear how Democrat plans to bail out every risky scheme concocted by their pals who gave Democrat leaders sweetheart mortgage deals is going to help the economy.
I want to hear how Democrats plans to relive the 1960s and 1970s with morally bankrupt welfare programs is going to help the economy.
I want to hear how Democrats plans to recreate 1970s energy shortages is going to help the economy.
Yes, let’s make the economy the central issue in this election.
And then after we’ve explored Democrats determination to destroy the American economy, let’s turn to their determination to undermine national security.
I’ve got a few more things I’d like to hear about Democrats determination to return to the past. Once we digest those issues, then we can turn to the “hot button social issues”… you know, the issues that Democrats like, but which Americans overwhelmingly reject…
August 26th, 2008 at 10:45 am
What in the world are you talking about?? Mark Ritchie is a Democrat, just as Mary Kiffmeyer was a Republican. Maybe this should be a nonpartisan office — heck, I’d join you if you wanted to promote that idea — but it isn’t.
Chestnut, you’re right. We should just stick with our current economic plan. The economy is great right now! Let’s continue plugging ahead with no corporate accountability, and keep transferring money from the middle class (i.e. people who work and buy things) to the wealthy (i.e. people who put money in the bank and live off the interest).
August 26th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Only a true idiot like Jeff Rosenbooger could compare the current economy (which has grown for over 70 consecutive months, and has sustained near record unemployment) with the economies of FDR, which deepened and sustained the Great Depression and Carter’s malaise.
Could things be better? Sure. Is it a good idea to return to 8 and 20 percent unemployment through Democrat economic policies? Hell no.
August 26th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Rosenberg, remember it was BUSH ADMINISTRATION who held Global Crossing and Enron accountable while the Clinton administration looked the other way since Terry McAullife and Democrats were making a bundle on these stocks.
So what is the Democrat plan??
MORE TAXES
HIGHER OIL PRICES.
Sounds like a real winner…
August 26th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Mark Ritchie ran saying he would be a non-partisan secretary of state and take politics out of the office.
Thus the humor when he behaves just like any other DFL politician.
Mark Ritchie ran on change, and just like all the other candidates, change means – political insider/democratic politics as usual.
August 26th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
RamseyRep Says:
August 26th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Rosenberg, remember it was BUSH ADMINISTRATION who held Global Crossing and Enron accountable…
ROFLMAO!!!
RamseyRep, you really are a pathetic little bootlicker….
http://www.chron.com/news/specials/enron/
Get someone to explain it to ya, boy.
August 26th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Sec. of State Ritchie is a committed Unitarian Universalist. As such he stands committed to principles and policies that value the inherent worth and dignity of all people and that bring people together rather than divide them. Of course he’s going to speak on a national stage.
And when asked, make a call for a national dialog on facing the economic issues that are killing the middle class and drowning the working poor.
“Hot button issues” like say choice and civil marriage between GLBT couples merely serve to divide people based on their faith and where they make their religious home.
BTW, Ritchie wears two hats. One is as Minnestoa’s non- partisan Secretary of State. The other is his role as Minnesota’s highest ranking DFL officeholder.
And before your work up a lather, one of the covenanting principles of Unitarian Universalism is the use of the democratic process in our congregations and in our society at large. You can count on Mark to be fair and impartial. The (small d) democratic process is part of his faith.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
So, you don’t raise taxes when time are good.
Or when times are trending bad.
Or, when spending increases.
Or, when time are shitty.
So, if we are never to raise taxes, how did we get this record sized deficit and debt? Apparently dumb asses, we need to raise revenue. Those tax cheats and payroll smugglers have been getting fat for seven years, time to reel them in with the rest of us, or the rest of you.
August 26th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
That’s a great site, Tommy. The fact remains, the Bush Administration held Enron and Global Crossing accountable, while Democrats allowed them to run their criminal schemes.
You dumb bastard.
August 26th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
““Hot button issues” like say murdering children and un-natural marriage merely serve to divide people by forcing them to reject their faith for political expediency.”
There you go, well said.
August 26th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Your turn, Ziggy dog shit:
“So, you raise taxes when times are good.
AND when times are trending bad.
AND when spending increases.
AND when time are shitty.”
I guess that IS the Democrat platform. Tax the shit out of ‘em is what Mondale said, right?
You really are a dumb pile of dog shit, Ziggy.
August 26th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Maybe Mark Ritchie could show other Democrats how to secure larger mailing lists for more fundraising using the people they are doing official government business with.
August 27th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
LMAO Chestnut
Tommy forgets the facts
The Clinton administration was putting together a 1995 plan to speed up cash flow and encourage credit for the energy industry, they sought Enron’s advice – and heeded it. Time says Secretary Bill White wrote an Enron official. that the staff was ordered to “rework the proposal to take into account the specific comments and suggestions you made,” The Clinton people also weighed in on Enron’s efforts to attract business from abroad, Time reveals, recalling that Hazel O’Leary, Clinton’s Energy Secretary took Enron bigwigs along on trade missions to India, China, Pakistan and South Africa.
Coming home after a trip to Mexico Deputy Energy Secretary White wrote to Enron chairman Ken Lay that “much opportunity” existed there for natural gas. White then sent Lay a copy of Mexico’s energy plans. To persuade an Enron senior vice president to join a mission to Pakistan, White wrote, “I have strong personal relationships with the existing government.”
Enron, Time reported, “showed its gratitude. At Christmas 1995, documents show, it donated an unknown sum of cash in O’Leary’s name to a charity called “I Have a Dream.” And when Clinton ran for re-election a year later, the company made its largest single contribution ever – $100,000 -to the Democrats.