Comments on: PAULSEN FOR CONGRESS PRESS RELEASE: “MADIA’S MANY ANSWERS TO ‘HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN THE 3RD DISTRICT?’”

By: DantheMan

DantheMan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:24:29 +0000

I’ve been troubled by Madia’s residency issue and inability to answer it clearly. It was one of the first reasons I approached his candidacy with skepticism.

The fact that his answers are so obviously vague mean that he just wants this question to go away.

Ashwin: The best way to make a question go away is to answer it with a short, simple, clear answer. And a consistent one.

By: Chestnut

Chestnut — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:24:34 +0000

“He was less than two years out of the military and renting an apartment near his job. Big deal.”

I agree with Ziggy dog shit on this point. Big deal.

Madia’s socialist polices and his habitual lying are the more credible reasons to oppose his candidacy.

Madia truly is a stupid, smug pile of crap whether he lives in his parent’s basement or not.

By: ArmChairOperative

ArmChairOperative — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:50:00 +0000

WMD – clearly you are as dumb as Madia(maybe one in the same?) I was referring to the Electoral College, which counts the 50 states and DC, hence the 3 Electoral Votes reference.

I can’t wait to watch CD 3 dems and their fraud Madia lose!

By: DJZ

DJZ — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:03:40 +0000

PD:
As usual you are changing the subject. This is about Madiaâ€™s lying and possibly voter fraud on Madiaâ€™s part. If Madia was living in an apartment in Minneapolis, and voting in Plymouth, that is a very serious offense.

A great example of ignorance.

You vote from where you consider your official residence to be. It can be where you sleep and pay rent or, not. It can only be one place.

Military personnel, college students, young people who haven’t purchased a home often vote from their parents address. Its legal. As a matter of fact its what the republicans were pushing for because they don’t like all of those liberal college students coming to the small conservative towns, registering from their dorms – or apartments and tilting the vote in the liberal direction.

He was less than two years out of the military and renting an apartment near his job. Big deal.

If this is all you have, you’d better with responding like that sweet-talker Chestnut. It makes as much sense.
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Anyone who thinks Obama is not the smartest one on the campaign trail, is delusional.

By: West Metro Dem

West Metro Dem — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:35:18 +0000

Actually, ACO, that’s wrong. It’s the 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, US Virgin Islands, and Citizens Abroad. Those are the 57 entities referred to when discussing primaries. There are 50 US states but during the primaries there are 57 entities to win votes for.

By: ArmChairOperative

ArmChairOperative — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:22:10 +0000

Actually its 50 states and the District of Columbia (3 electoral votes).

Madia is a fraud who will say whatever is expedient for the audience he is in front of.

No one has any clue how he would act if elected. Heck it’s pretty clear Madia is still trying to figure out who he is.

By: Chestnut

Chestnut — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:45:55 +0000

Madia is a dumbshit. A smug, witless turd.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:25:56 +0000

Shozzy and WMD: I think you hit the nail on the head. If Madia lived in Minneapolis in November of 2006, he would have had to vote in the 5th district. So why has his campaign said he voted in the 3rd in 2006?

If both of those are true, it sounds like a case of voter fraud to me. In the very least Madia campaign needs to come clean with where he lived, and when. This is a very serious issue, and needs to be addressed by Madia immediately.

By: rainman

rainman — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:22:36 +0000

The reason’s your guy will lose the election are all listed above…you can’t talk about anything of substance because nobody knows what your candidates postions are…you are very good at taking comments out of context, distorting answers, and playing games of symantics. What other lies does Paulsen and the RNC plan on airing in the next 10 days? It won’t matter, because Madia won’t stoop to your level…he’ll continue to talk about the economy and his plans to get our country back on track….Erik may have to look for new employment as I understand Target is going to lay off a number of people.

By: shozzy

shozzy — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:50:41 +0000

So you live somewhere if your mail is delivered there?

Madia’s staff has specifically said that he voted in the 3rd District– how did he do that in ’06 when he was living in Mpls?

By: West Metro Dem

West Metro Dem — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:31:50 +0000

The way I figure it Madia lived “outside” the 3rd district one year between the time he moved to Plymouth in high school and now. Most college kids live in dorms and keep their official residences their parent’s address. Additionally most in the US Armed Forces keep a permanent address at their parent’s home. That being said, Madia lived in Minneapolis approximately one year after leaving the US Marine Corp before moving back to the 3rd.

Of that period, only the approx. one year living in Minneapolis after the US Marines would have required Madia to vote outside the 3rd. All other years this would have been his address of record.

It is amazing to me how this issue seems to be so difficult to understand.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:02:05 +0000

PD:

As usual you are changing the subject. This is about Madiaâ€™s lying and possibly voter fraud on Madiaâ€™s part. If Madia was living in an apartment in Minneapolis, and voting in Plymouth, that is a very serious offense.

It seems like there is a pretty good case that Madia may have committed voter fraud. That needs to be investigated, and if it is true, I could hardly think of a more important issue. If Madia did in fact vote in a district he did not live, he needs to go to jail. I take my right to vote very seriously, and if someone in Minneapolis is voting in my district, potentially canceling out my vote, that is very wrong.

If voting in a district you do not live is not wrong, then why even bother having districts anyway?

By: PlymouthDem

PlymouthDem — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:37:16 +0000

Shozzy, you pretty much nailed every reason Madia should be elected. Right on taxes, the military, health care, and the economy.

Paulsen…. ahhhh…. I’m drawing a blank, probably because he hasn’t taken a real position on any of these issues.

By: West Metro Dem

West Metro Dem — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:15:02 +0000

j.bob….during a primary the answer is 57 territories and states vote. During an election the answer is 50. Keep taking crap out of context. It weakens your argument.

By: j.bob

j.bob — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:46:03 +0000

“Unanswered simple questions” Like, “How many states are there, Obama?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:19:33 +0000

I love the “why can’t he answer a simple question?” mantra.

Utility bill? Suits? McCain’s social security plan? There’s been a lot of unanswered “simple questions” this season.

By: shozzy

shozzy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:11:38 +0000

Madia won’t file a federal income tax return for 2008 because he’s unemployed, but he wants to raise taxes on others.

He’s never paid a property tax bill in his life and moved here 1 year ago — that plus 1 year he spent here in H.S. Fine by me- but why lie about it– according to the Paulsen press release he lied to 4 newspapers, saying that he’s lived in the district for 13 years in the printed candidate profiles.

Madia has a real problem with telling the truth.

By: shozzy

shozzy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:08:09 +0000

He raised 70% of his own campaign money from out-of-state– on top of the out of state money coming in from all of the Union-member funded Outside groups like “Patriot Majority”

Madia= the biggest liberal that DCCC money can buy

By: shozzy

shozzy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:06:34 +0000

He thinks we should RAISE TAXES in light of a certain downturn- he thinks that Unions are the answer to increasing costs and inflation when Union membership has been on the downslide since the 40′s– he’s a New Deal Loving, Great Society Wanting friend of Nancy Pelosi- WAY too liberal for this district.

By: shozzy

shozzy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:03:42 +0000

Madia thinks we should give tax credits and rebates to the 40% of Americans who don’t pay federal income taxes- he is lock step with the Obama plan to punish families with incomes over $250,000– He can’t answer a question without mentioning he was a Marine- yet he insisted at the debate this week that we can’t afford our military. He’s against any torte reform for healthcare reform simply saying “there are bad lawsuits and they’re thrown out”…he says he wants to cut spending but attacks his opponent for doing just that…

He’s the most dishonest opportunistic politician to hit the 3rd District.

By: PlymouthDem

PlymouthDem — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:24:25 +0000

Economy in crisis, country in two separate wars, millions are uninsured, unemployment rising, inflation rising, energy prices still out of control, retirement accounts for citizens in shambles, the United States international reputation at its lowest in decades (if not ever).

The one issue that Paulsen is most concerned about: How long did Ashwin live in MINNEAPOLIS?

Again, this is why Paulsen is in such trouble.

Problem for him is that desperation only breeds more desperate looking attacks which in turns makes him more desperate.

By: PlymouthDem

PlymouthDem — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:20:50 +0000

“I suspect that if many voters in the 3rd District knew just how incredibly liberal he is, heâ€™d be losing this race badly.”

He’s so liberal he use to be a REPUBLICAN. Oh wait.

Shouldn’t this really read, if many voters in the 3rd District knew just how incredibly conservative Paulsen is, Paulsen would be losing this race BY MORE than he already is?

By: PlymouthDem

PlymouthDem — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:19:30 +0000

Again, what the hell is contradictory between saying I moved here in 2006 and I’ve been in the district 13 years unless you have a brain fart and forget that he’s always said he was in the district earlier in his life.

Moving to Minneapolis for 1 year (or even New York for 3) doesn’t just erase his previous residency in the district.

By: MplsSteve

MplsSteve — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:17:35 +0000

Ashtray Madia doesn’t seem to be able to come with clear answers on much of anything.

I suspect that if many voters in the 3rd District knew just how incredibly liberal he is, he’d be losing this race badly.

He’ll obfuscate, gloss over and fuzz up anything in order to get elected.

By: Michael B. Brodkorb

Michael B. Brodkorb — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:13:19 +0000

Why can’t Madia provide a simple answer? Why the conflicting and different answers?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:03:45 +0000

PlymouthDem- This isn’t the stupidest attack on Madia yet, but it sure is close. This Paulsen campaign is pathetic.

By: PlymouthDem

PlymouthDem — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:59:01 +0000

I also love how this is the only thing you guys could come up with after all of the debates. You’ve got nothing on his answers to substantive issues. Nothing.

Hint: that’s why you are behind in the polls.

By: PlymouthDem

PlymouthDem — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:58:08 +0000

This is your stupidest attack of Madia yet. Did you just have a brain fart and forgot that he was in the district for years prior to going to law school and moving back into the district?