Archive for March, 2009
« Previous EntriesCOLEMAN FOR U.S. SENATE PRESS RELEASE: “MINNESOTA VOTERS REMAIN DISENFRANCHISED”
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009ST. PAUL – Ben Ginsberg, legal spokesman for the Coleman for Senate campaign, released the following statement in response to the three judge panel’s decision to review only a small number of ballots, signaling their intention to disenfranchise thousands of Minnesotans. “Unfortunately, this court’s action will result in thousands of Minnesota voters remaining disenfranchised. The [...]
DFL NERVOUS ABOUT ITS GUV CANDIDATES?
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009The liberal blogosphere is all atwitter about Governor Pawlenty supporting term limits for Governor and other elected office holders back in the 1990’s. The fact that they are even bringing this up well in advance of any public announcement from the Governor shows a high level of nervousness regarding the fact that Governor Pawlenty may [...]
MUST READ FROM THE STAR TRIBUNE: “DFL DILEMMA: EDUCATION VS. HEALTH CARE”
Monday, March 30th, 2009This is a must read story from the Star Tribune about the problems facing DFL leadership at the State Capitol about how to solve the growing budget deficit. ### “As state leaders grapple with a historic deficit, the great debate at the Capitol is coming down to an jarring collision between education and health care [...]
KENT KAISER: “‘METICULOUS’ DOES NOT DESCRIBE MINNESOTA’S ELECTION”
Friday, March 27th, 2009Joan Anderson Growe is correct in her March 24 op-ed column that one candidate won the 2008 Senate election. The problem is, the Minnesota system is not finely calibrated enough to know which one, in an election this close. Minnesota has one of the best-run elections systems in the country. But the recount has shown [...]
THE FIX: “DNC ENTERS THE FRAY IN NY-20″
Friday, March 27th, 2009“The Democratic National Committee and the Obama White House are doubling down in a New York special election with a new ad in which the president offers an endorsement of Democrat Scott Murphy. Obama himself does not appear in the ad nor is his voice heard. Instead, a picture of him is shown as a [...]
MDE EXCLUSIVE: ALAN FRANKEN, INC STILL OPERATING IN CALIFORNIA #3
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009Remember Monifa Benison? Forged Documents? Lack of media outrage? (If not, please go here, here, here, here and here) Ah, the media double standard. Al Franken and his allies outright lie to the press about doing business and not paying taxes and the press says, “Hey, good enough for us, he sure answered all the [...]
MDE EXCLUSIVE: ALAN FRANKEN, INC STILL OPERATING IN CALIFORNIA #2
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009I’ve been delving deeper into my earlier post about Alan Franken, Inc. and I found another interested tidbit. It would appear that the address listed on the California Business Portal website belongs to the firm of Wlodinguer, Erk & Chanzis – the very firm that Franken blamed all his tax woes on. When you consider [...]
MDE EXCLUSIVE: ALAN FRANKEN, INC STILL OPERATING IN CALIFORNIA
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009It has come to my attention that Al Franken’s corporation, Alan Franken, Inc. is still operating in California. According to recently updated documents on the California Business Portal website, Alan Franken, Inc. is listed as “active†in California. This is a big improvement over last year, when the company was listed as being in “forfeiture.†[...]
CONTEMPT FOR RURAL MINNESOTA
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009“Rep. Frank Hornstein introduced a bill Friday that would ban state departments and agencies from purchasing products from Jennie-O or its subsidiaries until all past and present “alleged unfair labor practices†cease. Hornstein, a DFL’er from Minneapolis, is a strong union ad-vocate in the Legislature. … “I’m surprised by Rep. Hornstein’s legislation. We don’t have [...]
KARE 11: “KIFFMEYER SEEKS VOTER FRAUD CHARGES FOR SARA JANE OLSON”
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009This is great work by Representative Mary Kiffmeyer. ### “State Representative Mary Kiffmeyer, a former Secretary of State, wants to see long-time fugitive Sara Jane Olson prosecuted for voter fraud. In a letter to Ramsey County attorney Susan Gaertner, Kiffmeyer wrote, ‘I’m am writing to follow up on a conversation that you and I had several years [...]
HINT OF REDISTRICTING?
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009I posted earlier about the loony proposal set forward today by some legislators from the St. Cloud area today led by Senator Tarryl Clark. Combining geographic areas like this could only mean one thing, the DFL is supportive of combining the 4th and 5th Congressional Districts into one. I am glad to see Sen. Clark [...]
SOLID USE OF TIME AND RESOURCES
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009I thought we had a budget to solve? “Several St. Cloud area legislators this morning are announcing legislation that calls for combining all of Stearns and Benton counties and the northern part of Sherburne County. The bill is being written under the draft name “Lake Wobegon,” the fictional town of Minnesota radio storyteller Garrison Keillor. [...]
DFL FRICTION
Monday, March 23rd, 2009Doug Grow has a story on MinnPost today regarding the State House and State Senate not being able to come to agreement on a budget proposal. Grow focuses on the implications of what exactly this means down at the legislature and during the current session. More important though is what this could potentially mean for [...]
MUST READ FROM THE STAR TRIBUNE: “COLEMAN’S LEAD LAWYER EXPECTS VICTORY VIA APPEAL”
Monday, March 23rd, 2009“Joe Friedberg, Norm Coleman’s lead attorney in his lengthy U.S. Senate recount trial against Al Franken, expects Coleman eventually will win — just not this round. That’s according to comments Friedberg made this week on a Twin Cities radio show. Friedberg, a successful defense attorney with a reputation for telling it like it is, told [...]
FRANKEN SNUBBED BY OBAMA-BIDEN?
Friday, March 20th, 2009Yesterday Vice President Biden, four cabinet secretaries and Sen. Klobuchar held a town hall meeting in St. Cloud. Curiously absent was Senate candidate Al Franken. If Obama really thought Al Franken was key to his agenda, as Al would have us believe, why wasn’t Al anywhere to be found in St. Cloud? This isn’t the [...]
SHOCK: OBAMA MAKES FUN OF THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS ON NATIONAL TV
Friday, March 20th, 2009President Barack went on “The Tonight Show” last evening and made fun of the Special Olympics. Did Al Franken wrote that joke for Obama? Stay classy Mr. President.
SENATE DFL TAX CHAIR CONSIDERING RAISING TAXES INTERNET PURCHASES AND MUSIC DOWNLOADS
Thursday, March 19th, 2009This certainly won’t help Senator Bakk’s campaign for governor. ### “The chair of the Minnesota Senate Tax Committee says he’s willing to consider raising state income taxes and applying the sales tax to internet purchases and music downloads. DFL Senator Tom Bakk of Cook said today that those are just some of the ideas he’s [...]
MN SRC PRESS RELEASE: “SENATE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS: SENATE DFL’S PLAN FOR $2 BILLION IN TAX INCREASES WOULD CREATE HIGHEST INCOME TAX RATE IN COUNTRY”
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009(St. Paul) – Senate Republican Leader Dave Senjem (R-Rochester), Assistant Senate Republican Leader Geoff Michel (R- Edina) and other leaders of the Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus provided definition to the Senate DFL’s budget plan which includes the potential for a new $ 2 billion income tax increase. According to research analysis provided by non-partisan fiscal [...]
GOVERNOR’S APPROVAL RATING
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009Much attention has been given lately by liberal bloggers and some “mainstream” media sites to the Suvery USA Poll regarding Governor Pawlenty’s approval rating. The Survey USA poll put him at a 48% approval. Another poll was conducted by the better known Rasmussen Reports in conjunction with FOX 9 that showed the Governor with a [...]
IN TIME TO VOLUNTEER FOR DFL CAMPAIGNS, SARAH JANE OLSON RELEASED FROM PRISON
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009The terrorist know as Kathleen Soliah/Sarah Jane Olson has been released from prison. Will Soliah/Olson resume her volunteer involvement with DFL campaigns? “Olson lived a quiet life in St. Paul as an actress, DFL activist and a mother until her 1999 arrest, when her true identity as 1970s revolutionary Kathleen Soliah emerged. She was convicted [...]
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