Archive for June, 2011
VAN JONES’ MOVEON.ORG FIRES UP ‘DREAM’ MACHINE IN MN ‘GRASSROOTS’ MEETINGS TO OPPOSE CUTS
Thursday, June 30th, 2011Dedicated readers of Minnesota Democrats Exposed received special invitations to MoveOn.org’s “American Dream” meetings across Minnesota in the coming days and weeks, organized by fired White House political hack Van Jones. Here’s a copy of part of the invite: Dear XXX, I’m Van Jones, and last week, I joined with MoveOn to launch Rebuild the [...]
PIONEER PRESS: DAYTON BUDGET STRATEGY IS ‘HOSTAGE TAKING’
Sunday, June 26th, 2011Update: KSTP reported today that Gov. Dayton walked out of budget talks with legislative leaders after only 30 minutes, continuing his path towards a government shutdown. — The Pioneer Press editorial board succinctly described the current standstill in budget negotiations between Gov. Dayton and Republican leaders this weekend. The piece describes Dayton’s strategy as “hostage [...]
NEW AD HITS FRANKEN FOR OVERREGULATING YOUR INTERNET
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011From Powerline, a new ad released hitting U.S. Senator Al Franken on his steadfast support of Net Neutrality: “Net neutrality” is the Left’s euphemism for regulation of the internet. It is a solution for which no known problem exists. Also, you can tell it is a bad idea because it is being promoted by Al [...]
DAYTON STAFFER CITES RELIGIOUS LEADER’S LETTER AS REASON FOR TAX INCREASES
Friday, June 10th, 2011State legislators received a questionable note today from one of Gov. Dayton’s Deputy Chiefs of Staff with a letter attached from the Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Reverend John Nienstedt. The note stated: Dear Members: The Governor received this letter yesterday from Archbishop Nienstedt urging compromise stating that “spending reductions, program delivery reform and [...]
DAYTON BOYCOTTS MEETING WHILE GOP LEADERS OFFER AN OLIVE BRANCH
Monday, June 6th, 2011Gov. Dayton sat on the sidelines this morning (likely in his panic room office) as GOP and DFL legislators sat in a meeting room, waiting for his attendance. The legislators had gathered after being told in advance they were to meet with the Governor about education funding. GOP staff confirmed through an email that Dayton [...]
DAYTON REMOVES HIMSELF FROM BUDGET IMPASSE, TRIES TO APPOINT PARTISAN ‘MEDIATOR’ TO BROKER A DEAL
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Governor Dayton’s inability to lead reached a new low today when he suggested a professional mediator be hired to break the stalemate between him and House and Senate leaders during a press conference. Dayton seemed so frustrated with the slow progress of budget negotiations that he openly suggested “outside help” be brought in to clean [...]